I guess that this was technically Ruby's third Christmas but since she was born only 8 days before Christmas in 2010 and we stayed home and did basically nothing to celebrate (no presents, no tree...nothing) it feels more like her second. This is how things usually go: We trek our way down to Pikeville to stay with Heath's parents, open all gifts Christmas Eve, and then go over to an uncle's house for lunch on Christmas Day.
She definitely got the concept of presents this year. When we told her it was time to open them she jumped up and down yelling, "Presents! Presents!"
She definitely got the concept of presents this year. When we told her it was time to open them she jumped up and down yelling, "Presents! Presents!"
Her favorite gifts-bugs from Melissa and Doug
This is the picture you get when you put a bug on your lens
Heath and I also exchanged gifts, something we haven't done it a while. Of course I hate being in front of the camera so the one pic of me is me making a ridiculous face. He got me a few things that have been on my Etsy favorites list forever and I added to the collection of table top miniatures which must number in the tens of thousands by now. (I'm exaggerating....maybe)
He takes a much better picture
Since we had some time I decided that I was going to make a couple of desserts. I decided to try my grandma's recipe for Peanut Butter balls and Monster Cookies. What I didn't count on was the PB balls being the biggest pain in the ass ever to make. I ruined the first batch of melted chocolate (thanks, water) and when I finally got that taken care of the dipping was a disaster. Broken, misshapen, half-coated balls were everywhere. It took so long that I didn't even bother making the monster cookies. I was a little bitter and have declared that I will never make PB balls again. They do taste good at least!
Christmas Day we moved the party to Paintsville and had a delicious lunch and opened more gifts. To say it was chaotic in an understatement:
Christmas Day we moved the party to Paintsville and had a delicious lunch and opened more gifts. To say it was chaotic in an understatement:
can you see her?
A little friend was brought out too...now here's something you don't see every day. (I'll keep my comments to myself but if you know me at all you know how I feel about this!)
I'll be honest with you. I am glad that the holidays are almost over. Minus feeling like crap for a week it's been fun but I am ready to move on and get things started in the new year!
