Almost Ready For Christmas

We're almost ready for Ava's first Christmas. We did some final shopping today. We did good. We certainly didn't go over board. We both agreed that Ava doesn't even realize what is going on this year. There is no sense in going out and doing a lot of shopping for her this year. I will admit it though that it was hard. We've waited all these years to have her here with us. She is scared silly of Santa. She was afraid of the Christmas tree for a few days. Now she will go up to it and touch the ornaments. One of Terri's co-workers gave Ava a Christmas ornament with her name on it. It was a very thoughtful thing to do. Ava loves it. We put it on the tree and every time she sees it she gets this big smile on her face. Christmas day is going to be so exciting and emotional. Lots of pictures will be taken.