Christmas Festivities 2011
pamelamyers | December 29, 2011
It was a very Merry Christmas this year with our little Samantha! What fun she was! Waiting for Santa to come, visiting him at the mall, watching Christmas movies, it was all good. I have been sick for a while which sort of put a damper on things a little bit, but I tried to power through because I didn’t want to miss one single second of the festivities with my little girl.
On Christmas Eve, this year, we went to my mom’s house instead of them coming to our house. Rich and Sandi came over too with Analiece, and we all had a good time talking about what Santa was going to bring and eating and drinking Christmas goodies.
Sam has always liked this little book of my mom’s, The Cat’s Night Before Christmas, and when Analiece got it down off the shelf to read, Sam jumped right up on the couch to listen to the whole story.
Back at our house, before morning came, Mark and I snapped a photo of all the goodies that were left under our tree. Zephyr was checking things out as well!
Sam’s two big presents this year were her kitchen and her car. She asked Santa for the car, but the kitchen was a big surprise.
Sam is quite the little cook, in no time she was whipping up some meals. She likes to shake salt and pepper in her pots.
On of her other favorite gifts is this little hamster in a wheel. It reminds her of the little “mice” she sees at Petsmart.
It was so much fun watching Sam rip into all her presents. She kept picking up package after package and asking “Open?!” no matter who it was for. She was a little whirlwind, that is for sure.
She also asked Santa for an orange snake, and the jolly guy came through! As soon as she opened it, she yelled, Snake! and hugged him. He is orange and blue and red and yellow, so it is a very pretty snake. I had a big stuffed snake when I was little so I think it’s funny that she wanted one too.
More presents!
Sam helpfully opened her daddy’s hats and then tried them on for him.
Whew! Will you look at the mayhem! Our entire living room was destroyed in a mass of wrapping paper and gifts and it was amazing. 🙂
Later that morning, we went to visit my parents so Sam could open more gifts! Well, and us too! Her favorite presents were her Melissa and Doug train and her Etch a Sketch Doodler.
Grandmom and her favorite girl. Yeah, I may have been usurped from that position.
Around lunchtime we went to Rich and Sandi’s house to open yet more gifts! Sam and Maddox were the first to open all their goodies, then the grownups.
Analiece was a wonderful big cousin and she helped them play with all their toys and babysat a bit to make sure that Sam and Maddox stayed out of trouble.
After eating at Mark’s parents’ house, we came home and ate with my parents and let Sam show off all of her toys. It was such a wonderful Christmas. I am so thankful that after all the years of wanting something I was finally given my little girl. Mark and I are so exhausted and dazed because, boy, does she keep us on our toes, but we would not trade it for a minute. There is truly nothing better than Christmas with a child, and when it is your own, perfect, amazing little one, well, it doesn’t get better than that. Merry Christmas everyone!