Earlier in the week, Morgan got her first tooth, and really got the hang of crawling. On Tuesday, she woke up with a chest cold and had to make her first unplanned trip to see the doctor.
Despite a bad cough and a runny nose, Morgan was all smiles for Christmas Day, and enjoyed visiting with Aunt Lindsay and Jenny, Mayie and P-Paw, Aimee, Russ, Henry and Alex.
(And, of course, she enjoyed opening all the gifts from Santa.)
On Christmas Eve, Morgan and Dad read her Christmas book before she finally nestled all snug in her bed. Not sure if Morgan had visions of sugar plumbs dancing in her head that night... but she was taking her medicine at the time, so anything is possible.
On Christmas morning, Morgan woke up at 5am, partly because she was congested and partly because she was excited to see what Santa had brought for her. (Later on, Ariella and Andy realized that 5am is as late as they'll get to sleep on a Christmas morning until Morgan is a teenager.)
We kept Morgan occupied for a little while. But by 7am, there was no keeping her away from the presents under the Christmas tree. So we got started on the first of three present-opening sessions on Christmas Day.
Morgan got the hang of opening presents pretty quickly. She seemed equally excited about what was in the present as she was about ripping the paper.
The most interesting thing for Morgan, though, was the picture of the baby on her Busy Ball Popper. She smiled at her, and patted her face.
By 8:30, Morgan had opened up new blocks, new toy animals, and so much more. After all that excitement, it was time for a nap.
Around 10am, Aunt Jenny and Jon showed up for present-opening session #2. This time, Morgan cleaned up again, with more toys and a clothes. Here, she's modelining her "NFL Baby" onsesie (non-team-specific, since Morgan is still weighing her options -- will she be a Patriots fan like Dad, or root for the hometown Philadelphia Eagles...? Decisions, decisions)
In the afternoon, Mayie and P-Paw arrived from Connecticut, and Aunt Aimee, Uncle Russ and Henry & Alex drove down from North Jersey. So it was time for present-opening session #3.
Morgan's favorite gift from the afternoon was her "Lil' Superstar" musical sing-along toy from Aimee, Russ, Henry and Alex.
After all the presents were opened, Morgan had hugs and thank-you's for everyone.
After dinner, Morgan and Alex played by the Christmas Tree. Finally, it was time to get a good night's rest after an exciting first Christmas.
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