Living Holiday to Holiday

Eh. New Year's Eve Celebrations -- not so much in the Purdy household.

I was working .. hubby was on baby-watch...

We were finding it a challenge to explain what New Year's Eve is all about to our toddler.

Alexandra got it -- part of it, at least... that there was a big party going on with TONS of people everywhere .. and that she might hear fireworks if she wakes up in the middle of the night...

"Preseeennnnnts?  Birthday?"

No ... and no ... 

To her, that meant, who cares?!?  Lol... 

No matter -- great celebrations are to come!

Let's see ... next celebration -- oh wow ... mommy's, daddy's and her birthdays -- all within a week of each other!

Eek...   #ExpensiveFewMonths

SCORE!!!!

WOO HOO!   YEAH!!!

My husband, stepdaughter and I were doing a jig -- we NAILED our first real Christmas with our toddler Alexandra!

She was a little scared to venture into the living room to see what this whole Santa-left-presents-under-the-tree event was all about ...
But once she stood near all the presents -- she FREAKED... lol... in a good way.  :)

Alex's big ticket item -- an electric Barbie jeep she can actually drive! 
Yeah, she almost drove it into a ditch near our street... lol. 

She found it sooo funny to stop-go-stop-go-stop-go-stop-go .. while we were trying to run along side her to help her steer.

Also got Alex a Leap Pad 2, which we call "her own iPad" ... so i can have mine back. lol!

Funny -- the best part about the day -- Alex was soo excited she got to keep her pajamas on!

Actually, we all did ... all ... day ... long.  HAHAH!

Eww.

Baby sis hangin' out on big sis' Christmas present !!

Christmas Overload

'Twas the night before Christmas .... and we all went waaay overboard this year.

It's almost as though my husband, stepdaughter and i went out of our way to get just about every hot toy on about 15 different "top ten holiday gifts" list, all to give Alex an amazing Christmas she will most likely forget..  lol!

I got her a Leap Pad-2 (to get my own iPad away from her for good) ...

Daddy got her a motorized pink Barbie Jeep (Alex is not even into Barbie ... but it's SUCH a cool jeep!)

My stepdaughter got Alex an artist's easel -- it's 3 times bigger than she is.

Those were Alex big ticket items, amid the puzzles, princess accessories, and kid movies..
And Alex would've claimed the most popular Doc McStuffins doll if it weren't sold out, EV-ER-EE-WHERE.

Why, we went all out for a 2-and-1/2-year-old is beyond me...

-- except that she gets SO excited when she sees Christmas lights blinking at house after house after the sun goes down...

-- And she demands we play Christmas music in the car as she declares every song is about the baby Jesus (except for Rudolph and Frosty The Snowman, of course)

-- And she marches around the house with a pen and notepad, making her own "naughty and nice" list...

On second thought -- WE are so excited to see HER so excited tomorrow morning, because she actually GETS the concept of Christmas this year!!

Hm.
Wonder whose toy she'll like the best.... lol    :)

I was a little nervous abou daylight savings time...

I had this great plan.  I was going to start 2 weeks prior, getting Alexandra to bed about 10 minutes later every other morning.

Yeeeeah.  Great plan on paper. Lol!

But thanks to football and my husband's lazy Sunday, Alex fell asleep on daddy's chest through the first half of some game -- right after her 1/2 hour nap!  ...   Threw her ALL off kilter.

Didn't have any issues the next morning though!  Took Alex a couple days to readjust -- her naps were way long Monday and Tuesday, and she was a wee bit cranky ... a mild outcome for worrying about something that (again) turned out to be no big deal.

I wasn't even going to get Alexandra a halloween costume, but i gave in to peer pressure... lol

I thought for sure the trip to Walmart yesterday afternoon would be a nightmare in the halloween section, but Alex made it soooo easy!

We turned into the aisle, and she pointed up to the rack and screamed, "ELMO!"

Whew!