11/20/21 – Santa’s Arrival Parade, Kinda

You woke up at 7a, which is early for you, but considering how late you went to bed last night it was even crazier! You came to the couch to snuggle with me. We watched a few animal ER episodes and then made breakfast. When Daddy got up we brought the Christmas decorations in then went to meet Ms. Marcela for lunch and to go see the house. You wanted to see Ruby the dog at the jewelry store but she didn’t come today & you were bummed.

When we got home you helped me unload the Christmas boxes and put away the regular stuff. You unpacked and set up the Christmas stuff and kept commenting how careful you were being not to break anything! You wanted to get to your Rudolph toys and your train. You were so happy once Daddy set up the train.

The Santa arrival parade was at UTC tonight and I thought you would want to go. I was concerned because you were tired and grumpy all day from staying up late. Don’t get me wrong you had fun today but it was filled with emotional highs and lows. At first you didn’t want to go because you wanted to stay and play with your train but then you decided to go and come back as soon as it was over to play with the train. Once we got there, we found a spot on the parade route and you wanted to get a Kona Ice. I ended up holding you and you fell asleep in my arms at 5:45p. You woke up about half way through the parade and wanted to go home so we did. The good news is we beat traffic lol. We played with your train and Rudolph toys until we went to bed. We headed that way early because we were both tired. We read Christmas books and I feel asleep with you before 9!

I love you so much!