Whew, am I tired after our whirlwind trip around the state of Ohio for Christmas. All in all I had a total of 5 Christmases and now I got toys, clothes and books up to my ears. We had a lot of fun everywhere we went, but let's start from where I left off last week.
On December 19th, I turned 10 months old. Mommy and I went to the hospital to weigh me with Aunt Jessa who came and stayed with us that weekend. I weighed 18lbs 5 oz which is only 5 oz more than I weighed a month ago and I am 28 inches long so I grew an inch. I'm so active now that Mommy wasn't really shocked to see that I hadn't gained much weight. Saturday night, I got to play with Aunt Jessa while Mommy and Daddy went out with some friends. We had fun even though I gave her a little trouble (just a little) going to sleep, but I finally zonked out. Then for the next couple days, Mommy and I finished up our Christmas shopping and started packing for our Christmas adventure.
Our trip started us in Cincinnati on the 23rd, where we went to Gammy and Gappy's house first for dinner and opened presents with them. I got lots of books and clothes that I can't wait to use and Mommy and Daddy gave me my first doll and I love to kiss her and hug her cause she is soft and cuddly. The next morning was Christmas Eve and we did a huge breakfast at Grandma's house and Grandpa's kids and their families came over so that we could open presents with them. I liked having other kids around, especially Eliza cause she was very interested in me and I in her cause of course I wanted to kiss her. At Grandma's I got a toy barn with animals that play lots of sounds and music that I played with most of the time we were there. After opening presents, I changed into my traveling clothes out of my pretty Christmas dress and we loaded up the car to head up to Perrysburg.
I slept most of the way up to Toledo until Mommy answered her phone then I was up and not really wanting to be in the car. We had every intention of going to church that evening but since I was cranky from the car ride and we only had half an hour to get ready for church once we got there, we foregoed church and decided to spend time with family which was fun. We had our traditional feast of many snack type foods at Grandma's and once I went to bed they started the real party, I guess. Apparently, they opened some presents without me and got ready for Santa to come in the morning. They also played a bunch of games, no, not the reindeer type to pass the time along. Early the next morning, I got up and was raring to go for opening more presents especially to get my ones from Santa in my stocking (that Mommy made me). Daddy, all of sudden got sick that morning and wasn't feeling good for about a day and an half, so I gladly volunteered to open present for him. Grandma got me box that had a bunch of different toys on it that kept me busy while everyone else opened their presents. After presents, we had brunch and then started to pack up the car so we could head to Brecksville.
The always quick ride to Brecksville, which is one of the shorter legs of our trip was going fine, everyone slept most of the way, except Mommy who was driving, until we stopped to get gas about five minutes from Grandpa's house (so that we could drop off Shelly) and when Mommy went to restart the car her battery had died. Luckily, we were at a busy gas station on the turnpike and someone jumped our car real quick and we were off again. (Reminder to Mommy car batteries only last 5 years, it's time to get a new one :)). After dropping Shelly off, we went to Great Grandma and Grandpa's for festivities with the whole fam for the evening. I loved playing with Carmen because now she can sit better and of course all I wanted to do was hug her and I tried; a lot. I was so tired from our day that we had to postpone present opening at Grandpa's house till the next day and we thought that maybe Daddy would feel better if he just went to bed. He had been sleeping all day even at Great Grandma's and still was feeling yucky. So we all crashed once we got to Uncle Kenny's house and Mommy got to relax from all the driving.
The next morning, Daddy was feeling better and I was well rested from minimal naps over the last couple days, so we went over to Grandpa's and opened presents. I got lots more presents there and cannot wait to use my leap frog music table that I got. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and hanging out at the house till we went to Great Grandma's for leftovers that night. I got to play with Carmen for a little bit and my aunts a lot till it was time to go home. We left around 7pm last night and I slept the whole way and went right to bed when we got home. I'm so tired thinking about the last couple days, but it was fun and I am so thankful for everything I got. Please everyone take a nap for me after thinking about my wild Christmas extravaganza.
P.S. Daddy is feeling much better.
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