Santa was here... Santa was here ... Round #1

Santa was here...

Being the good Elf that I am... I personally saw him. ;o)

Christmas morning Tamara woke up pretty easily although it was almost 9:00 am.

Yes... I know... such an easy child. ;o)

Anyway... Mommy got her up, washed and brushed and brought her down in her PJ's.

First gift she opened was her new red robe with matching slippers.

OK... now she was warm and cozy and picture perfect.

The look of disbelief on her face she proceeded to open her gifts.

Tamara trying to open her Mega block princess castle.

A Tea set from Santa

As you can see she's perfected her gift opening skills.

Elmo Live

For the past few months Tamara would reach for this Elmo at the stores.

Mommy kept saying... "Be a good girl and maybe Santa will bring you one"

A 3 tier cake stand for her kitchen


By far my favorite gift ever.
Tamara made this in Preschool for us.
An angel made out of her hand prints. Meant to be an ornament for the tree.
Mommy had it framed by lunch. ;o)
She was very excited to be able to give us a gift... concerned if we would like it and then very happy when she saw how much we loved it.
Yes... it brought tears to our eyes.
Another first for us... our first gift from our daughter and I'm sure the most precious.



The first time since Gotcha Day 08 that Tamara seemed overwhelmed.
Here she takes a break from opening gifts. Curls up in Mommy's lap so we can read a new book together.

OK... back to the gifts.

She and Daddy check out her 911 book

Hold it Daddy

The Grand Finally.... Drum roll please...

Tamara opens her play kitchen.



As you can see she loves it... Yay!

Opening gifts took about 3 hours in total.

Stopping for book break and breakfast.

Then it was time to get dressed and get ready for Dido and Grandma's

That... we will call Round #2.

Stay tuned... it's coming

~~~