Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were a complete whirlwind in our family probably much like everyone else. Christmas Eve ranks very high as one of my most fave days of the year. I love getting together with the family, eating good food, opening presents, watching the kids run around filled with excitement, and even the annual wrapping paper fight. We usually have Christmas Eve at my Mom’s house but this year it was held at our cousin’s new house down the street, what a beautiful house they have! Plenty of room, it was beautifully decorated and the kids loved having lots of different rooms to play in. As a bonus to Mom, she didn’t have a house to clean before or after the event! Having Buddy Boy this year has made unwrapping presents quite interesting! He thoroughly enjoying ripping the paper but quickly wanted to move on to something else. After we all had our bellies full, and the presents were opened it was time to head home and get the kids to bed. Amber said she wasn’t going to be able to go to sleep because she was too excited, well; she had no problem once her head hit the pillow! Caleb went down quickly also thanks to the Benadryl for the runny nose he has been battling. When Santa had completed his job it was time for sleep! We both woke at 7:45 and realized both kids were still asleep!! That never happens!!! We actually had to wake them both up! The next hour was a rush of excitement, seeing what Santa had brought, flying paper, and lots of noisy toys! We then loaded up and went next door for Mom’s annual breakfast – always the same, always great! Pigs in a blanket, cinnamon rolls, and this year breakfast casserole. Yummy! Then we opened more presents, we were all so blessed with lots of great presents. I failed to get many pictures the whole day, we were just so busy making sure Caleb didn’t eat anything since the floor was covered! He was busy going from bag to box and repeat. He was so funny! Amber loved all of her gifts, lots of clothes, books, and electronic stuff. From Mom’s we headed to Jeff’s parent’s house an hour and a half away. Both of the kids got in a good nap on the way, and actually so did I. Good old Jeff did the driving for us. We had lunch, opened even more presents and rested the remainder of the afternoon. Amber left for her Mom’s house and Jeff, Caleb and I headed back home that evening. The house looked like a bomb had gone off so we did some quick cleaning and got everything back in order. We had a wonderful, busy, fun, Christmas! For so many years I prayed and begged and hoped and dreamed of having a baby to share Christmas with. Oh how amazing it is for that dream to come true. Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends!