Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all of our friends!!!

I may have mentioned how excited I have been about Christmas this year.  It was  everything I had hoped for!  I started getting presents for Amelia very early on and had a hard time resisting the temptation to give them to her prior to Christmas Day.  Christmas Eve was tough because she was super fussy (cutting new teeth) and went to bed early - missing out on some family festivities.  But she woke up around 10pm and we kept her up for a while to play.  I have a really big family and everyone was at my parent's house for food and our traditional white elephant exchange.  So there was tons of people, laughter, noise, food and dogs.  Our dog Dexter was peeing on everything - Thanks, D.  On Christmas morning, Amelia woke us up early and we all went to the living room to begin the fun.  It took her a few minutes but once she understood that there were boxes which needed to be unwrapped, she was all in.  She got excited with each new box and loved all of her gifts.  Some of the big hits were bunny slippers, a Yo Gabba Gabba stereo, and plastic bracelets.  She got so many gifts from us and our family that it was a bit tiring to open them all.  In the end, Martin and I were opening them because she only wanted to play with the gifts that were already opened!

Enjoy some photos!

The Garza household on Christmas Eve

Lauryn, Melissa, Amber and Ashlee

Santa gave the dogs a Snuggie!

Amelia's Cottage - she loved her cardboard house!

Amelia's got her spot on her Pillow Pet and she's ready to go.  That's not even her present:)

Aunt Irene gave her some fun shoes!

Notice the bunny slippers!

Bad Dexter!  See him in the back putting a little extra on some presents!

Our Family!