I can't believe we are just a few days away from Christmas. I did pretty good with my shopping this year and outside of two gift cards I need to pick up before Monday I'm completely done. Thanks to the first annual wrapping extravaganza with Tara I got a good start on wrapping all of the gifts I've purchased. I gave Tara a hard time about how many gifts she had to wrap last weekend but she got everything done in one night and I'm pretty sure I spent time wrapping for the next three days. But it is all finished now!
Okay... so onto the good stuff... Brianna cried when she was put on Santa's lap last week. She loved every minute except the actual sitting on his lap. Can't blame a girl. The train ride afterwards definitely made up for it and she is even more excited every time she sees Santa now so I don't think she was too traumatized.
She can sing the majority of Jingle Bells and I finally got it on video today! I will cherish that video for the rest of my life! She was very sleepy so I put her in her crib to nap and she sat and sang for the longest time. The same thing over and over again. I finally started recording it and got a good solid two minutes of Jingle Bells. She throws her little head up when she yells "Hey".
Brianna will now say "look at me" when she wants our attention... especially when she knows we will laugh. She has also started asking "what's that?" I can't believe that game is already beginning.
She has taken over our television. Her favorites right now are Chuggington and Polar Express. She is also obsessed with any movies with dogs in them. Grandma Peggy is to thank for this one... She asks for "doggy show"and is equally happy with Treasure Buddies, Santa Paws or the one when they are in space. I don't know really... I can't stand them so I usually use that time to get things done. For example... we reached a whole new level of parenting today. I was able to take a shower while she and I were home alone when she was AWAKE. Since this was the first time I had the door open and could kind of see what she was doing but she let me leave the room. I had her all set up with a snack, drink and Treasure Buddies so she was a happy girl. She came in twice to make sure I was there but went right back into the living room. It was amazing.
After her nap this morning we went to the Cincinnati Museum Center. We quickly went through the museums and then saw the Rocky Mountain Express Omnimax show. I was completely prepared for Brianna not to make it through the 45 minute show but she shocked us. She sat in a seat between us and after the show started every time there was a pause she asked for more. She loved it. After about 30 minutes she had reached her limit so Michael and I were passing her back and forth but she did a great job! I remember Ethan being afraid of the Omnimax and falling asleep in my lap when he was her age. That brings me to another happy memory... all of the times I've been to the museum with other kids and now I was there with my baby girl. It was awesome. We weren't able to do everything we wanted to today so we will be going back soon. I wish we would have gotten a pass but I couldn't really convince Michael this time since we just got zoo passes!
We are about to go into the Christmas madness but I really am thankful for this holiday season. Brianna has loved every minute which has been so much fun to experience through her. She has loved "Tiny" our Elf on a Shelf. She loves Santa, trains and presents. She loves playing with her nativity set and hearing the story of baby Jesus. She loves the Christmas Tree and the lights that are up when we are driving at night. I can not wait to see the joy on her face on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
