Christmas Morning at Home

Neal and I were very excited for Christmas morning because we knew how hard Santa had worked to find just the right gifts for Meredith this year. She has loved a small train set she got for her birthday and we heard that Santa got a great deal on an expanded version on Black Friday. Daddy was especially happy about this because he loves playing trains with her! We also hinted to Santa that Meredith would be very surprised to get her own makeup set, so we think he found another great deal so she got to get both! She must have been such a good girl!

Santa's handy work by our fireplace. Neal said it looks like we have a boy and a girl in our house!

When Meredith woke up, we had to remind her that Santa had visited. She was a little hesitant that he might still be lurking, but as soon as she saw her "Choo Choo Twaaaiiin!" she was no longer too concerned. The only problem came when she saw that Santa had actually eaten her cookies. She still acts very sad when she remembers that he ate them all!

Even though she shouted the loudest about the train, she ran immediately to her vanity and started to work on her hair. She loves putting on makeup with me, so I knew she would enjoy that part of the vanity, but so far she has been much more interestedin doing her hair. She loves her hair dryer and putting in curls!

Meredith testing out the train. She and daddy have had so much fun with this!

Showing off some candy from her stocking.

Before we headed out to the rest of our Christmas day stops, we opened a few presents that were from us to Meredith, including a doll house that she loves. She almost immediately lost the pink baby, which was very hard on her until Daddy found it tonight (after we had torn the house apart). She has named the big sister Sarah and the blue baby, Wally (or really, I am guessing Wall-E from the Disney movie.) Maybe now the pink baby will get a name!

So happy to be testing out her doll house!