Christmas

It didn't feel too much like Christmas since Clint wasn't home, but we just did Facetime so he could see Ryann enjoy her Christmas.

When Ryann woke up I had her walk down the hallway towards her chair with her stocking on it. In her stocking she got a purple car, a Elmo sippy cup, Gerber Banana Cookies, mini M&Ms, and SweetTarts.

Of course Ryann wanted to eat her candy first, but her mean mom made her eat some breakfast first.

Luckily she was excited about her Elmo sippy cup and ate her breakfast without fighting me.

Even though we really celebrated Christmas in Texas, Ryann still needed something to open on Christmas day. I had put three presents from me and Clint under the tree for her. Ryan didn't even pay any attention to the gifts at first, but then I heard paper tearing. She had picked up a present and was getting started with the opening. I made her wait to finish opening it until I got Clint on Facetime to watch her. I put up the other presents so she could open them with her Grandma and Grandpa Greene.

Before we went up to Clint's parent's house we went to church. I decided that the wedding dress would also be Ryann's Christmas dress. I had to snap a picture quick to catch her with her headband on.

At her grandparent's, Ryann was more than happy to finish opening her presents.

Ryann wouldn't tear the paper and pull the present out, she would rip every piece of wrapping paper off the present and then investigate the present.

Ryann had already opened most her presents from Grandma and Grandpa Greene. About three weeks before Christmas Jeannie had a big box of stuff she ordered online. The box was covered with brown shipping paper. Inside the box was another box that had a Cabbage Patch baby inside. Well, Ryann found that box that was buried inside the box under all the shipping paper. She took the box up to her Grandma saying, "Bebe, bebe". Of course her Grandma let her open it. Then about a week before Christmas there was a doll stroller in a box that hadn't been wrapped yet from her Grandma and Grandma Greene. One night when Jeannie and Stan were watching Ryann while I was at work, she found that box and pushed it around the kitchen saying "bebe, bebe" until her Grandpa put it together for her. Good thing she doesn't know what Christmas is, and that she opened all her presents. The only present left with clothes inside just wasn't that interesting to her, but she still enjoyed tearing the paper.

Whew, opening presents is hard work.

After presents it was time to play with her new puzzle with Grandpa.

Ryann loved watching her cousins, Jackson and McKay, show off all their Christmas presents on Skype.
Last year Ryann was grateful for the paper her presents came in, this year she actually liked what was inside. It turned out to be a pretty good Christmas.