The babe was thrilled to see so many gifts under the tree. She had been prodding me to open every one of them every single day since the gifts were placed there. Thankfully, she is no longer a baby and can fully understand now the meaning of the word wait.

Yesterday was her big day, we finally opened all the presents much to her delight. We opened a couple of presents on the 23rd, her birthday and then on Christmas morning and the rest we opened yesterday since I am only home on Fridays. I know, my job schedule sucks.

I feel strange having a get together at home and having a party after Christmas. It’s just so different if only we were able to do the festivities on the actual Christmas day. But now is not the time to complain as we intend to stay here in Dubai for at least 5 years so chances are, we will be celebrating Christmas at an ‘off date’ again next year and the next.