Syona's First Xmas

Another successful holiday season under the belt, and boy are we glad they are over! But fun they surely were! Suffice to say, we have been so busy wrapping presents and preparing for Syona's first xmas we haven't been very good at updating the blog.

I have noticed big changes in Syona from Xmas to New Years weekend. She almost feels like she's more a toddler than a baby, but she is still my baby of course. She sits with her two feet on either side of her like kneeling and then plopping her little butt down. She knows so many new words she can point out like pajamas, star, feet, socks, ear, nose, eyes, head, monkey, picture, turtle, pumpkin, ball, toy! Lots of words!

Xmas eve was really nice, we all went over to Paul's family house and celebrated xmas eve there. Uncle Roi and mom made a some good pasta and shrimp and lamb and other feasty foods. Syona opened her first few gifts there before she fell asleep at night. My mom and dad went home early so I could give Paul's family the frames and book of Syona I made, called "Syona: the true story of a little rascal."

We slept at my mom's place that night like we always do and woke up early the next morning, jumped on sejal and bij with syona and went downstairs to open gifts! We started opening presents at around 8am and broke in between to feed Syona her mum mum and give her some naps. When she slept we all opened our presents. I think there was a point where we put Syona's high chair on the ground in the middle of all the wrapping paper and fed her some mum mum.

Syona got some nice toys for xmas, blocks, a giraffe car, cute clothes, everyone poops book, dresses, bath toys, stocking stuffers that had tights, books, gift cards and money! I made sure to tell her to say thank you to everyone who got her a gift by giving them a kiss (and sometimes she would even do it).

New year's was really fun as well. My parents watched Syona and Paul and I went to Thea's at Santana Row for dinner. Dinner was fun because I had decided to pump and dump that night and enjoyed a few drinks. Champagne on the house too. After dinner, we walked around Santana Row for a while and then came back to Thea's for some coffee.

After we got home (around 11, it was hard to stay out!), we said bye bye to my parents and I took a shower and we celebrated the new year's countdown in Syona's room holding her little hand and head.