Christmas 2010

It started off with the kids up at 1:30am noticing Santa had already come. Then very little sleep from then to 4am. Jesse and I woke up at 7:30 to every gift under the tree rearranged. Shortly after we finished gifts my Mom called and I told her that every time she called my stomach jumped into my throat. My Dad went down hill on the 17th. So I let her go because the kids were being so loud and then I heard my cell phone ringing. It was Mom again and then she asked to talk to Jesse. She's thinking about getting a computer so I didn't think anything of it. I asked him what she wanted and he said something like "it was about something for you" and I cleaned up a little and went on facebook. That's when I saw a post from my brother that our Dad died that morning. My Mom told Jesse to use discretion telling me and he was going to wait until the kids were upstairs. So that was our Christmas. I'm glad I book our Disney trip over next Christmas. I told Jesse on the 21st it had to be booked and that we HAVE to give the kids a better Christmas next year. I knew he was going to go on Christmas, I just knew.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve

Where did 2010 go?? All the gifts are wrapped, Santa's cookies are made, and you can feel the excitement in the air. One of my Christmas gifts was the ability to book our 2011 Disney vacation. The orginal idea was leave on the 23rd of December, but once it came time to book, those dates were no longer available. So we'll be leaving the day before my and Ayden's birthday on December 17th and returning on December 27th. Birthday and Christmas in Disney is completely awesome for ME! lol We are booked at Fort Wilderness and now we need is our travel trailer. We'll be making that purchase after we pay off my ring, current camper, and couch. Then we'll be debt-free again (not including house and cars). Jesse's profit sharing check come in January and after our tax returns will be making the purchase, maybe earlier if Jesse can get a good deal. What sucks, right now they are offering 2500.00 off the model we want, but we can't do it right now.

This is a larger travel trailer that we were looking at when we owned the Pilot. Since it couldn't tow the smaller model we had to buy a new tow vehicle. Now with the Suburban, we can tow this monster!

December 18th was mine and Ayden's birthday. Ayden had his party on the 11th, so Jesse and I tried to go out to dinner. Tried because Carabba's had a 50 minute wait, so we decided to try another place. Once on our way I started feeling sick to my stomach and wasn't hungry any more. So we went to Costco which had closed shortly before we got there, I called my girlfriend to see where Sandy was doing henna. So we went to the coffee shop and I got henna on my hand. I took some Excedrine and had a latte and started feeling better. By the time we were done chatting with Sandy and Courtenay it was 9:30, we headed towards home and picked up some taco's and ate them at home. It was fun though.

On the 17th my Mom called me to let me know they were giving Dad a few days to live and his health is going down hill fast. He was having seizures and/or a stroke on the 11th which further impaired his left side and is now bed ridden. He was seeing people in his room that weren't there and isn't eating. He was taking to a hospice home this afternoon and we don't expect him to recover. Another reason why booking Disney for next Christmas was important, after this Christmas, I want the kids to have a fun Christmas. I haven't told Ayden how bad Grandpa is yet, I think he'll take it really hard. The girls know it's really bad.

So that's about it for now. Jesse's Mom is already giving me attitude about being in Disney for our birthday and Christmas next year. I told her after the rollercoaster of this Christmas, we'll need to get away.

If I don't post again until after Christmas, Merry Christmas!!!

Sorry for typo's, I'm tired.

Riley is 1!

On the 8th Riley turned 1. His party is tomorrow, the 11th. He and Ayden are having a birthday party together. I figured it was just easier this year. Although I'm not sure if I'll be able to have the party. Dylan is sick, Ashlyn stayed home yesterday from school because of a sore throat and fever. Last night Riley woke up with a fever and slept with us for a little while. So I'll see what today's like and make the call this evening.

Well, December is here.

Saturday, December 4th, Jen and I went out to dinner and to Great Lakes Crossing just as we did a year ago on my due date. We had a lot of fun since we really having gone out since then.

Wednesday is Riley's 1st birthday - I can not believe it. It went by way too fast. He's finally starting to make vocal noises and we're working on signing milk and more. I'm happy to say he's intact, breastfed, and hasn't been vaccinated. Jesse isn't happy about the last one, but I just don't see the point. Ayden, Ashlyn, and Dylan have all had reaction to vaccines, though with Ayden, I just thought it was normal. He's almost 1 and he's never been a patient at a hospital or poked, other than lanced for his newborn screening.

On the 1st, Dylan and Kailey crashed into each other in the living room. Dylan went flying head first into the corner of the wall resulting in a gash requiring 2 staples. They will be coming out tonight.

I started Christmas shopping the weekend before Thanksgiving and finished shopping on Saturday. Next year, we just going to Disney on Christmas day after we open whatever Santa brings. It will be a surprise to the kids, so I'll have to pack everything up and load the camper probably before the kids are out of school for break. I'm very excited for NEXT Christmas! LOL