Christmas

I have a moment of quiet here, so I thought I'd update things on my blog. It was a nice Christmas, although different. My grandmother was (is) in the hospital-she tried to turn down the cold water in the shower and turned it off by accident. She said she couldn't get out and she couldn't move, so she got a second degree burn on her back and thigh. The burn unit at the hospital doesn't allow kids and they are very strict, only 2 visitors at a time. That makes it very hard to visit her, especially since other people are always already at the hospital, so when you get there you may not get in to see her.
I know Leanna enjoyed her Christmas. I asked her, and her favorite presents were the ariel and cinderella dolls sets, the big baby doll from Grammy(it has an air pillow inside and the skin feels real), the cabbage patch kid and her diapers, the care bear doctor doll, the my little pony dolls, and the visit from Santa. And yes she added the visit from Santa all on her own. Pretty surprising when you consider that at first she wouldn't go down the stairs when she saw him there, and then when I took her down, she clung to me so tightly that she was hurting my neck! After Santa left, she said to me, was that Daddy or Santa? But later that day at my Mom's she was saying that Santa knew she was a big girl because he saw her when she got her picture taken with him before Christmas. So she believes in Santa, but I guess she has her doubts. She asked me last night where Santa sleeps, and if he has a bed.
It's funny although Leanna listed the cabbage patch kid, she really didn't have much interest in it when she opened it. It's actually still in the box. We're still working on opening all the gifts so we can get rid of all the boxes and the ten billion twisty ties that come with every single toy you buy today! And that Santa claus! He didn't bring her a big teddy bear! (She didn't tell anyone she wanted one!) He didn't bring her a real horse either, go figure!
Justin enjoyed opening presents at first, but then it no longer held his interest. He just wanted to run around playing with everything and everyone. He had a lot of fun but just like Christmas Eve, he crashed after a while. He took a nice long nap on the couch. (sounds like his Dad already!) His favorite present seems to be the talking drill. That's one I just picked up spur of the moment. Funny how that works. And he likes his roaring lion!
Much like his brother, Timothy seems to prefer women holding him. Except on Christmas Eve he enjoyed his time with Pop-Pop J. We got pictures of that! Maybe if I send him pictures of that he'll work on updating his website. He hasn't even put a birth announcement on for Timothy!
Tom liked and was completely surprised by his trainset. I got a starter kit. It's a lionel and it whistles and blows smoke. He has always talked about seting one up for the kids. But really it would be for him, you know? So I looked for one this year, a nice one that will last and can be passed down. It has 5 cars, so now anytime I don't know what to get him as a present, I can get a new car for it. They aren't cheap though. Or you can get scenery to put around it, something to set it up on, more tracks, etc.