I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas! We certainly did. This year we were in Santaquin with Brett's family. We stayed the night on Christmas Eve so that we could be there bright and early with everyone to open some presents and see what Santa brought. Everyone came over for dinner on Christmas Eve when we ate all kinds of treats and good soup. Our niece Kasia was the resident Who from Whoville.
You should click on the picture to really see how cool her hair looked. We played a lot of games and had a good time with everyone. And Kennedy looked great in her Santa hat.
We had a bit of a rough night because we had to stay up for Santa when we had already had a long day. Kennedy woke up at about midnight when I was the only one (other than the kids) in bed. She had a little bit of trouble going down again, but eventually she did, only to wake up again at 4:00. That wouldn't normally have been too weird considering the big day we had, but she decided that she was awake at that time and wanted all of her presents. Brett was up with her for about an hour before she finally got tired again. And she was up bright and early (well, 7:45) with us again to open her presents.
Kennedy is sporting the cute Christmas jammies, courtesy of Grandpa Pitt, that she got to open on Christmas Eve. Santa (Grandma Pitt) got her this fun little piano that she has had a blast with. It plays all kinds of music, counts, and does a bunch of other fun things too. Santa also brought her some mega lego blocks, a picture of Jesus, and a stuffed Eeyore.
Her stocking came stuffed with snacks, a toothbrush (for her 2 1/2 teeth), and a toy cell phone. She likes that one a lot because it beeps when you press the buttons. I think that's her favorite part about our cell phones too. Kennedy got completely spoiled by everyone this year. She has more noisy toys than she can stand, tons of new things to chew on, some new clothes, a CD player with some CDs and a new Baby Einstein DVD. She got a doll, bath toys, a LeapPad, and a cookie jar shape sorter. She is going to be well occupied for a long time. Here she is with her aunt Amanda and the fun stuffed pig she got her.
Brett and I had a wonderful time watching her open her presents. We don't have more pictures than this because it got to be nap time halfway through the presents and we had to finish opening them while she was asleep. We did pretty well ourselves as far as gifts go. I got Ina Garten's new cookbook, a Swivel Sweeper, a cool African necklace from Brett's parents, and a bunch of new movies. Brett got some Jazz tickets, Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii, and some chickens donated to a family in Africa in his name. We played with presents and family all day until it was time to have dinner. We had prime rib, mashed potatoes, asparagus, rolls, and a bunch of other yummy stuff at Brett's brother Chris' house. After dinner we played ping pong until Kennedy got so zonked that she needed to come home. We came home, unpacked, put Kennedy to bed, and played a little Smash Brothers before going to bed. It was a great holiday and we were so excited to see Kennedy have a good time. I'm loving watching her play with all of her things this morning. We can't wait until next year when we get to put out cookies for Santa and make some of the yummy recipes I found again! Don't worry, recipes will follow. For today, it's nice to have a quiet morning at home with Kennedy and her new toys.
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Have you heard about this rotating presents thing? My brother and his wife do it with his son. Like, since he's the only grandchild, he gets really spoiled. So, after he opens all his presents, they let him choose his favorite three (or so.). Then, they take the rest and hide them in a closet. Once he gets tired of playing with those three (usually takes a month or so) they bring out the "old" yet "new" toys to him. It seems to work pretty well. Just a suggestion. :)
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