Christmas

This just wasn't quite Chloe's year for Christmas. She had a good time and everything, but it wasn't like she was super excited or anything. She kind of preferred just doing her own thing to opening up presents. Every once in a while she would show some interest, but most of the time, it was like she was just trying to appease us. I'm pretty sure that I opened more of her presents than she did! So here are some pictures of throughout the day!

So here we are first thing in the morning. Take a look at me...it's definitely first thing. Way before Chloe normally gets up. The place had been to just let her sleep...unfortunately she's such a light sleeper that didn't work out.

Here is Chloe "reading" Kelli's "book". Or at least that's what she (Chloe) calls it. Seems like every one has one of these...but I, unfortunately, am not a member of the cool kids club...

Chloe with her new little bean bag chair. And flashlight. That kid...

Once Chloe got this nifty little thing, she left all the action and found herself a nice, quiet little corner to hang out in. And just played. Wasn't really interested in opening any more presents. This is actually pretty neat...it's a bunch of cuts of meats and vegetables that are held together by velcro. You use the little knife to cut them up in pieces. Chloe loved it! It's the first thing she's done each morning she's been up since.

This is Chloe and her new friend, Aaron. He apparently made quite the impression on her. Chloe doesn't really take to ANYBODY, even after being around them several times. This was one of their first meetings and she was climbing all over him and dragging him around. Crazy. I can't really think of any reason why. Except maybe he's a Bears fan... ;)

Chloe and her cookie:

Her new horse. Funny story. Chloe really loves horses. We're at home Christmas night and I'm watching her...and she's pretending she's riding it, yelling, clear as day, "Yee Ha!" "Giddy-Up!". I'm thinking to myself, what the...??? She's not really saying that. I have NO idea where she picked that up from. But then I turned on Dora. Or I mean boots. And there was an episode with Pinto the pony. And Dora, I mean Boots, yells Yee Ha!, Giddy Up throughout the whole thing. It was a new episode, so she picked that one up quick...

The end of the afternoon:

And here was Chloe's big present. Her very own train table. And she loves it! She plays with it at least twice every single day.

That was Christmas in a nutshell. Be on the lookout for a more action packed post in the next few days...we've got lots of news!