Wednesday was our official "pre-Christmas" with my family and we had a lot of fun. We got up and had a yummy breakfast and then opened presents. Caitlin learned very quickly how to open presents and she loved ripping the paper off the boxes. We all got very spoiled, some highlights included remote control helicopters and new work clothes for Paul, a new wardrobe of maternity clothes for me, and Caitlin got a ride-along bike and a set of princess high heels and a crown. Her face was priceless when she saw the princess things (she's getting really into dress-ups) and she was so excited and cute wearing her little heels around. My family also opened their presents from us. After that Caitlin took a nap and everyone got ready, we ran a few errands and when she was awake we head to the Gaylord Texan. It's always so fun to see all the decorations and lights there. And this year we decided to check out the ICE exhibit. This year was "Shrek the Halls" and the sculptures were AWESOME! It was freezing but worth it. Everything was so detailed and crazy to think it was made of ice. We had fun walking around and admiring and also enjoyed the ice slides at the end. They were sticklers about kids on the slides so they made Caitlin go down a short kid's slide all by herself and she got completely stuck in the middle of it, not able to slide at all. Eventually she made it down but she wasn't too happy about her little tushy being so cold. After the exhibit we looked around the rest of the Gaylord at all the other decorations. Caitlin's new word is "WOW" so everywhere she looked she was saying "WOW" and pointing to everything. After seeing everything we went to Spring Creek BBQ for dinner then went home.
Thursday we hung out in the morning and then left in the early afternoon to start driving to Austin. We met up with Lorraine halfway and did the swap and were on our way to start our Christmas with the Dicksons! Thanks mom and dad for a short but sweet Christmas celebration.
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