Christmas started off with a bang…Maya woke at around 6:45am, as is her norm. When I went to her room to get her out of bed, I was greeted by a stench — one worse than any Grinch could have left us. Guess who threw up in bed overnight? It was DRY, so she slept in it, too…and didn’t even fuss about it, go figure.

So much for baking more cookies before heading to my aunt and uncle’s house for breakfast. Bathtime!

I suppose I should point out here that Maya has weaned and now sleeps in her room all night. I’m still not quite sure how I feel about this, but dear LORD, I’m enjoying the sleep.

Maya still doesn’t “get” the idea of Santa Claus, and honestly, I’m not going out of my way to push Santa on her. She’ll likely believe in Santa whether I’m the one who tells the tale or not, LOL.

I have to admit, though…I did enjoy this one last Christmas where I could
a) Buy presents with Maya in the shopping cart, without her knowing any better and
b) Forego wrapping paper. I mean, after all…the fun is getting to PLAY with the toys, not watching Mama put them together!

Maya’s “main” present was the Fisher Price “Laugh-n-Learn House,” aka, our first obnoxiously loud electronic toy. It had to happen sometime, right? Really, I don’t mind it so far, but I can see where anyone with more than one child would pull their hair out at more than one noisy toy going at a time.

Hmmm…what does this thing do?

It took mere moments for Maya to figure out that the door was one she could close AND open (she can close the doors at home, but then yells for ME to open them). Woo-hoo!

Peek a boo!