It's Almost Christmas!
Hurry. Hurry. Hurry. Wrap. Wrap. Wrap. Crochet. Crochet. Crochet. That about sums up my week. Things have been so crazy this month with the arrival of our handsome little Lucas that we almost forgot about Christmas preparation. We knew Christmas was coming, but all the preparations kept getting put off. Now we are here, the week of Christmas! Our tree has decorations on the top half, we have a total of three other decorations sitting out, presents are wrapped sitting in our room, and I have one stocking half made.Hey, I'd call that progress!The great thing is that our kids couldn't care less. They are just excited it's almost Christmas!! We have been reading the story of the birth of Jesus every night before bed and having Liam retell it to us. So far he thinks Christmas is about mama who had baby Jesus in her belly, shepherds that fought with sticks, and Christmas lights. I also can't tell if he thinks I had baby Jesus in my belly at one point or if he knows it was Mary...My goal was to make all of us a homemade stocking, but it looks like Lucas may be the only one that has one... It's ironic that he's the only one that doesn't need one!Our first Christmas as a family of five hasn't gone as planned so far, but we are all so excited and are having a great time getting ready! I can't wait to wake up Christmas morning with our kiddos, have hot cinnamon rolls, hot coffee, open presents, listen to our children tell us the story of Jesus' birth, and remember how blessed we all are to have each other! Oh and don't forget the endless sword fights all day because I'm pretty sure Joel just went out and got the kids last minute Ninja Turtle weapons!