Anyone else deliriously happy to see 2011 come to a close? It was a fantastic year business wise, but personally was a tough one (and was for a lot of close friends and family too.) I am so excited to celebrate on Saturday night. It’s going to be a wonderful year!
Everything is going great with the pregnancy. We’re almost 28 weeks now (3rd trimester already?!) and feeling great. It’s so different being pregnant with a singleton after twins. Not any comparison really. My belly is smaller, the heartburn isn’t nearly as bad, I don’t have to sleep upright, there’s no constant contractions and I’m not on bedrest. Can we get a woo-hoo?
Christmas was great this year. The kids had a blast and I think Santa brought them just about everything on their list. But beyond that, they really got a lot of joy out of helping make presents this year. It was the first year they understood that Christmas was about more than just presents. Last year they took their little people nativity and would make baby Jesus go on a roller coaster with Santa or have him karate chop the wise men. This year we read a lot more about Jesus’s birth and why it was important. We still have a ways to go, but it was really nice to see them think beyond just “PRESENTS!” One of the funniest things this year happened at church. My daughter Teagan, had just got done telling Nana that she was hungry when they called everyone up for communion. We don’t let the kids go up to communion until they are old enough to understand what was going on so Teagan and her siblings stayed in the pew with us (we didn’t go up because the boys would have escaped in seconds if we had stood up). So she told Nana she was hungry, then Nana and Papa got up to take communion. When Nana sat back down Teagan leaned over and whispered accusingly “Nana, I saw you eat the cheese.” She was mad that Nana hadn’t brought any “cheese” back for her! Hahaha! Luckily I had some goldfish packed for such an emergency, so I pulled them out and all was ok again. Kids are too funny!
I’ll be back with a few more posts before 2011 ends. Maybe a few of our personal Christmas pictures and some of my recent favorites from my wonderful clients. But I’ll leave this post off with our kids. Can you believe we got this in one shot? I was fully prepared for hours of head swapping but they were all looking in the right direction and – gasp – smiling! Haha! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season – whatever you may celebrate.
