Liza's First Christmas

So this Christmas was exceptionally special as it was Liza's first.  Of course she is no where near old enough to realize what Christmas is, but that's not to say she still didn't make out like a bandit.  The holiday season became official when I put up Liza's own hot pink Christmas tree in her nursery, complete with lights and decorations, which Uncle Thomas and Aunt Kathy had given to her when they came to visit us in the hospital.

 The Precious Moments Nativity set was a gift to Molly from my mother from the Christmas before and it came in handy for Liza's tree.

 This was a Liza's first Christmas ornament that was given to her by Aunt Susan and Uncle Bob. 

 Another first Christmas ornament that was given to her by Molly's old high school softball coach Marilyn Brody.

This year we split the holiday between families and we did Christmas Eve with Molly's family and then we went to Grandma Sally's for Christmas day.  Christmas Eve each year the Baptist church puts on a service in the opera house in town, so Molly, Liza, and myself went with her parents and grandparents to the service.  Liza was a perfect angel during the entire service, she never made a sound and slept soundly.  Following the service we spent the remainder of the evening with her family at her grandparents house where Liza entertained everyone and opened her Christmas presents from her Aunt Nancy, where she received a Indianapolis Colts onesy and a stuffed soccerball.  At this point we knew that Liza was our daughter because no sooner did we put the ball at her feet, she started kicking it(such a proud moment).  From there we returned home where Liza slept peacefully, not waking until Christmas morning, to see what Santa had brought her.  We all woke up at about 7 that morning where Liza was greeted by a coffee table of presents (our living room is a little to cluttered for a Christmas tree).  We first opened presents from Uncle Richard, Aunt Barbara, Owen, and Ben, then continued to open presents from Molly and I and Meme and Pepe.

Wish I could say she was thrilled, but we were definitely thrilled enough for her.  As we opened gifts, Liza's Great Grandparents came over to spend the morning with us, opening presents followed by a Christmas breakfast.

Following breakfast it was time to load up the car (in the end there was little to no room for passengers) and it was over the hill and through the woods to Grandma Sally's house we go.  Molly, Liza, Meme, Pepe, myself and even Miyah went to Grandma Sally's for Christmas to spend the day with Grandma, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Roger, Aunt Ivonne, Kobe, Uncle Thomas, Jeremy, and Taylor (we would get to see Aunt Kathy the next day).  We arrived to Grandma Sally's house and were welcomed by Grandma and Aunt Nancy and not long after the rest of the family arrived.  From there we did presents, and let me say Liza received so many gifts, I wasn't sure how we were going to pack everyone and everything in the car.