Christmas Morning

Mostly for the grandparents who couldn't be here today...

This is Lila coming downstairs on Christmas morning. We have been so excited for this moment for weeks. It was everything we hoped it would be.




Lila stayed in her car pretty much all day. It took three hours to unwrap the rest of her presents, in part because of the sheer volume of gifts, but mostly because all she wanted to do was sit in her little red car.

Best. Christmas. Ever.

New Year's Eve (aka: Christmas 2.0)

On New Year's Eve, a big box of Christmas presents arrived in the mail. There were presents for Ed and for me, but most of the presents were for Lila. She had a BLAST opening all of her gifts! Here she is with all of her packages.


All right, let's get started!


Rocco supervises, of course.

Books and toys! Lila and Rocco both approve.

A BIG present! This is going to take some help from Daddy.

Lila loves her new bath toys.

It's safe to say that Lila thoroughly enjoyed Christmas...both days!

47 weeks, 11 months, and Christmas!

Lila turned 11 months old on Christmas Eve. Here's our smiley girl on Christmas morning.

We wanted Lila to spend her first Christmas at home and our families decided not to travel , so we had a quiet holiday. We welcomed the relaxation after craziness of the previous week.

We went to church on Christmas Eve and Lila had a blast. She loved the singing and bounced up and down during all of the hymns and carols. She was very interested in the candles that everyone (but Mom) had during Silent Night.

We weren't sure what Lila would think of presents on Christmas morning. We kind of expected that she would love the crinkly wrapping paper but not really know what to do with what was inside. Quite to the contrary!

You probably remember Lila's partner in crime, Rocco. Rocco and Lila LOVED Christmas morning!


Lila and Rocco take inventory of the presents.


Lila gets excited about presents!


Of course she loved the bows.


Lila's wearing her cousin Zoie's first Christmas outfit. Zoie is 10 years older than Lila, and we love that this little outfit was set aside so that our girl could wear it for her first Christmas, too. It's a fun connection to her cousin.


After presents, we enjoyed a turkey dinner and some relaxation. Lila loves turkey! For both Thanksgiving and Christmas I made her a baby pumpkin pie of her own, which she quite enjoyed. I mixed pumpkin with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and a little giger and she ate it right up! She also liked the mixture with a little yogurt.

The day after Christmas we shopped some of the after-Christmas sales and picked up a tree topper and more ornaments. Lila had fun picking out shiny and sparkly ornaments. We're going to need a bigger tree next year!