Abigail was so fun to watch this Christmas.  This year, she was able to open presents by herself and say things like, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  I like Santa Claus.  Santa Claus says, ‘Ho, ho, ho.’  Thank you for the present.”

Abi had 6 opportunities to open presents:

1. On Christmas Eve, we opened one present each.                                  



2. On Christmas Day, Jonathan, Abigail, and I opened presents at our house. 
3. Then, we went over to GramB and PapaBon’s and opened presents with my siblings, their spouses, and our nephew.                                                                                                



4. On the 26th, a package came in the mail, and she opened a present.
5. On the 27th, while Jonathan’s parents were here, she opened some more presents from them.                                                                                     



6. On the 28th, she opened some presents from my aunt and uncle.

On the 29th, she woke up and said, “May I have more presents [to] open, please.”  Umm, no, but nice try.

Other highlights:

• My parents got a toy dog that Abi named “Mr. Floppy” because his ears would flop as he sang a Christmas song.  At first, she was a little timid of him, but then, she started asking every two seconds to “Push Mr. Floppy’s paw” so she could dance, jump, and spin to his music.                                              



• It snowed about 7 inches early, early Christmas Eve.  In fact, the snow is still on the ground at our house.                                                                                          
• You can see more Christmas pictures here on the updated Photos page.

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Are people always nagging asking you, “What do you want for Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary/ Wedding /_________?”  And it’s hard for you to think of something to tell them on the spot?  Or do you have a mom (ahem!) who suggests you make a  wish list?

Well, what happens when you want multiple things that aren’t found at the same store (Walmart v Target v Old Navy?  Or what if you see a book that’s cheaper on Half.com than it is on Amazon?  Don’t you wanna save the gift giver some money?  So, basically, you need a website that will combine gifts from other websites, right?

Meet the following free websites:

• Gift Wisdom
• The Things I Want
• Wish List R
• Delicious

I’m *pretty* sure the sites will let you:

• Add items to your lists from any website.
• Easily share your lists with friends.
• Add your lists to your own homepage.
• Establish who can and who cannot see your lists.

I’m using TheThingsIWant for this year.  It’s horrible web design, but it’s an easy interface.  Jonathan said Amazon has a universal wishlist, too.  I haven’t used it though.  Anyone used these?  Like them?  Dislike them?

[taken from my 9/30/08 post]