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On Christmas Eve we always go to Nanny's house during the day to have a yummy Christmas meal and open presents with Nanny, Paula and Jerry. Nanny had a beautifully decorated tree with lots of gifts underneath it. Caroline had a big time opening presents and playing with her Daddy in the Santa hat. Nanny prepared a delicious meal and Caroline decided that she LOVES Nanny's lima beans. That was her first vegetable to actually eat since we left China. After lunch, Caroline played a very fun game of dipping her pacifier into Nai Nai's iced tea. You will see in the pictures how much enjoyment such a simple activity can bring!!
After we left Nanny's, we took Caroline back to Gailie's where GG rocked her to sleep for her nap before her big night out on Christmas Eve. I don't have any pictures of GG rocking her to sleep since we were trying to be very, very quiet! It was so sweet and both GG and Caroline loved it.
On Christmas Eve, we were delighted to visit the McCormacks for a wonderful dinner at their home. Ann, Jimmy and Katie are so sweet and they they were perfectly prepared for Caroline's arrival with a highchair set up by the kitchen table and a crib downstairs in case Caroline fell asleep. Caroline had a big time opening Christmas gifts and she really loved the rice that Ann cooked. It was Dot's recipe and it was so YUMMY! After dinner, Katie played the piano and we realized how much Caroline loves music! Gailie and Caroline danced to the music and had so much fun. Caroline just lit up and really enjoyed sitting on Jimmy's lap and adding her "two cents worth" to Katie's piano playing. We may have some piano lessons in our future!! Thank you to Katie for sharing the piano bench with her. Caroline laughed and smiled the whole evening.
When we got home that night...she was so full of herself...still giggling and playing and not even thinking about going to sleep. After repeated attempts by Sean and me to sooth her to sleep in any way we could think of...we got in the car around 1:30 am where she finally fell asleep in the carseat around 2:30 am! Oh well...it worked and Sean and I got to take a tour of our old stomping grounds as we drove around Harbor Town and downtown Memphis!
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