Christmas Morning '05

Well, the big day finally came. The scary, fat, bearded man came to our house, filled our stockings and left presents under the tree. Of course, Hannah really didn't understand at first. Her reaction to the huge pile of presents that had majically appeared overnight: "Doggie." She wanted to watch her doggie movie, Madeline.

Once she realized what all the wrapping paper came off the boxes - she got more excited. She wanted to help everyone open their gifts. The big ones were all hers, though.




The next revelation was that the boxes contained new clothes and toys. Now, she was starting to understand.




Then, she wanted to play with each one instead of opening the rest. This was fine with us as it kept her occupied longer. Opening presents with the family in Pittsburgh a later that week took almost two days.

She never made the realization that they were gifts from loved ones - maybe next year. Still, it was enough for everyone to see that their gifts made her happy.