Christmas!

It was wonderful! Of course, Lacey slept great for several weeks and then came Christmas Eve....she "woke" a couple of times. Really, she just cried out for her pacifier/binky and we gave that back to settle her. Then, she woke at 5:45 and I rocked her from then until 6:30. She fell back to sleep, I couldn't since I was holding her!

Anyway, we'd gone to the children's service at Mt. Zion on Christmas Eve. It was only about 30 minutes and Lacey loved all the kids! I'm sure she was thinking "wow, this is daycare x 10"! She'll be right in the mix of things next year. I was quite emotional. Much more so than I ever thought. Silent Night always gets to me, but it was more this year. Just watching her and thinking about how lucky we are was too much.

We didn't open gifts until after her 1st nap since she is only up for an hour or 2 in the morning before it. She didn't have any interest in opening gifts! I thought she'd love the wrapping paper since she loves to tear apart magazines, but no. So, we all took turns trying to keep her from getting into things she shouldn't, while we opened gifts - including those for her.

She did love her Santa gifts, though. She got the incrediblock, the Stride to Ride walker, a teddy bear chair and a few other smaller things.

My family came over that afternoon and she got MORE! The laugh & learn puppy, the fisher price pots & pans, and many other things.

When she went to bed that night, she was beat.

Butch's parents are still visiting. They are planning to leave tomorrow.

I have to go back to work tomorrow....I'd much rather stay home and play, but we can't have everything we want.

Lacey has been napping for nearly 2 hours now, so I'd better finish this up...I'm sure I'll hear her shortly.

More later!