Chapter 16: Merry Christmas (better late than never!)

Yea, this post is a little belated. OK, its over a month and a half late. You can blame her tho:

She is so happy, 24/7. Never seen a baby like it but she just doesn’t quit. Nap time: all smiles. Bed time: smiles…Go to sleep baby! Mommy’s tired…ZZzz…I digress…

The week leading up to Christmas was not filled with the hustle and bustle of preparations. We were boondocking on BLM land in Tucson and toured Saguaro National Park and Colossal Cave. Saguaro was beautiful with such a unique landscape. The hiking trails were short and it took us only 1 day to get the sense that we had seen the majority of what the park had to offer. We took a short detour over to Colossal Cave and Eloise enjoyed the 1 hour cave tour. (Eliza slept through it).

Christmas Day in our home was quiet and focused. We moved from Tucson up to Desert Shadows RV Park in Phoenix on Christmas Eve. It was nice. There was a pool. No running around to endless parties. No winter driving. No massive amount of gifts or wasted monies. Yes we missed our friends and family but Santa was able to find our RV and everyone had a splendid time. We had Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant; it was delicious and there was no clean up at home!

The perfect sized tree from Walmart decorated with handmade paper decorations. A reasonable amount of gifts stacked underneath.

Family photo Christmas Day. Eliza’s eyes follow Daddy where ever he goes…

Daddy setting up the much anticipated “Crystal Empire” from My Little Pony

Tearing open a card

Eliza enjoying her first snuggles with her new elephant

In the morning we shared a video of Eloise opening presents with family and later enjoyed a quiet afternoon watching Christmas movies.