Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was so fun. It's always fun with my love and me, but it was definitely fun when you had a child. The joy of sharing the reason for Christmas, gift giving, and family traditions. It's been such a joyous season.

These are the Christmas gifts Neela took to school for her class. Her gifts for the teachers were Christmas blankets with a creative card. Neela was so excited. :)


We enjoyed Austin Christmas festivities and had fun in the great semi-warm weather during Christmas!


Of course we had to have a Daddy/Daughter shot. She loves her daddy. :)


Christmas morning: Hilarious... So Neela found a bag of marshmellows in the pantry and took the liberty to open the bag and start her own breakfast. So as we were getting ready in the bathroom, she sat down on the bathroom floor eating until we headed to the living room to open gifts. Before I tried to steal them from her, she stuffed her mouth full. It was so funny! Where do they learn these things! :)


This was Neela's favorite Christmas gift Christmas morning... ELMO DOLL!! Wow was she pumped. She carried that sucker around all morning with her and still does. He sings ABC's and she definitely getting great at her alphabet song. We are working on recognizing the letters. :)


Ok, so I think doing Christmas gifts and Christmas stocking all in one day is way too much for a 1 1/2 yr old. She was not as interested in her stocking at first, but then got excited when she saw the SILLY BANDS!! This girl is all girl. She loves jewelery and purses. So she put these suckers on that morning and wore them until her naptime. So funny. :)


Christmas Day evening we went to Shubhra's home (my sister) and had a big celebration with my extended family. It was really fun, full of food, games, and laughing. :) Of course Neela gave Sanjay plenty of hugs while we were there. She loves spending time with her cousins.


Hilarious story! Ok, so Tim's dad (aka Paw Paw) dressed up as Santa Claus at Shubhra's Christmas party. Normally, Neela is terrified of Santa and will not go near him, but this time when Santa came down the stairs she was waiting at the end of the stairs for Santa to be before her. When Santa looked down at her she said,
"Paw Paw!" She was not tricked by the costume and knew Paw Paw right away. It was so funny!


The day after Christmas, we went to my parent's home for Christmas with Tim's parents. They stayed with us for a few days during the Christmas break. We had such a great time with them. :) My love and me.