Mae's First Christmas

As promised, I'm writing a post with no politics, and a bunch of pictures of Mae. We went to my parent's house in Price for Christmas. Becca was going to go down on Monday, but the snow was too bad, so we ended up going down together on Tuesday. We didn't do much, just watched Mae play with her cousins, uncles, aunt and grandparents. Mae had a busy Christmas morning. I'm pretty sure she had more gifts than anyone else, just as it should be. She opened about half of her presents on the 25th and was getting a little overwhelmed. Since her cousins were coming the next day and opening presents on the 26th, we saved the rest of her presents for the next day. The first picture here is of her playing a toddler piano that her aunt and uncle gave to her.



Mae sort of got the idea of opening presents. As you may have noticed from previous posts, Mae likes ripping and eating paper. She helped unwrap a few of her presents, but was more interested in wrapping paper, but was a little disappointed that she couldn't eat it. I'll have to try and find some edible wrapping paper for her birthday.













Mae's uncle Mark gave her some really great presents. This picture is of her playing with one of them. Despite the deer in the headlights look from the camera flash, she really enjoyed the present.









I've noticed that Mae often enjoys watching other kids play with toys almost as much as playing with them herself. She had a ball watching everyone unwrap presents on Christmas morning. There was just so much to look at and play with.











Mae was so excited about the 72-hour kit that we received from Becca's parents. She thought it made a great drum!








It all proved to be too much excitement for Mae. Luckily grandma Burghardt didn't mind snuggling her to sleep. Mae had so much fun being with her relatives for a few days. She was so happy while we were there. She was just laughing about anything and everything. When she woke up this morning she was really, really grumpy. I think that she was sad to leave grandma and granpa's house. Luckily she now has a bunch of new toys to keep her entertained. Well, I hope you all had a merry Christmas, and will have a happy new-year.