This Christmas break started out wonderfully as I was off school and Jade and I got to spend some quality time together, baking and finishing up Christmas presents.
One of our crafts was this fun reindeer ornament out of Jade's handprints and footprint.
It was our turn to spend Christmas with my family up in Evanston, Wyoming this year so rather than haul all of Jade's gifts up there, we just had our little family Christmas on the 23rd. Jade was so funny as we led her out to the living room I guess she saw me with the camera and turned around and just ran back down the hall and hid. Then we spent the next five minutes playing peek-a-boo as we tried to get her to come out to the living room to see her presents. This was her first Christmas where she could actually enjoy unwrapping the gifts, last year she just sat there (she was only 4 months old). So when she finally came out of her hiding spot and saw all the presents she just went right over, sat down and started opening them. At times she would get excited with the paper and just shake the present to death until the paper flew off, and then at other times she meticulously tore little pieces of paper off and handed each one to us so it would not mess up the floor. She makes us laugh so hard!
Jade's presents under the tree...
Look at that tongue...what concentration!
I love her facial expression in this picture, she makes this face alot when she is really excited. She also loved to sit on her presents, well basically any sort of box she can sit on!
I think her favorite present from us was a little Leap Frog laptop that Ben got her. She would push a button and watch the screen in anticipation and then yelp in delight. She also liked her musical maracas as she shook them, ate them (like ice cream cones) and danced around the house to their music.
Jade sitting atop all of her presents! Merry Christmas!
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