Christmas Festivies

We were especially excited for Christmas this year for a couple of reasons. One reason is that Adam finished his finals on the 14th!! So we had a couple weeks together to get the festivities started. I was thrilled to not be a single mom anymore, I almost didn't know how to handle having him home so much. And second because Solana is at such a fun age that she wants to play and gets excited when she gets something. (unlike last year when she just ate the wrapping paper) 

One very memorable Christmas moment was taking Solana to see Santa. We watched Santa videos with her to get her all excited. So off to Yankee candle we went, she was so excited she ran up to Santa and watched all the other kids sit on his lap. Well we waited in line (impatiently) then while Adam took some video, Solana and I walked up to a giant white bearded man, she was doing so great and I was so proud of her. Then I lift her up and she (cue screams of terror) lost it! She made her body so stiff that I couldn't even bend her legs to sit her on his lap. Santa was so kind and said "do you want me to pick her up?" He obviously could sense the terror in my child, and he probably already 10 kids react that same way to him that hour.  My first good mom reaction was to say no and pass on the moment, but then my "this is kind of funny" mom reacted and I said "yes!" So he picked her up, she screamed bloody murder, and we got a quick snapshot. The funny part was as we were leaving she wanted to go back and see him again. I thought, I'm not going to put Santa through that again.

So here is the photo play by play:

All happy waiting in line

Finally it's our turn!

Still excited to see him......

haha.....and then she lost it!

(I should have listened to good mom side)

We love Christmas trees in this house, we love the whole ordeal, to picking out the perfect one, and then busting out all the ornaments from our childhood that we still have and putting them up. It's a great time!

Solana was especially good with the tree this year. She would ask if she could play with any of them, and she only wanted to play with the soft or non breakable ones, so it all worked out. She wanted it lit all the time, and she was sad to see it come down. On Christmas Eve we went and had her pick out her second Christmas ornament, it was awesome, and not to our surprise, she is picky! We also weren't surprised it was a sock bear. Loves her bears.

Playing with another favorite ornament, her red diamond....she has good taste.

Christmas morning was a blast!

So excited, Merry Christmas!!!