Sunday, December 26, 2010
A very Lovelay Christmas We had a great Christmas. Well, sort of. Mostly. On Christmas Eve we had a conference call with Katie, Brent, Laura and co, and Doug and Delanie's clan, and Mom and Dad. My favourite part was mom's singing of Mary's Lullaby. Beautiful and touching as always. My kids made it hard to get everything, but at least we got something and were able to share in some Christmas Eve festivities even if we are far away in Winterpeg.
Once that was finished we had a quick dinner and we got the kids in their jammies and let them open one present before bed. Adriel picked a present that we got from our home teachers. They were so nice and got some really nice gifts for the boys. Adriel's was a rescue submarine that came with men that you could dress up in scuba gear and torpedoes that shoot out of it. He was so thrilled. Sloan wasn't feeling so great. He had a bit of a fever and wasn't all that interested in opening his own present, he just wanted to play with Adriel's. So Adriel gladly helped. Sloan got a big plastic drum with a bunch of other music makers that go inside, like a tambourine, maracas etc.
After we got the kids in bed, it was time to finish wrapping their presents and stuff their stockings. We watched Gilmore Girls while we worked. We're at the part where Luke and Lorelei finally get together, so it's quite satisfying.
Kyle and I agreed we weren't getting presents for each other this year because it just wasn't in our budget. I was sad about this because I like to do nice things for my sweetie, and if I had actually been on top of things this Christmas, I may have been able to think of something cool and meaningful to make for him but I hadn't. We did buy a book for him together on our date way back and I told him to forget about it and he'd get it for Christmas. So I stuffed that in his stocking. I also got to pick out his present from Ann. That was fun.
Kyle was sick. He suffered through the night and got up and slept on the couch. Feeling crappy and sick for the rest of Christmas was the result. Him and Sloan. Sloan was miserable until I gave him advil. Then you'd never know. It was sad too, so many yummy things to eat and Kyle had no appetite.
The boys woke up too early. They had never done that on Christmas before. Adriel was the culprit. Yelling "hello?" from his bedroom at 6am. Sheesh. How was i going to hold him off? Ann wanted to watch us open our presents over Skype and it's two hours behind in nanaimo. I held them off in my room until 7 and then we went down stairs to open stockings. Adriel said "ah ha!" after each thing he pulled out as if he knew it was in there. It was funny. Sloan just wanted to eat all the candy in his, of course. Kyle was a sneak and got me a stocking full of yummy chocolate and an array of chapsticks to feed my addiction. I held Adriel off until 8 and then we called Ann. The boys got spoiled between Uncle Adam, Grandma, Kyle and I and Santa Claus. Sloan was content with the first present he opened (which was a three dollar Value Village present that Adriel picked out for him). He followed me around like a puppy dog and every time I sat down again, he'd plunk himself in my lap. Adriel got what he asked Santa for, and was not in the least surprised when he opened it, because he'd asked for it and he was a good boy (in his mind). Him and Sloan both got light sabers and they have been slashing around in our house since. Kyle tricked me. He hid a big box behind all the other presents that I didn't notice and then when all the presents had been opened by the boys, he pulled it out and said "looks like Santa brought you something too" I pulled the lid off the box and was so overwhelmed. It was full of goods. I started to cry. He said "What's wrong?" "You weren't supposed to get me anything!" I said in a broken voice. "I didn't get anything for you," I said. He said "That's ok, we didn't have the money." Then I asked "How did you get all this then?" And he told me he sold his bass guitar. It reminded me of that story where the wife sells her hair to get a chain for her husband pocket watch and he sells his watch to get his wife a pretty hair clip. Except one sided, making me once again a Christmas loser. The box seemed to be never ending of pretty sweaters and yummy smelling bath and lotion stuff and jewelery and cute tights. What a sweet special man I have.
Adriel played. Sloan grew worse in his sickness and wouldn't let me put him down, which I had to do to make buns for dinner. He cried at my feet the whole time. Any time Kyle tried to coax him away, he cried harder. I put him to bed and when he woke up I gave him more medicine.
We went to Jill and Josh's for dinner. It was really good. I love turkey dinner. The stuffing was sooo good to me for some reason. We hung out, the kids played, and Sloan, even though he was feeling better due to advil, still stuck to my side. We played games and all was good until Kyle took a turn for the worse. We came home, put the kids in bed, and were in bed ourselves by 10. I felt the same sadness I always feel when Christmas day is over, and a little lame that we were going to bed by 10. I mean, Kyle was sick and I was exhausted but 10?
Sloan woke up at one and Adriel woke up at 3 and Sloan woke up at quarter to 4 and then at 4:30 at which point Kyle left so I could bring him in bed without disturbing his sleep. He was so restless and moving constantly (kicking legs, flailing arms, chewing on his soother) I didn't really fall back asleep and then Adriel woke up at 6:30. Brutal. But once again, my sweet sick hunk of a man got up with them, because he said he needed to take more medicine anyway, and let me sleep.
And that was our Christmas. In a nutshell. How was yours?
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:57 AM
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Aww, what a nice husband you have! I'm so glad he did that for you--it's so sweet! It made me get a little teary. It sounds like you had such a nice Christmas (other than the lack of sleep and sick baby).
Incredibly sweet present!
We were also sick this year - sounds like Justin and Kyle had the same bug. Then at 3 am Christmas Day night/Boxing Day morning, Claire started throwing up. Joined by Lauren later. Love it!
We were also sick this year - sounds like Justin and Kyle had the same bug. Then at 3 am Christmas Day night/Boxing Day morning, Claire started throwing up. Joined by Lauren later. Love it!
I was sick too! For the second Christmas in a row! I'm not a wuss like Kyle though, still ate everything in sight...although I later paid for it :(
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