as i was laying in bed last night, which was crowded with gavin, bella, dan and i- by the way it's a FULL bed, not a queen or king or anything- i was saddened by the fact that our christmas for 2012 is over. it was filled with so many wonderful memories and great times spent with family, i didn't want it to end.
last night we let gav eat a little too much candy from his stocking, so by the time night night came around he was extremely hyper and not willing to go to bed. which is fine, last night i really didn't care, he just wouldn't go to sleep. so he meandered up to our bedroom at 10pm and snuggled in between dan and i, with bella at his feet. we will have to get a newer, bigger bed when jude is able to get out of his crib and join us. which means i will shed a major tear getting rid of our antique bed-frame that i had to beg dan to bring up and replace our much bigger and newer queen sized bed.
we came home from our fourth and final christmas in new ulm with an extremely over tired little jude and an extremely happy little boy who was so excited to play with all of his new toys, and of course his brothers as well. before that we had my mom over for a delicious brunch and present opening. in which she spoiled our kids and us more than she ever has before. i feel somewhat horrible for only getting her the booster carseat she wanted, but she insisted that was all she wanted this year. because i feel as you grow up you loose that "
getting" feeling and grow into the "giving" instead. which is what it's all about when you have kids.
like dan and i. we decided to only do stocking stuffers for each other. we have had some extreme purchases this year, and what dan wants i cannot buy.. new tires? are you kidding me? like i have an extra 2grand laying around? we spent most of our "christmas" budget on the special little ones that are a part of our lives, not on each other. but of course dan over did himself and went far too overboard for me. i am a lucky girl. and i feel bad, yet again for getting him a "stocking stuffer" of candy and goodies, and a runnings gift card. i'm losing the point of this post surely but quickly.
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| Grandma Audrey's beautiful Christmas tree |
the holidays are always so much fun. i enjoy spending time with our families.. and i love that we all have a "larger" family. since i was little i dreamed of having siblings around the holiday times to play with and spend time with. and i am SO thankful that jude and gavin have that now. i now dream for a larger home, or even a more hosting efficient home to have holidays at our house.
we are in talks of expanding/changing things in our family. in one way or another. nothing happening soon, but whether it be a move, a dog or another schroeder baby (dan's got a big negative on the last one, for now) i feel that 2013, or maybe even 2014 will be a big year for this family. we have so much coming up in 2013 that i feel it will fly by much faster than we have ever hoped.
