What a year it has been for my little family. At this time last year, I had one walking and a 4 month old little girl and now I have two little adults in my house. We went to the doctor last Tuesday, and they had their flu shot. What a great Christmas gift from me right? But with us not having a car at the moment...I had to take advantage of Mom having the day off. And having an extra set of hands to comfort babies(after holding them down for the shot!)
Getting ready for Christmas was crazy for me making homemade gifts. I was either knitting or crocheting like a mad person. I started a blanket for my cousin who is due with her second son early January, but I wasn't able to finish it for Christmas. But just working on the blanket and finishing the project is a great feeling for me. I promise she'll have the blanket before the hospital. She(my cousin) did recieve the hat and matching scarf I made for her. It was really cute and I completely forgot to take a picture of it after it was done. But I got one of her after she opened the gift on Thursday night.
Christmas was a blast at our house. I got the kids up earlier than usual. WE had a late night, traveling home from Renton where my aunt lives and with Grandma spending the night the kids just didn't want to go to sleep. But I got them to sleep. And I'm glad that they racked in everything in the world it seems like. Somehow, someone was good at the last mintue I'm sure. No, I have two wonderful children who are healthy, active and learing to explore the world. I started off the month of December reading the book of Luke, and we got pretty far actually. But I started staying up late and waking up early to do my crafts and got behind. Since my husband and I are still newlyweds(which seems funny to say after having two children in three years) we're still trying new things to make our family tradtions for the holidays. I'm excited for the years to come and for the great opportunity to create new memories and tradtions for our family.
The Elders in our ward came over to use our phones and call their families. After two hours of catching up with everyone. They had to leave(or so they said!) to have some district time with the rest of the Elders. I was glad our house could be AT&T for the evening and that they could call home for the precious time to them. After they left we had a great dinner, with a nummy Cheesecake I made for dessert. I am so happy to acknowledge my husband has a wonderful job and is able to provide for us, so we had a very blessed holiday indoors with warmth, food and plenty of love. Did I mention food? We had snacks on hand for the missionaries and of course Christmas candy was still in our house.
I can't believe it's time to start making those goals for the upcoming year. I hadn't even thought about it until a friend as what we're doing for next year. I'd love to be able to get some sleep at night, and not worry about the dishes downstairs. Ohh I should mention this just to be fair to my husband, he wants to move into a bigger place. I'd love to stay in Tacoma, close to mom, and he wants to be closer to work. WE will see what happens with that, I will keep you posted. I'm exicted to see the growth of my children, the happiness of my family and just the change in the seasons for next year. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and we can't wait to see you if we haven't come to visit yet! Untill next year(or I get time to write again....)
