pamelamyers | December 26, 2010
This Christmas was the best one I think I ever had. We thought last Christmas was the best — and it was very special because we had Samantha — but this year was truly amazing. It was exactly the way Christmas was supposed to be — a little munchkin tearing through toys at the speed of light, full of excitement and wonder and out-and-out joy. This year, even though Sam didn’t understand Santa, she definitely was thrilled by the whole concept of Christmas. Here she is just completely befuddled by the sheer volume of toys under the tree.
One of the things Mark really wanted to get her were some musical instruments. He is musical, Mark plays the saxophone, and we both would really like Sam to enjoy music the way he does. We bought her a keyboard (a Meowsic!) and a saxophone. Mark found the sax in Germany on his last trip, and carried it back 4,000 miles in his carry-on bag to that it would arrive home to Sam safely. That is devotion!
I go to Borders a lot, and each time Sam sees this dress up kitty. She just lights up when she sees it so we bought it for her. It will hopefully help her to master the fine art of buttons, zippers, and other clothes fastening mechanisms. I loved my Dressy Bessy, but I would have liked a cat! It’s so funny, but all stuffed animals get their noses bitten by Sam. We have no idea why but it is apparently a right of passage. You get your nose bitten, you are in. 🙂
After opening gifts at home, we went to see my parents. My mom’s favorite Christmas carol is “Santa Baby” by Eartha Kitt, and this year at Macy’s we found this funny little animated cat that sings it. Sam loves it! She points to it when she wants it turned on. You can just see it in her face how much she likes this silly little cat. There are so many things she loves about Christmas, the decorations, the lights, she is going to be really sad when it is all packed away.
Joe was outside messing around doing who knows what, and Sam patiently waited at the door for him to come in so she could start opening her presents.
Eventually, the gift opening started. Sam’s special gift this year was a Fisher Price house that my mom found. She knows how much I loved mine when I was a kid, and since things are just not made the same today, she has been searching ebay for a retro one to give Sam. She found a house and a bunch of the accessories for Sam. I loved it for the memories it brought back, and I was happy to see that Sam loved it too. She couldn’t wait to dive in! She kept pulling pieces out left and right.
One of Sam’s other presents was a little drum to keep at my mom’s house since she has no instruments there. Daddy was helping her to figure it out.
After staying with my parents for a while, we went to see Mark’s family. One of the gifts we were glad Sam got was a pair of snow boots!
Sam’s cousin Analiece helped her to check out her new vacuum cleaner.
Here’s all the ladies!
Maddox got some pretty cool gifts too — a lot of cars and trucks. Sam helped him play with them later.
One of Sam’s favorite presents was her crocodile. She was so funny, she kept throwing the little blocks that came with it all over the place. I never saw her so animated with her toys as she was this Christmas. She was so excited by every little thing.
Here is a really nice picture of Mark’s parents enjoying the whirlwind of children and grandchildren….
We had dinner with my parents later that night, but were glad to finally get home to put Sam to bed and to spend some time with Zephyr. She got a catnip sock for Christmas and was so excited to play with it! She was like a kitten again.
This Christmas is certainly one I will always remember. Next year I am sure that Sam will understand the concept of Santa and I can’t wait to see her excitement. It is hard to believe it will top this year. She was so thrilled today, it was like Christmas morning all over again. She kept looking at me while surrounded by her toys like she was asking me, “Mommy? These are really all mine?” It was so much fun. I almost forgot to open my own gifts this year because it was more fun watching Sam with hers. I didn’t want to spoil her by buying a million things, but every penny we spent was worth it. Santa may bring gifts, and her family may spoil her too, but I will always want to give my beautiful daughter everything. She is certainly worth the world to me.
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