Charlotte's First Christmas

What a wonderful day Charlotte had as her first Christmas. It was a gorgeous day with blue skies and sunshine. It was a day of lots of food and drink. And for Charlotte, it was a day where she received a LOAD of gifts. There was a point where we had all received and unwrapped our presents and Annemaree was still sifting through the piles and piles of presents for her baby girl! Alec has had to make two trips in the car back to their place because she received so much. I think everyone was a little excited that there was finally a child in the house for Christmas. She received teddy bears, clothes, rattles, more clothes and more teddy bears. It was so much fun, unwrapping present after present for her.

The only problem was that.... Charlotte slept through the whole event.

She had already been dragged to Alec's family's Christmas breakfast and by the time she reached our house at 1pm, she was exhausted. She showed a tiny bit of interest at one point when the rattle was shaken in front of her, but other than that, it was just another day for Charlotte. Still, it was her first Christmas and we enjoyed it!!!

What a gorgeous little baby....

But while it was Charlotte's first Christmas, it will probably be my last here in Australia for a little while.... I may be back in Sydney next year but the likelihood of that is pretty slim. I have always wanted a White Christmas and I hope that next year I will have one... somewhere in some country in the Northern Hemisphere.

So as the sun sets on another Christmas, I think of all of my friends around the world, from England, Ireland, Turkey, the United States, and of course, those at Los Gorriones in Peru and I wish you all a very very very Merry Christmas.

Love to all,
K