Oh yea...christmas...

so christmas has come and gone....and it was wonderful! this is such a fun age to introduce santa and reindeers...all the fun stories and lots of questions! we waited and waited on christmas, it was hard because we thought that Jack would make his appearance.
.so as the days counted down...no jack. we were full of emotions, excited for christmas, anxious for waiting on jack and worried about all the planning. what if he comes christmas eve?what about santa?what about the toys?we dont want o miss out.what if there are people staying at the house?what if everybody is out of town?what about the kids?what ifthey wake up?the questions and worry were endless.....
but christmas eve day came and we were hit with something we didnt expect or plan...eli got a stomach bug.he was so sick to his stomach, it was sad. then we thought oh great now we are all going to get it. he was sad and pitiful.
then we were all sad because we were not going to see everybody and it was all going to get shifted to another day.....and it wasnt even because of jack! we survived, it passed. we were all healthy on christmas! we did santa gifts and the cookies were gone, he left a note. the boys loved opening presents, they were a little overwhelmed. we went to papas house and saw aunt jenny and uncle chad! we got to see cute cute baby william, wish it was for longer!
we made it through christmas and eli said "mommy where is baby jack, you said he would be here for christmas"?
then friday came...it was midnight and it hit like a ton of bricks. me and cope had the bug at one time....poor jeff. poor cope. poor me. poor jack. it was sad. but we survived!
then came sunday and eli said me throat hurts. you have got to be kidding me right? went to the doctor....thankfully she wrote a prescription all around for family....it was strep. it was contagious.
then poor jeff said, i dont feel so good. you have got to be kidding me. poor poor jeff.bhad the stomach bug but he survived. i am glad that jack was not here for christmas!
believe it or not we had a great christmas! eli got his first big wheel from santa...and a shaving kit. which is a big deal....because daddy is always shaving! he loves his big wheel. it makes his shins sore, must be hard work!
cope got a shopping buggy he can push around the house, which is the coolest! he got lots of new kitchen stuff to cook and make. the list goes on and on of stuff they got.....
we had a very blessed christmas and are all very thankful......especially now that jack is here and we are all healthy!