Random thoughts this Christmas Season

• Not sure how it is already December



• It really annoys me when I get Christmas Cards right after Thanksgiving… those families just make the rest of us look bad.



• Same with the people on Facebook that brag they are done shopping.



• Yeah. Whatever people. Keep it to yourself. :)



• Can you tell I’m cranky?



• Members of our family have been sick for over a month.



• I was sick for two weeks.


• And Mom’s don’t get a day off.



• Like Ever.



• When little ones that have asthma get sick… it gets bad.



• Asthma is a terrible, terrible chronic disease.



• We’ve been to way too many doctor’s this past month.



• None of whom seem to help.



• Now you know why I am cranky.



• I'm a total blog slacker.



• Sorry to let down my loyal followers.



• But, as you can see... I've got nothing useful to say.



• We put up our Christmas Tree up on Saturday.



• Homemade children’s ornaments are the BEST ornaments EVER. I LOVE the ones with their pictures on them from years past.



• So sweet.



• I keep listening to “Third Age’s – Merry Christmas” and cry every.single. time… thinking about last year when we were anxiously awaiting traveling to China and missing Grace SO much.


• I am so thankful she is home.
  


• With her family.



• And not there. Alone.



• I have three friends that will be traveling to China in the next couple months.



• FOUR less!



• I can’t wait to wake up in the morning and read their blog posts. I SO can’t wait!!



• I have to get a shopping list together and split it up between them. Ha!



• One can never have too many squeaky shoes.



• Right?



• I love Worship Service during Advent.



• It would be even better if I actually could participate in Worship and not just yell at my kids the whole time.



• I love hearing my kids sing Away in the Manger



• I also love when they rock out to Go Tell it On the Mountain in our living room.



• I do wish our lives could slow down a little in order to enjoy the season a little more.



• All fun stuff - Christmas parties, cookie making, gingerbread houses, and carol sings - but it all ends up adding up to crazy busy-ness.



• Our Christmas Tree is being held up with fishing line attached to the wall.



• Not kidding.



• We have TWO birthday’s in December.



• Not well planned.



• At all.



• An almost 7 year old and an almost 5 year CANNOT WAIT for their birthdays.



• I, however, can.



• I think this also means that I have stop blaming my chubby belly on having babies.



• Since I was last pregnant five years ago.



• Grace wakes up at night and yells “MA!” “MA!” “MA!” until I come in to get her.



• I haven’t posted on this blog in several weeks.



• Now you know why.



• I’ve got nothing to say.


• Or actually, it seems I have a lot of nothing to say.


• Grace has a lot to say these days… 100 words in her vocabulary, and growing every day!


• “MA!”


• We are going to change her middle name to “MO!” (Grace’s version of No)


• We are going to change Devin’s middle name to “I didn’t do anything”


• My car needs new tires and new brakes.


• And that just stinks.


• We are going to Disney in 199 days.


• I know this because we are doing a count UP paper chain to 100, once we have a 100 links on the chain, we will then count down.


• The second link on the chain is going up today.


• This was NOT my idea.


• Crazy people live in my house.


• Braden plays Jolly Old St. Nicholas and Jingle Bells on his saxophone.


• Love.


• I found Kailey packaging up candy left over from her Halloween stash, and secretly putting the packages of candy in her brothers’ and sister’s stockings.


• My cheerful giver.


• Sigh.


• I’m done I think.


• For now.


• Sorry for this post.


• I really should be banned from blogging.


• Merry Christmas Season!