Merry Christmas!

This was the first year I didn't spend Christmas Day with my family. It made me kind of sad. But because we also have to see David's family for the holidays, my family thought it would be easier to spend Christmas Eve with them, and Christmas Day with David's, so we wouldn't be rushed going to both in one day. If I had known we were going to get together with David's family until later that night though, I would have preferred to have spent Christmas morning with my Mom and everyone :/ Instead on Christmas morning, I helped Katie open the toys she had gotten the night before. She loves her presents so much. She sits at her new Dora table every time she eats now, it's so cute! She gets her cup and her plate and eats like a big girl.When David woke up, we opened the presents we bought Katie, and the ones we bought for each other. I let Katie open her stocking first. It was just filled with little things. Some candy, small toys, whatever could fit into her stocking, which isn't the biggest...I think her favorite thing that morning was her M&M candy. She thought the big plastic one it came in was real, and was getting mad she couldn't bite it. She is too silly :pDavid had gotten Katie a toy band kit. It was a drum, and inside it had more instruments to play with. She started jamming as soon as I opened it for her. She's funny.I also got David and iPod for Christmas, that he seems to like :p He decided to join the army, so I thought it could be something that he can take with him, that he can have fun with. I loved mine when I had one.After presents we set up the Wow Wow Wubbzy comforter my Mom bought Katie for her crib. David took the railing off, so now it's sort of a bed instead of a crib. Katie was so surprised when she saw Wubbzy on her bed. I think she really likes it. She played on it and layed on it for a while, making me laugh. Now that she's not in a crib anymore, she usually crawls out of it when she wakes up early in the morning around 5 or 6 and crawls into bed with David and I for a few more hours. She's so funny. It's hard sleeping with her, she moves a lot! lol :p
Around 5:30 we headed over to David's family's for presents and dinner. The nice thing about David's family during holidays, is that they all eat at the table together. My family hasn't done that in...well, I can't remember when we did...lolThe girls spend the first few minutes at the house looking for presents with their names on them. Kids are so funny :pKatie and I wore our matching shoes my Mom bought us. While waiting to open presents and eat dinner, the kids entertained themselves with the adult boys played xbox and I ran around taking pictures with my new camera that I LOVE :) Katie played the piano for a bit, the girls got Karli's new Lite Brite out, then realized there were no batteries lol. Travis was playing with some legos and some trains.The kids were finally able to open presents around 7:30. Katie got a lot of cute toys, clothes, a doll, a stroller for her doll, and Wubbzy :)Travis liked opening his, especially when he started getting lots of trains. He loves trains! So of course he was excited to open 90% of his presents and see trains inside :pKarli and Anabelle got pretty much the same things. Mostly High School Musical and Hannah Montana things. Also some snap beads they played with after opening them :pThe adults liked their presents too :) David's family is kind of big on drinking, so for Christmas, his brother got a subscription for 2 6-packs of a new kind of beer every month. Pretty cool if you like beer. His brother Steve got a new video game. David and his brothers all love playing their xbox. David plays his almost everyday, so I'm sure Steven will love his game :)David's Mom is going to be moving back to California for a year, because of her husband's job, so she got lots of things for her new apartment they're going to be moving in :)I'm not really sure what David's Dad got...he kind of opened his presents behind everyone, by himself...lol :pDavid got all gift cards if I can remember. But he also got the pleasure of opening Katie's presents for her, since she doesn't really know how yet :p These shoes are for Katie, not David :p HahaDavid's brother Bobby gave his girlfriend a guitar. He's been teaching her how to play, so now she has her own to play on :)Bobby got a shirt, some books, and some other things. I didn't get to see everyone open everythnig because it got a little crazy after a while, with everyone trying to open their presents at once :pJennifer got a filing cabinet and a new comforter for her bed. When everyone was finished opening presents, the girls changed into the Hannah Montana costumes and Travis took some of his trains out of their boxes to play with until dinner was ready.Finally it was time for dinner. David's Mom (Lynn) and his sister (Jennifer) spent hours cooking dinner for everyone. They made roast, cheesy mashed potatoes, asparagus, rolls, and salad.When dinner was finished, I opened YouTube on Bobby's computer, and the girls danced to Hannah Montana songs on his bed. It was cute. Katie kept trying to join in, but she kept falling down instead :pThe night ended with my sweet little girl giving hugs goodbye to everyone.It was a nice night. Katie had fun with her cousins and she loves her toys :) I can't wait for next Christmas. Hopefully Katie will understand a little better and have more fun opening presents :p