Christmas Day

Christmas morning!

Cora enjoyed seeing that Santa had enjoyed his juice and cookie, and the reindeer liked their carrot.

We then hopped back into bed for Cora to open a last present from Mummy and Daddy - a toy laptop computer! Climbing into the big bed altogether is what Stace and Dean as kids, so he was eager to start the tradition with Cora.

Cora loved her toy, and played with it all morning, referring to it has her computer. She was saying that I have my computer, and she has hers.

It's designed for ages 3 to 7, and helps teach letters and numbers, so we're hoping it will last her quite a while.

We then spoke to Nan, Pop and Nanny on the Webcam, and Cora opened her big gift from Nanny and Pop - an art table! She was very excited about it, and started coloring on the attached roll of paper right away.

Then it was time to finish packing for the trip to LAX. I was surprised at how hard a time I had saying goodbye to Stace and Cora, like biting my lip to hold back the sobs till I got back to the car. I've spent exactly three nights away from Cora, and all were one-night deals. I know it will go fine, and I'm really hopeful that Cora and Stace will be even more bonded when they return.

I'll let Stace post an entry when he has time to say how they are doing in England. I'll just say that they're safely there and had a very good flight over.

After I left LAX, I went a few minutes further south to celebrate Christmas with our dear friends John, Linda, and their two girls. John and Linda are Cora's godparents, and their daughters were our flower girls. We had a great time together.