Our First Christmas

Christmas Day is finally here!  Last night on Christmas Eve, we opened presents from family.  We were so excited to finally see what was in those packages that had been shoved under the tree a couple of weeks ago.  Mommy and Daddy sat and ate dinner first and made us wait so long we thought we wouldn't make it!  Daddy passed out the presents....

Serena:  "Wow!  PRESENTS!"

Scarlett:  "The big one is mine!  Gimme!  Gimme!"

Sadie:  "Oooooo!  Whose is that one?"

Finally, we opened them and we got lots of neat stuff including some toys, clothes, and books. Grandma and Grandpa made us each a wooden dog toy that we can pull around when we get bigger.  Mommy got a huge blanket that can keep all of us warm.


Serena:  "What's this?  CLOTHES?!?!?  Where's the toys???"

Sadie:  "Umm, excuse me....Is that all there is for me?"

Despite all the fun we were having, Mommy told us it was time for bed or Santa Claus wouldn't come to our house.  While visions of previous terror of a big man in a red suit flashed into our minds, Mommy was insistent that he would bring us something good.  She helped us bribe the old man by putting milk and cookies on the table along with a couple of carrots for Rudolph and the other reindeer.  So off we went to bed and we fell fast asleep.

And then.......Christmas morning!  We came downstairs and noticed that the cookies and milk were all gone!  And there were crumbs left on the plate!  Even a few scraps of carrots were still there.  I guess when you have so many houses to cover you can't stop and really enjoy the snacks.  Santa wrote each of us a letter and gave us our most favorite thing in the whole world.  BINKIES!  Winnie the Pooh binkies, to be exact.  Boy oh boy, that man in the red suit isn't so bad after all.  He also gave us a rubber ducky so we have something to play with when we take a bath.  This was our best Christmas EVER!

Scarlett:  "Santa Claus came!  Santa Claus came!"

Christmas is almost here!!!

Christmas is coming and the girls are so happy they can hardly contain themselves.  They love looking at the tree and all the lights and shiny decorations.  Mommy keeps telling them Santa is watching so they have to be good if they're going to get any presents.  Sometimes I think they forget but for the most part they're pretty good!


Serena was all wiggly.......

Scarlett was all giggly.......

And Sadie was all jiggly!!!!

And Sadie said she wants to sleep downstairs for the next few nights so she can keep an eye on the presents in case that big man in the red suit comes back and starts messing around under there.

Bath Time

Every other day Mommy gives us a bath.  As long as the water is nice and warm we don't mind too much, but if it's cold, we don't like it one bit!  We sit in our pink bath tub and our rubber ducky is always close by.  Mommy washes our tummy, legs, arms, hands, feet.....no place is safe from her prying washcloth-equipped hands.  After we get dried off, she puts lotion all over us, a new diaper, and we smell all fresh and clean!

Serena:  "DAD!  Can we get a little privacy, please!?!?"

Scarlett:  "I NEVER shy away from a camera!"

Sadie:  "Here, Mom, you forgot this foot!"

Pictures with Santa

Mommy and Daddy keep saying Christmas is right around the corner and that we have to be good so that Santa will come to our house.  We aren't sure who that is or why we'd want him to come over but they keep insisting it's a good thing.  Last night there was a knock on the door and a big man in a red suit, long white beard, and a red hat came walking in saying, "Ho!  Ho!  Ho!  Merry Christmas!"  He sat us on his lap and asked each of us what we wanted for Christmas.  A new binkie, a Hello Kitty blanket, a teddy bear, and music CDs came to mind but we froze.  We simply clammed up and couldn't say anything....this big guy in a red suit....all the "Ho-Ho-Ho-ing" .....it was enough to terrify any little girl.  Hopefully Mommy and Daddy told him the things we'd like otherwise we may not get anything! 


Sadie:  "Ummm.....Mom?  Who in the world is this???"

Scarlett:  "Whoever he is, I'm warm!"

Serena:  "If I hold REAL still maybe he won't know I'm here."

Serena:  "HE'S GOT ME!!!!  Scarlett, Sadie, Mommy, Daddy, SAVE YOURSELVES!  I'M A GONNER!"

Then Mom and Dad came over and we thought that maybe this guy was all right after all.