I will start by saying Zuri is spoiled rotten. She received entirely way too many gifts!! I know some of you are saying there's no such thing as too many gifts, but when you have to spend the weekend after Christmas putting together 2 Dora the Explorer storage bins and a 3-shelf bookcase just to be able to put away the gifts, that's entirely way too many gifts! Okay, so maybe Mommy has a little case of OCD and we may have been okay without those things, but Mommy feels SOOOOOO much better now that things are neat and organized (for now). Zuri's toys are all in her room and her art supplies (easels, desk, etc.) are in Mommy's office.
This girl does not need anymore stuffed animals!!!!!
Back to Christmas gatherings...
The Saturday before Christmas, Grandma Newbold and Aunt Brandii came by. Zuri received a ton of gifts, but I think her favorite may be the microphone. She serenaded us with Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at least a dozen times.
The Sunday before Christmas, we celebrated with the Gill side of the family. Zuri had a blast with her cousins. We stayed at Uncle Jon's and Aunt Amanda's after everyone left and watched Despicable Me 2.
The Monday before Christmas, we celebrated with Grandma and Grandpa Schulz as well as Jay, Kari, and the kids. Santa had dropped off the pink doll Zuri asked for to Grandma and Grandpa Schulz so they delivered that and Zuri loved it! Zuri had so much fun with her cousins, that Lili and Sunny spent the night. The girls had a lot of fun! They finally got to bed about 10:30pm. :o)
Christmas Eve was spent with the Gonzalez family. Zuri loved all her gifts there and even made friends with Lars, although she refused to say goodbye to him. Zuri passed out before we made it home so Mommy and Daddy had to leave out the cookies for Santa.
Christmas morning, we went to see if Santa had stopped by our house. Sure enough, he did! He even left Zuri a note. I think Zuri was most excited about eating the remainder of the cookie Santa didn't eat. :o) Santa gave Zuri several items relating to the movie Frozen (an Anna toddler doll, plate set, Olaf stuffed toy, nightgown, book...). He also left a Thomas the Train track and an Ariel toddler doll. The Aunt Js came by with their gifts. Zuri received a ton of clothes, a Coach wristlet, a wiggle baby, and more. Papaw John came by and hung out too. Later in the afternoon, we went to Grandma Jan's. Zuri got a new Sofia easel/vanity from Papaw John and Grandma Andrea and then several other toys from Aunt Brandii! We went home to what looked like a war zone. Zuri was in heaven with all the gifts!
This Christmas was the first Christmas Zuri really "got it" and was excited. It was neat to watch her face when she would open gifts. She said, "Oh, I love it!" to almost every gift...........even clothes! I can't wait to see how she is next year.
We hope everyone else had a great Christmas!
