Christmas

Its that time again, so Hello Everyone! :) Sunday was Christmas, and all 3 of our babies raked in the toys. The Troll and the Imp got the things they asked for, and then some, and little miss Wilbur got plenty to keep her busy. More lip gloss than should  be legal. I do think i'll be stealing some of that...she won't notice...right? Us adults didn't really do Christmas this year, for lack of funds. Although, when i sit back and look at it, we probably could have gotten the children HALF of what we got them, still had them giddy for Santa, and each had something quite nice to open Christmas morning. Yea, Santa was a little Spendy this year. Our pocket books definitely noticed.

What I'm finding to be the most entertaining about this picture is that this isnt even the BEST view of everything we have under the tree. It was MADNESS all the presents that were under there....and ALL for the kids. Santa needs a leash next year! The little ones had a BLAST though, which was really important to us. I spent Christmas Eve with the babies, and we were busy baking. We made cookies, cupcakes, and frosting from scratch, and decorated our candy canes, snowmans, and gingerbread folks. We went WAY in depth with it, and I let the little ones dye the cake batter different colors, and roll and cut their own cookie dough. it definitely drew out the process a bit, but it was a lot of fun. In the end, the kids were happy and i was too. There were purple, pink, blue, and more blue cupcakes, and they were YUMMY.

After the baking was over, we all got into our Christmas PJ's and snuggled in bed. I popped popcorn, and made hot cocoa, and we laid in bed watching Christmas cartoons until the babies were tired. This was always a tradition in my house, and its something i'll always do with my boys, and my baby girl, regardless how old they get. It was something I always looked forward too, and i hope someday they will. Once they were nice and sleepy, we went into the kitchen, picked out our cookies, chopped up our carrots, poured our milk, and wrote our quick letter to Santa, (letting him know we'd left milk and cookies for him, and a carrot for the reindeer) and then the babies went off to bed. I tucked them in, gave them kisses, and waited for them to fall asleep. It was nearly time for Santa to come.

We got all the presents under the tree and the stockings stuffed, and then it was time for us to go to sleep. It was a super fun night with the kids, but i was definitely ready for bed when the time came. The kids woke up, so excited that Santa had come, and we started our morning off reading "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Once that was over, we took our spots on the floor, and the opening presents commenced. There are about a billion pictures of THAT taking place, and excitement was hard to contain. I can't fit pictures of everyone, but i WILL post one of our faves from the morning. 

Can hardly contain the smiles, right? Yea, i have the hardest time looking at it without smiling. That little boy could like up a room. This is my imp. Precious little thing. LOVE him. After presents, there was cleaning up wrapping paper and LOTS of playing. The boys rode their new bikes all over the driveway, but my baby girl was missing, it was time for her to go back to her mom. The imp was very pleased about his Buzz Bike, and STILL talks about it like its all the rage. 

Can we say....stop taking pictures so we can ride our bikes, mom? They can! :) Needless to say, Christmas  was a hit this year. Later that night Momma made the most AMAZING ham, it was mouth-watering...and that's the PG-13 description. Everything was really great actually. Grandma made some cheesy hashbrowns that were fantastic, I made green bean casserole, and D made pumpkin rolls. It was a small, simple, dinner, but it was family, and it was awesome. We lit Bella's candle, and said grace...it was the perfect end to an amazing holiday. I could not have gone to bed possibly feeling more blessed. What a lucky, lucky girl I am. So that's Christmas, probably more than you cared to know, but hey, its my blog! LOL. 

So, on to the other stuff. We are halfway into our sixth week, and will be moving into our 7th when we go to our appointment on Friday. So far, nothing new to report, just that I am very tired. No nausea this time around, which is wonderful! And indication that perhaps this one is a girl? Cross our fingers, PLEASE? I have the traditional flu, which is nothing if not expected. I refuse to ever be pregnant without getting a cold, and i did! But i'm handling it ok. The biggest concern is the fever that i can't seem to shake. The Dr's are saying that it should be below 100, and i can't get it down that low. If it stays high too much longer, we'll have to go to the ER...and i really dont want to do that. Other than that though, there's nothing else to report. I'll be doing another small post on Friday, to let everyone know what we found on the ultrasound. Until then, See ya! :)