Callie's first Christmas - and our first Christmas as parents - was a complete success and a whole lot of fun, I'd say. We woke up with a happy baby around 7:15 am. I had been up with her around 5:15 for a feeding, and, full of the Christmas spirit, I guess, couldn't really get back to sleep. Luckily Callie did sleep for those couple of hours - she hadn't quite figured out the excitement of Christmas morning. Yet.
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| Happy baby, happy momma. |
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Clearly wrapping paper is only the best
invention EVER! |
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She's figuring out these rings are
pretty great chew toys. |
(from the day after Christmas, when she really had time
to master the rings)
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| More paper to play with. . . . |
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reveals our little Obi-Wan-Callie.
"These are not the presents you're looking for." |
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| "Helping" Dad open a gift. |
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| Bird's-eye view of the loot and wrappings. |
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Cal is patiently waiting for her big gift -
the doorway jumper thing-a-ma-jig - to be assembled. |
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| At last! |
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| And now she's got it figured out. Total hit! |
She's bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy,
fun, fun, fun, fun, fun,
The most wonderful thing
about Callie is:
She's the only one!
After present opening and ring-eating and doorway bouncing, Cal was quite pooped and ready for her morning nap. While she napped, Mom and Dad feasted on some lovely Christmas sweet rolls (
recipe here).
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We had our traditional cinnamon-raisin
(and a few with walnuts). |
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And we tried something new with half the batch:
orange roll twists. Amazing! |
