Presents

We had a very nice family Christmas. Tradition has it that we have Papaw down for breakfast on Christmas Eve morning. Kevin had to work the night before, so he got home at 8am and the festivities began at 8:30. We had scrambled eggs, sausage and Monkey Bread (another tradition). Camden approved of the everything.

Then it was time for presents. Camden went in the living room and straight for her new rocking chair. She did her little "ooohhhhh," as she climbed in it. I couldn't believe that I actually found a rocker I liked on craigslist. It was in great condition...and a steal!

She then got right to work opening her stash.

I thought we'd have more fascination with the boxes, but she actually liked opening the presents, seeing what was inside, then going back for more. It was quite remarkable. Although that pesky tape got to be pretty annoying to her!

She loves her new vacuum cleaner. It sings the ABCs and numbers which she absolutely can't get enough of right now. It makes other cool sounds, plus their gadgets and buttons to push.

It's so cute to see her actually use it like a vacuum as she roams around the living room.

Probably the most annoying gift (to me) are the wooden puzzles. She likes the idea of them, but in general can't put the pieces in place, so we just have tons of puzzle pieces everywhere waiting to be stepped on by me...and those little knobs hurt!

She also got a cute camo sleeper from her daddy and a stuffed deer that she loves to hug and kiss. Actually, she gives those open mouth "baby kisses" so it's hard to tell if she's giving it a kiss or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

After all gifts were open, we played a little Mario Kart on our Wii (one of Daddy's gifts). Even Camden got in on the action.

All in all it was a good morning.

And an exhausting one!