Busy Busy Holidays

I have been horrible about blogging over the holidays. I guess since it has been the baby's first holiday I was focused on that. That is the only excuse that I have. The holidays were great for us and for Abby. She had a good time but did not really get the whole opening presents. She really liked the paper and the boxes. She played with those way more than the toys at first. We are kind of lucky right now because we did not have to perpetuate the whole Santa myth this first year because she is little still. We could have all her presents under the tree before Christmas morning and she did not know the difference. That won't be the case next year, so we enjoyed it while we could this year. There is so much to tell about the holidays that it is going to be hard to sum up in one blog. We had 2 "Christmases" on Christmas Eve. We went to my mom and dad's and opened presents with my immediate family. Then that evening we went to Aunt Brenda's house and had Christmas with my mom's side of the family. On Christmas Day, we went to Eric's parents and opened presents with Eric's immediate family and then we had dinner with them. That evening, Eric's aunt, uncle and cousins came over and we opened a couple of presents and had dessert with them. The day after Christmas we were supposed to go to Columbus and have Christmas with my Dad's side of the family, but the weather was so bad here in Toledo that we did not make that one. However, my mom and dad brought home the presents for the baby and she opened those yesterday. So, she had lots of opening to. She was overwhelmed with all of the presents, but she really liked them all. Eric and I decided that we were going to ration out the presents and give them to her a present or two at a time. That way she has something new to play with every couple of weeks. Otherwise, she will not really fully enjoy them all. One of my favorite gifts were the little Uggs that Aunt Becky got her. I don't even have a pair of those stylin' boots yet. However, we want to thank everyone who gave her a wonderful present. She loves it and we really appreciate it. I have attached lots of fun pictures from the holidays for you to enjoy. Hope everyone's holiday was as great as ours. It was so nice seeing so many of you over the holidays.