Second Christmas

This year was SO much fun with Ryanne. She had a great Christmas - got WAY too much stuff, but seems to love every bit of it. Honestly, she still hasn't finished opening all of her presents. I think she's a little overwhelmed by the process. She got to the point on Christmas Day where she was opening stuff and throwing it aside to get to the next thing with paper. She loved the paper, but didn't stop long enough to even look at the toy inside. I gues she's still a little young to completely understand how it works. At that point, we distracted her and the present opening stopped. There are still about half a dozen presents under the tree for her. We'll make sure we open them before we leave.

Let's see, what did she get.

Santa brought her a Neurosmith Maestro set with 3 extra cartidges. She loves playing with the blocks. It's a little buggy, but I guess that's why they went out of business. It's still a neat toy. I don't know how long it will last.

Chrys and I gave her a baby doll and stroller. She keeps trying to give the baby its bottle (when she's not chewing on the bottle herself). She LOVES pushing the stroller around the kitchen and back yard.

Beyond that, she got Little People galore. Grandma and Grandpa G got her Noah's Ark and the extra animals. It was one of the later presents so she's not played with it much, but I know it will be a big hit at home. Aunt Fyoire gave her a Little People Knight and Dragon (shocker a dragon! hee) that RC shoved into the Ark, too.

She got quite a few books and seems to be enjoying them. She got some clothes - always good. She also got E-L-M-O (the dancing one) and seems as amused by that as she is the Chicken Dance one. I think that will stay here until next year. Lots of stuffed animals from Gammaree that she likes, especially the cat.

Unfortunately, she also seems to have gotten a stomach virus or something. She pitched her cookies this afternoon and hasn't kept anything down since. She also had a fever (103 by the time we got to the hotel) so we gave her some Tylenol and it's back down to 100 or so which makes us happier. The good news is that right before she got sick the first time, we found her a small Elmo that doesn't do anything for her to cuddle with.