Last night, my daughter husband and I went over to my in-laws for dinner and presents. She ate a lot (for her) of little pieces of chicken and beef from the mexican platter that has become a Christmas Eve tradition. It took her a little bit to warm up, but she had woken up from her nap to be thrown into clothes, shoved in a carseat, and tossed into another environment (or at least that's how I'd imagine it felt). The ripping of wrapping paper didn't bother her a bit and she babbled and played and walked around having a grand ol' time.
This morning, she woke up with mom and dad and opened her gift from us. She actually opened it herself. She ripped the paper off in pieces. Then I thought she'd play with the wrapping paper, but instead she set it aside and starting pulling at the top of the box. I helped her open the box and she pulled the top tissue paper out, then the stuffed animal (barely glancing at it), then the bottom tissue paper skipping right over the book (which she usually loves), picked the box up and discarded it, then returned to play :)
We then preceded to wake up the rest of the house for present time. Before we all were done (there were 8 of us this Christmas) she needed to take a nap. Afterward, baby girl and I finished with our presents (I had napped with her) and got ready for the day. First stop was at my husband's aunt's house for Christmas dinner with his whole side of the family, then back home for another nap. After her second nap, we finished my moms Christmas dinner (at home), then off to my dad's for our third Christmas dinner of the night ( technically only two because we skipped the food at the first dinner with the exception of some yummy turkey). After my dad's it was home to bed!
My daughter did so amazing throughout it all! It has been a very busy weekend. She has gone to bed over an hour later than usual for the last three nights (tonight included) and has been amidst a lot of commotion and people she isn't used to, but she wasn't fussy very much at all. It was fantastic! Oh poo, and it just now dawned on me that I forgot to make the clay handprint ornament today. I wanted it to be done on Christmas day, but oh well. This will be me trying to go with the flow and forgetting that her handprint was actually from the day after Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
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