Glimpse into Christmas pt 1

Miss M is napping. I predict my time is almost up. I spent a lot of time on the phone and now I am trying to get pictures uploaded.

Christmas and all the corresponding travel went really well.  Miss M was an angel in the car when I needed her to be (bribing her with an ipad or phone did not hurt matters).

Miss M was a lot of fun this year. She was so delicate with opening presents. She hasn't figured out the concept of ripping open a present so fast and moving on to the next one before she realizes what was in the last package.  It made things a little calmer and easier because we weren't scrambling to keep up with her. 

She was also very delicate with the Christmas trees. She liked the ornaments which she referred to as "balls" and she touched them but rarely did I have to worry about her destroying an ornament, eating Christmas lights, opening presents prematurely, or pulling the tree over.  

We did Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Calhoun's first but we don't have many pictures because there were so many others taking pictures. 

We did take some random pictures.  

Our main purpose in traveling to Grandma and Grandpa Calhoun's was to provide support for the donation surgery. We were just fortunate to celebrate Christmas while we were there.

Craig and I the night before the big surgery.  One of the last times Craig will be photographed with six kidneys (because being pregnant I have four!) between two people. 

Miss M on Thunder or Lightening. I don't know what the horse was officially named. It doesn't matter. She loved it.  She also seriously loved Jack's roller coaster. I only seem to have videos of her going around. I will work on that later.

 Miss M loves tables that are her size. This table is Grandma Nan's.  She ate all her meals at the table and did quite well. She didn't make any more of a mess than she usually would while eating. She did get a new little table for her new room for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa Calhoun.

 She liked wearing Grandpa's Santa hat although it doesn't fit.

Here is an attempt at the video of Miss M and the roller coaster.