Jenn's Blog

Getting the stitches removed helped so, so much. Woke up on Christmas morning feeling much better and didn't have to take pain meds at all...or since!

Gabe woke up crabby. I took him out to the couch and asked him if he wanted to peek inside his stocking. That perked him right up. Then Luke came trotting out. He was pretty excited and totally believes in Santa. It helps that he received 2 items off of his list; a new-to-him DS and some Bendaroos. Both boys were thrilled with everything. I hope they are always so excited about toothbrushes and underwear!!

We spent the rest of the day just doing whatever. The boys wanted to open and play with every.single.toy. So it was a blast trying to keep up with all of the mess. We watched UP and Paul came over to visit for a bit.

Yesterday, Ben's parents came over for a while, bringing leftovers with them! I ended up napping with Gabe and when I got up I was hit by the decorating bug. When Erin and I went out last week, I had purchased a few things at the thrift stores; some fabric to recover the chair seats in my bedroom, 2 large matching vases that I filled with greenery and placed up on top of the cabinets, a picture we purchased TWO years ago that I dug out and placed on top of the cabinets, then I started pretty much redoing every room. Nothing fancy, just switching and swapping decorations around to liven things up.

My cousin's wife called last night to say that she's sick and can't host our family gathering this year. I'm sorry she's sick, but it's probably just as well. My siblings didn't seem to relish the idea of getting together with extended family. I told everyone to come here then and bring a snack to share. We'll play games and watch movies. My mom and sister sent their gifts up with Chelsea already which we opened last night. Hopefully people will actually show up - it's been snowing all morning.