Christmas Eve was a very special night for Alice. She got to stay up 3.5 hours past her bedtime to attend a family party and to meet the big man himself - Santa Claus! Santa took a break from delivering gifts around the world to stop by and visit our family. Alice was so excited and happy to meet him and sit on his lap that she didn't even cry!
Note how tired she was!:
When she opened her present, she was in love! Rosie the Sock Monkey has quickly become one of her best friends.
After opening her present, she left the party early with Mommy and Daddy and went back to Grammie and Grampie's house to sleep soundly with sugarplums dancing in her head. The next morning, she began to understand how much fun Christmas morning is! Here are Grammie and Alice, equally excited!
In great Baptiste tradition, here we are waiting at the top of the stairs to run down and see if Santa made an appearance overnight:
He did! Great-Gram and Alice celebrated with some jingle bells!
Throughout the day, it became evident that Skype was the theme of Christmas this year. Here we all are, video-chatting with Auntie Bethany and Uncle CJ in California:
And at the end of the day, along with Auntie Chris and Auntie Jen, Alice played peek-a-boo over Skype with the Lopes' down in Florida:
Alice loved her "new car" from Bisavo ("Great Grandmother" in Portuguese) - she is already planning to teach Mommy to drive!
It was a wonderful Christmas - we are reminded how blessed we are to have such a great family and such a sweet, beautiful, happy daughter. We hope you had a fun Christmas as well. Much love from the three of us to all of you!
Here is a link to the rest of the photos from Christmas Eve Night and Christmas Day - Enjoy!
What a wonderful first Christmas Alice got to have. Santa, grandparents and many more family. I am thrilled for her and know she had a great time.
ReplyDelete