Life As We Know It: Christmas, New Years, & Baby!

Hey Friends & Family!

Whoa, I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. Time sure does fly! Most days I wake up and go to bed not knowing where the day has gone! Anyway, It's a new year! I wanted to do a little post on our Christmas and New Years!

Well, to get started... I have began selling burp cloths that I embroider! It's actually going pretty well and I love it! So, on the night before Christmas Eve I was up until about 4:00 a.m. finishing Christmas orders and a few things I wanted to make for Gabriel Lee! I was exhausted, but it all got done!

I had wrapped all of our presents the week of Christmas and put them under the tree. Gabe is still so young, that he didn't even notice that "Santa" came a bit early! haha. However, after going about 2 days without bothering the presents.. he did manage to find one of his toys that was wrapped and made noise. He ripped part of the paper off and began playing with it. Needless to say, Mommy took the toy and hid it until Christmas! Anyway, on Christmas Eve we headed over to my brother and sister in law's house to exchange gifts with them and my parents. Jesse's older sister had her baby that night too- so when we were done exchanging gifts, we headed to the hospital to see the newest addition to the family! :) Gabe got lots of new toys that he has enjoyed playing with ever since!

We got home pretty late that night. We put Gabe in bed and then I got all of his gifts together and arranged for him to wake up to on Christmas morning. So, Christmas morning, our little man woke up around 8:00. We brought him into the living room to see all of his presents. He first noticed his MICKEY MOUSE Couch and the Mickey that was sitting on the couch. He instantly picked the little Mickey up and carried it with him. He was pretty excited- BUT- not as excited as I thought he would be. After he opened one present (the present he had found a few days before) he was done opening! haha. So, Mommy and Daddy had to help open the rest. However, he has taken more interest in all of the toys since. I think he was just a bit overwhelmed by all of the new toys. Plus, as bad as this may sound, he is used to getting new toys all of the time... So I don't think Christmas Day was anything new for him. This year, we will do better! :)

Jesse was sick all day on Christmas, so he stayed home while Gabe and I headed to my parent's house to celebrate some more. The whole family was there... which is always fun! Gabe got even more presents from my other Brother and Sister in law and from Aunt Jill and Grandma Betty. Little man was wiped out by the end of the day- but he had a lot of fun. This Christmas was so much different than last Christmas since Gabe was older and could enjoy it a little more. I look forward to next year, since he will be another year older and will hopefully enjoy it even more. I can't wait!

We got A LOT of snow here. A LOT! I so badly wanted to take Gabe out in it but we decided to wait until he's a bit older. It was so pretty and Gabe loved looking out the window at it every day!

On New Years, Gabe went to Mama and Papa's for a while so Jesse and I could enjoy a nice dinner. It was delicious! :) We picked Gabe up and then came home and watched some tv and brought in the New Year. Real exciting in this house!! haha.

I'm not big on making New Year Resolutions... mainly because I never stick to them. However, we did set some goals that we would like to accomplish this year. Goals that we believe are attainable and will make a difference in our lives now and in the future! Some are small and will be easy to accomplish, while others will take some work. But all in all, our goals are to help us get to where we want to be! :)

Guess whatt!!! We are finding out if Gabe will have a little brother or sister tomorrow... or today I guess (since it's after midnight). I can't wait!! I'm so excited!!! I'll fill you all after we find out! :)

Well, that's about it for tonight. Here's a few pics of our Holidays! :) Night all!