Christmas Continued...

Christmas continued at home with our own gift exchange and opening all our shipped-in gifts from various family members. Ivy's count was at least 5 times more than ours. And she was definitely a pro at opening them by the time it all ended! Her biggest gift from mommy and daddy was a brand new little kitchen, complete with dishes, pots, pans, utensils, and hot pads. She promptly started serving us 'meals'. It's been fun to see how quickly her imagination has grown with this little set! She even knows how to properly use a hot pad! I guess she's been watching me more than I realized!


Then! it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's house in Boca! Cousin Griffin had traveled down, all the way from Virginia and boy! did he and Ivy have some catching up to do! They did everthing in pairs! from assisting each other with the opening of gifts, to jumping on the trundle bed in Grandma's guest room. That was fun to watch, since Griff was twice Ivy's size and discovered that the higher he jumped, the higher Ivy would bounce. She LOVED it!







The two of them were quite spoiled between having Grandma, Grandpa, Honey, Duke, Grandma Gen (great-grandparents), and Uncle Brad and Aunt Manda to cater to them! Mommy and Daddy had fun too!


Before coming home, Grandma treated us to the zoo, which Ivy and Griffin were huge fans of! We hung out for several hours visiting monkeys, panthers, tigers, and all kinds of animals! They loved it!