On Christmas Eve, Phil, Ridley and I went to Phil's grandmother's home to what I lovingly like to call "Christmas Chaos." There are a bunch of kids running around and family members gathered. Ridley didn't know what to make of it all quite yet, but I'm sure it will soon become one of her favorite places to visit. Her Aunt Elizabeth told her all about Santa coming that night, and Ridley must have listened because she went to bed at 8:30pm (the earliest she's ever gone down for the night BY FAR). She woke up at 4am, but went right back to sleep.
The next morning, we opened a few gifts at the house, but honestly I didn't wrap many of her gifts. I didn't see a point really. We put a tree up, bought her a stocking and her first christmas ornament and I felt like that was enough for a first time mom to handle with a two and a half month old!
We went to Phil's mom's house (Grandma!) and Ridley had plenty of gifts to open there. Her Aunt Felicia in particularly spoiled her with a big bag of toys and clothes. She was so well behaved too! She was in such awe of all the bright colors on the tree and on the wrapping paper. She also loves to watch her cousins run around the house with her Aunt Elizabeth. Philip made his famous mashed potatoes and I made banana pudding--my nana's recipe.
After dinner we returned home and had a nice little afternoon with my mom (Grammie!) and took it easy. It was nice and relaxing. And Grammie brought over lemon squares and a pie.
We ended the day with a short walk down our road with the dogs. We got Ridley all bundled up and put her in the front carrier, a great way to walk off some of that turkey and banana pudding.
Hope everyone else had a great holiday as well! Now it's time to post pictures, take down decorations, and put away gifts. Whew!
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