Mawee Cahmas

That's how it sounds when Cal says Merry Christmas.  And she finally mastered it on Christmas Day.  Perfect timing, Callikins!  And what a pretty perfect Cahmas it was for our little fam.

Christmas morning - before.

Figuring out this whole stocking thing.
These new snack cups took a lot of
attention - we had to probe her to
find the rest of the treats inside her sock.

Trying on a new bib and holding her very own
Cal-size orange.

Stocking stuffers for Cal: mandarin orange,
bibs, snack cups, sippy cup, bath book, craisins,
toothbrush and paste, hair elastics and clippies,
tights, and goldfish crackers.
Santa really pulled through for her!

Now onto the big stuff!

What could it be?

Her very own camp chair!

Matching teal and purple owl theme of the chair and jammies
totally unintentional, but quite cute.

Time for another present!

No dolls this year for my little girl -
dump trucks all around!

Not only did she get this big dumper from
Mom and Dad, but she got a set of three
smaller trucks from G&G Elwood and a
big picture book about trucks from G&G
Blanchard.  She loves her trucks!

Loadin' it up with Dad.

Off she goes!

Vroom vroom!

Cal got a great set of colorful plates, bowls,
and cups in her stocking from G&G B.
She loved spreading them out and stacking
them up - over and over and over.

She also loved this fuzzy duck throw/pillow/stuffed animal
combo from the Blanchard grandparents.

So snuggly!

During our Skype call with the Loganites, Cal sat for a solid
15 minutes in this big bowl on Gregg's stomach.  (This is
noteworthy because she rarely sits still for any length of time!)

The aftermath - left side of the living room.

The aftermath - right side of the living room.

A little quiet time playing with her fruit from Uncle Nate,
Auntie Shelly and cousin Baby Evy.

Finally letting us try on her new coat.
(And notice the new hair elastic ponytail?
That lasted maybe a half hour and is now
nowhere to be seen - good thing there were
500 in the package!)

We enjoyed our delicious sweet rolls for breakfast (I can't decide which flavor I like better: the cinnamon/raisin/walnut or the orange - both amazing!) about halfway through our unwrapping.  Callie loved opening presents, but after a while she wanted to play with the things that she had already opened rather than open anything else.  And she told us so.  Us: "Cal, here's another present.  Want to open it?  Come open it and see what's inside!"  Cal: "No."   Ha.  But she did get a lot of great things, so I can't blame her.  We all were pretty spoiled, thanks to our amazing family!

We planned on going out in the snow for a little snowshoe walk, but Gregg wasn't feeling 100% so we ended up staying inside and we never changed out of our pjs all day.  Not a bad way to spend Christmas, I say.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!