That’s right, today is Christmas. We woke up this morning to finish off opening presents, and Rhianna seems to have had a pretty good time of it all. But first, let me tell you this year’s Christmas story.

Friday Rhianna wakes up to find that Laura’s Mom (Nanny) was there, and as Laura & I leave for a short day at work, Rhianna settles in to spend a day playing with Nanny. Everything goes great. Rhianna has learned how to open doors (turn doorknobs) now, so she sneaked into the room where we were hiding presents and found one. Not a big deal, the “Big” present was under a sheet and she didn’t notice it.

Well, as has become the ritual at about 1am lately, Rhianna wakes up and wanders into the hall looking for someone, of course this time being Nanny. The first time she goes back to sleep without much trouble, but she quickly gets out of bed again and in fiddling with the doorknob.. Locks the door. So then I spend 10 minutes wandering around the house looking for my tiny flathead screwdriver to open the door, all the while Rhianna is screaming wanting out.

With that crisis averted, I went back to bed. Only to wake up about 9 to find out that apparently the toilet overflowed and flooded a fairly large area, including the Christmas Tree. Thankfully it was clean water & not sewage, so it was easy to clean, but alot of presents had to be rewrapped. As the day goes on, we find out that the neighbor’s stupid poodles have dug a hole under our fence and are terrorizing our dog. While we’re out moving bricks in place to plug the hole, Rhianna relives the night and locks the back door, locking us out of the house. Luckily, one well-barricaded door was unlocked, so we were able to get back in with some elbow work & contortionism.

And last night Rhianna decided to throw an absolute tantrum. Starting about midnight, she started crying and wanting to go play, and about 2am we gave up and just let her go. She wound up sleepy with Nanny on the couch, I think, and this morning it shows as she barely got a giggle out opening her last few presents.

But it was still a good Christmas. I got some great power tools that will come in useful, and Laura loves her new ring (shown Right). Rhianna loves her new dolls, Play-doh, and Kitchen set. I guess the only bad part is that everyone is sick. Rhianna is still very congested, and just generally doesn’t seem to feel very good. As I type this I hear Laura coughing so loud that it nearly shakes the monitor. Seems like we’ll be spending the Day After Christmas at the Doctor, if we’re lucky enough to find one open.

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