It's Almost Christmas!

It's Payton's first Christmas week! We've been up on Sugar Mountain since the Wednesday evening before Christmas. We arrived to about 10 inches of snow on the ground...Thursday was incredibly cold with wind chills around 4 degrees. We took Payton out briefly, but it was really too cold. Friday, however, was incredible. Blue skies, much warmer, and Payton got to play in the snow. She LOVED it. I also took her snowboarding. Exactly one year ago Christmas Eve, I "rode" down the same hill I was on this year. I was 26 weeks pregnant. This year, Payton was strapped to my chest, and we rode down the hill. I think she liked it! Payton has been given a couple of presents already, and is getting pretty good at opening them. She crawled up under the tree, picked a present out, which happened to be for her, and took a bite out of the paper. She's also tried to open a couple more. We went out to dinner the past couple nights and Payton was the star of the show. She really is full of herself when we're out like that. She is hillarious, laughing, throwing her head back, talking, yelling, beating and biting the table...she's a trip! We're looking forward to tomorrow....Merry Christmas Eve to all, and to all a good night!