For the past 11 years my husband and I have celebrated our Christmas together the day after. It was just easier since I have so much family and never have a free moment on Christmas. This will be the last year we do a big Christmas the day after as Ethan is to young to know right now but next year he will understand 'when' Christmas is. So we are so excited today, because we get to enjoy our first 'Santa' visit with Ethan. Although, we went small this year because he is so young, we still can't wait to just share the idea of Santa with him.
Hope all of you are having a Merry holiday season!
Monday, December 26, 2005
Friday, December 23, 2005
Merry Christmas Adam
Wow after almost losing my mind yesterday panicking over what I still had to get done, I have managed to accomplish A LOT! I still need to wrap gifts (which I love so that is fun), finish the mini albums for gifts, pick up pics from one hour photo for mini albums (luckily I made each one basic and the same thing!), clean my house and enjoy every second with my son.
Back to the wrapping gifts thing...I should have known years ago that I should start scrapbooking. I am such a FREAK when it comes to wrapping. I love it, it must be tight and straight and have perfect creases. How anal is that???!!!??? This year I am using these wonderful tags that I got from a swap this year. I am so excited to use them for my family and friends.
DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MY NANO???????? I found out months ago that my husband's Christmas party was going to raffle off ipod Nanos. Well being the mac freak that I am and dreaming of having a nano, I have been joking for weeks that I was gonna win one. Well last Sunday was the party and they did a chinese auction type thing with a bunch of prizes and I mean a bunch (Kitchen Aid mixer, Calphalon set, PSP, $100 gift certificates, digital camera and printer set). Well my husband was the last name to be picked so guess what I got???!!!?? I know you can't guess, A NANO! I am listening to it right now and loving every second! What a treat for my Christmas and you know it already has pics of my little one on it LOL
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
Back to the wrapping gifts thing...I should have known years ago that I should start scrapbooking. I am such a FREAK when it comes to wrapping. I love it, it must be tight and straight and have perfect creases. How anal is that???!!!??? This year I am using these wonderful tags that I got from a swap this year. I am so excited to use them for my family and friends.
DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MY NANO???????? I found out months ago that my husband's Christmas party was going to raffle off ipod Nanos. Well being the mac freak that I am and dreaming of having a nano, I have been joking for weeks that I was gonna win one. Well last Sunday was the party and they did a chinese auction type thing with a bunch of prizes and I mean a bunch (Kitchen Aid mixer, Calphalon set, PSP, $100 gift certificates, digital camera and printer set). Well my husband was the last name to be picked so guess what I got???!!!?? I know you can't guess, A NANO! I am listening to it right now and loving every second! What a treat for my Christmas and you know it already has pics of my little one on it LOL
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Our first family Christmas
I didn't realize how freaking excited I was about Christmas this year and how many things I was avoiding about it. Still suffering the residuals of my post partum I find myself avoiding anything that makes me feel pressured. I haven't wrapped any gifts and I haven't even done half of my shopping yet. Yep that is right 2 shopping days left and I am not even half done. Talk about avoiding pressure my arse! Imagine me tomorrow shopping HAHAHAHA I am going to have a panic attack.
So we took Ethan to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party a few weeks back. Well they give you a complimentary pic when you get there. So of course those things never come out good right? WRONG! I love this pic of us, we look so happy and we truly are. Stress, anxiety, screwed up family, depression...doesn't take one tiny bit away from how lucky and happy we are to have had the past year. No matter what we have our son, can you believe it A SON!!! I finally have a baby to spend Christmas with, not just a baby but my son. Something I dreamt of for years and just never thought...Thank you to all those that made it possible both in this world and others :)
Monday, December 19, 2005
2005 Reflection
Where to begin...This year started out with me being told my Father was going to die, 2 days before my due date with Ethan (Jan 16th). Then my year became amazing when on January 20th, at 2:37pm the baby I had been carrying for 10 months and 4 days was born and we finally found out that it was a BOY!!!! That was all before the end of January.
My year has definitely been the most amazing and special year ever because of the blessing of Ethan. So anything I say that might make it sound less special than that is by far just the typing!
Once January started to become February we noticed that something was just not right with me. Those of you who know me or have read previous blogs know what I am talking about. Still 11 months later I am still struggling with post partum (PP). I am finally sleeping more than 1 or 2 hours a night though so that is WONDERFUL!
The middle to end of the year had us deciding we were going to build a house close to my parents so we needed to move and sell our house. So back to the PP, moving was not a good thing to do. I did not manage well at all but I did it and I am still trying to get it together.
Thanksgiving saw a huge breakup of my family due to my sister. I don't even want to go into to much detail since it still peeves me but needless to say she is back trying to get in our good graces. I can tell you she is on very thin ice.
Within all this mayhem were some of the most amazing and special moments for both Jason and I. Ethan's firsts: pictures, word (yeah), sitting up, Mother's Day, Father's Day, 4th of July, crawling, clapping, waving, giving five, mocking, saying Dada, kisses, trying to walk, wanting his Mommy even when Grandma was holding him.
It brings tears to my eyes writing this not because of the bad things but because of how blessed Jason and I are. We are so thankful and so happy to have had everything this year.
My year has definitely been the most amazing and special year ever because of the blessing of Ethan. So anything I say that might make it sound less special than that is by far just the typing!
Once January started to become February we noticed that something was just not right with me. Those of you who know me or have read previous blogs know what I am talking about. Still 11 months later I am still struggling with post partum (PP). I am finally sleeping more than 1 or 2 hours a night though so that is WONDERFUL!
The middle to end of the year had us deciding we were going to build a house close to my parents so we needed to move and sell our house. So back to the PP, moving was not a good thing to do. I did not manage well at all but I did it and I am still trying to get it together.
Thanksgiving saw a huge breakup of my family due to my sister. I don't even want to go into to much detail since it still peeves me but needless to say she is back trying to get in our good graces. I can tell you she is on very thin ice.
Within all this mayhem were some of the most amazing and special moments for both Jason and I. Ethan's firsts: pictures, word (yeah), sitting up, Mother's Day, Father's Day, 4th of July, crawling, clapping, waving, giving five, mocking, saying Dada, kisses, trying to walk, wanting his Mommy even when Grandma was holding him.
It brings tears to my eyes writing this not because of the bad things but because of how blessed Jason and I are. We are so thankful and so happy to have had everything this year.
Friday, December 16, 2005
long time no blog
So one of my new resolutions is to use this blog! Use it to say everything that I don't say outloud to maybe help me not hurt people.
For instance, why does my husband have to call me every 5 min? I know he misses me and that is great but it is so annoying! I don't want to say anything because then he won't call at all but geez give me some space!
Anyway...I am hoping that by the end of January i will be back to normal. NO more meds, no more anxiety and I can officially be a Mommy minus the PP.
January 1 is also the start date for my own business. I have talked with my cousin and we are finally gonna finish the web site. Ambiance Event Planning here we come!
So in a nut shell here are my resolutions (which I am not going to number cause there are a lot):
-blog more
-50 layouts
-Christmas Fund
-Chores on a weekly schedule
-Work time
-Regular playdates for Ethan
-Walk with Ethan more
-Send cards each month as I used to do
-Stay on budget
I am sure I will add more as I go along...we will see how successful I am at following them.
For instance, why does my husband have to call me every 5 min? I know he misses me and that is great but it is so annoying! I don't want to say anything because then he won't call at all but geez give me some space!
Anyway...I am hoping that by the end of January i will be back to normal. NO more meds, no more anxiety and I can officially be a Mommy minus the PP.
January 1 is also the start date for my own business. I have talked with my cousin and we are finally gonna finish the web site. Ambiance Event Planning here we come!
So in a nut shell here are my resolutions (which I am not going to number cause there are a lot):
-blog more
-50 layouts
-Christmas Fund
-Chores on a weekly schedule
-Work time
-Regular playdates for Ethan
-Walk with Ethan more
-Send cards each month as I used to do
-Stay on budget
I am sure I will add more as I go along...we will see how successful I am at following them.
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