Christmas Eve

For most of the month of December we were out of town in Yuba City for Juan's job. We drove home the night before Christmas Eve, Dec. 23. We didn't get home until after 4am that morning. When we got home I put Leyna in her bed and she was not happy. I left and shut the door for a few minutes and for some reason went back to check on her...I hate letting her cry herself to sleep, but that's kinda what I've had to do lately. Anyway, thank goodness I went back in her room. She was standing up in her crib holding onto the side. She had just figured out this whole standing up thing so I hadn't put her crib down yet so she was standing pretty high. There was NO WAY I was gonna let her sleep in her crib like that. By this time it was 5am. and we had get the screw drivers out and move her crib down. What a night! We finally got to get to sleep. That day we had to do a lot of our Christmas shopping still. After all that was done we headed out to see Juan's Family. They celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve and open presents at midnight. I had originally not planned on staying out that late, but we did...and Leyna was up the whole time too, poor baby. She was really good though and had a lot of fun "opening" presents.

Here she is in her bed. She isn't even standing up in the picture, I got the camera too late to catch her.

Building Leyna's BIG Christmas present

Mommy's little side kick helping out

With Juan's family...Her Tia (aunt)

With her cousin Isaiah

Mommy and her baby girl

It's MIDNIGHT!!!!

Let the presents begin!
Leyna was diffidently more interested in what was on the outside that what was inside

Juan opening the GPS Navigation we got from his brother. Thanks Raul!

With her Tio (uncle)

Play with all the trash on the floor

A Family Pic

Goodnight! Can't wait to see what Santa will bring in the morning!