Oh the Joys of Raising Boys... and a Girl: Christmas Eve

The Best Christmas Gift Ever

Well it is here.. Christmas has arrived. I can't think of a better Christmas gift than what Brad and I are experiencing this year. I have to say it has made me think a lot about Mary and how different it must have been to have a baby, knowing your child was going to save the world one day. I am sure it was a lot of mixed emotions because of the instant bond and love you feel for your child, yet she knew what was in store for him was a life she could not determine. I have even wondered what she did in certain situations... we have modern technology and things like nasal aspirators to get the gooey boogers from our children's sinuses, but what did Mary do to get it out? I can't imagine the responsibility felt by Mary and Joseph. I hope that this Christmas season that all of you will be reminded of the love you have for your families and most of all about a child born into this world of sin so he could one day face every wrong doing that each of us are responsible for and wipe that away from us because he loves us so much.

This christmas eve I was going to make a nice dinner for our little family, but Brad is getting sick and has spent the day trying to make his sore throat get better and trying to stay away from Benjamin and I so that neither of us will catch what he has. Not exactly how I wanted Christmas Eve to go. I decided not to make dinner. We do have some christmas eve traditions that we will still do tonight such as reading the christmas story, and drinking hot chocolate. I think traditions are such a neat thing, and Brad and I are trying to create our own traditions in the few years we have been married. Each year we get an ornament that represents our year together and we have a tradition of switching off each year who gets to spend more money on the other person. The person who spends less has to be creative because we set a limit on what they can spend. This year I am supposed to spend the lesser amount, but with a new baby and new adjustments I didn't abide by the limit. I just didn't have time to be creative like I would have liked to be.

Yesterday we celebrated christmas with Brad's mom and step dad. Brad's cousin was in town from PA so we celebrated early before he had to fly home. Benjamin experienced his first Christmas with Brad's family and he slept through the entire thing. We did get some pictures though. My little Benjamin Bug has been stopped up today- he is not sick, he just has all this nasal congestion that I can't seem to get out. The aspirator doesn't fit in his nostrils very well. I need to get a humidifier for our room since he is still sleeping in with us. I am not ready for him to sleep in his own crib yet. Today I got on our scale to see my weight and then I picked up Benjamin to see how much he weighed. Supposedly according to our scale he is 10 1/2 lbs. I just don't think it is accurate he is too little to be 10 pounds. Anyway.. Of course I have pictures. Have a Merry Christmas Eve!