How exciting to wake up to a couple of inches of snow on Christmas morning! This is only the 14th time in the 112 years since they've been recording the weather here in the Denver area that it has snowed on Christmas Eve! Light and fluffy...so pretty!
Sara, Zach, and Sophia came up on Monday afternoon to spend two nights with us. We went to the early Christmas Eve service for the children at the United Methodist Church and that was definitely the right service for Sophia. She wasn't quite ready to sit down and enjoyed walking around just outside the sanctuary. She came back in and enjoyed the singing of "Silent Night" and the lighting of the candles.
Sophia enjoyed opening her presents on Christmas morning, but I think next year she'll be old enough to understand it more and it will be more exciting to her. We had a nice Christmas dinner with everyone including Zach's Mom, Ellen later that evening. (His Dad wasn't able to make it since had to work.)
We came up with new sleeping arrangements for Sophia since she had outgrown the travel crib; we set up a futon for her to sleep on. She did really well the first night despite waking up at about 5:30 a.m. Christmas night was another story! Since she'd gotten up earlier than normal that morning, she really should have had her nap during the day. But, with all the excitement and everyone around, she was having no part of a nap that day! She went to bed about 7 p.m. and we all thought she'd be sleeping in until at least 7 a.m. Wrong, try 1 a.m.! Poor Sara walked her around for two hours and she wouldn't go back to sleep! Both she and Zach had enough, so Zach drove her home at about 3:30 a.m.! (I know for sure that when we babysit her in February for a few days, we'll be doing so at her house so she's used to her bed! ) :)
It was a very nice Christmas...but what would have made it even better is to have had Holly, Erich, Zoe and Ezra out here, too! We really do miss them!!! We are certainly looking forward to our visit with them in a couple of months!
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