Christmas Celebration

So it's the day after Christmas

The holiday is over

All the hoop-la has calmed down

All the stresses of

baking

shopping

wrapping

traveling

cleaning

GONE-FINISHED

so now what?

Now we relax and enjoy a week with the kids

A week off of work

A week of cleaning up

(wait, is that enjoyable)

From a decorative stand point

I put away the Christmas

and bring out the spring

I don't have winter things

But we still have a couple of months of cold weather ahead

When do you put away all the goodies from the season?

Usually I would do it over the New Year's time

and then go immediately into organization mode

but since we are traveling again...

So onto our Christmas day

Santa came

and left his treats for the boys

It looks so bare 

Colton came out of my parent's room at 6am

He was the first one up

Pillow pets definitely took first place

I had been up half the night with my sweet boy

He fever was sky high

Luckily we had a few moments throughout the day

where he felt ok

The Santa excitement was just all right

But when the unwrapping began

HOLY GUACAMOLE

It was a blast

That to me is what it is all about

That's the moment you dream of

as a mom

Colton is the PERFECT age for opening presents

He loved everything

His reaction to getting clothes was classic

"I got new shirt"

"I got new shirt"

He wanted to show everyone each and every thing

Here he is with Granny

Our day was filled with great family

good food

and lots of gifts

We were all very blessed 

We will be celebrating our "middlest" this week

Tomorrow actually

Can't believe he is turning 3

So for tomorrow

lots of cleaning and unpacking

A family lunch

Then I will either buy a gift or take him to the toy store

I know, nothing like being on top of things

Connor loves to go pick out his own gift

Colton changes his mind every day

I am still torn on his party

We had a birthday breakfast this morning before we left the folks house

We will have a family lunch tomorrow

He will have a small gathering in TX this week

And birthday cupcakes at school in another week

He has never had a "real" party

And I want so bad for that

But we don't know that many people

and he is having several mini parties

WHAT TO DO????

HELP!!!

We are leaving Wednesday for the Big D

Mark may go earlier

His Nana Lou is in the hospital

Lots of prayers for her

In my downtime I need to get my 2010 reflections on paper

Lots of thoughts on this year

and many more on the new one ahead

BTW....

my Frisco is so tired

He is passed out on the couch and hasn't moved since we've been home

Hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas