So in typical Nicole fashion it's already January and I'm just getting around to writing about Christmas. I've tried about 4 times and as usual gotten interrupted and had to stop. Anyway.... I have to say, I totally understand now what my mother has been saying for years now when it comes to Christmas. You plan and plan and do a crap load of running around, trying to make everything perfect for everyone.......and then it's all over within a few short hours. And I also now understand the amount of pressure put on the Mom's shoulders to make Christmas happen for her family!! I know this may not be the case in all households but my guess its Mom who 99% of the time makes Christmas as special as it is for her family. Not to toot my own horn or anything but if it wasn't for me, nobody would have any presents to open, decorations to look at, cookies to eat, a Santa party to enjoy....honestly the list goes on. Then to add to all of the stress its the one time of the year that you seem to be spending boat loads of money all at once! That's where my husband usually chimes in. He sees my incessant spending (for other people) and starts to all of a sudden want to input on what's going on. So cheers to all moms out there who single-handedly make Christmas time the most fun and special time of the year for their families. It's a butt load of work!!!
Santa came to the Kong house
So our Christmas traditions start out Christmas Eve at my parent's house with dinner and gifts and fun for all. It's the only time my parents, brother, and I get to get together and exchange gifts as just us so after dinner and dessert my grandmother and uncle (and anyone else who stops over) goes home and we can have that intimate time together which is nice. So dinner went great, dessert started off great but was totally ruined when Jack decided to reach up and stick his fingers in the just fired creme brulee ramikan......OUCH....once I heard his screams I picked him up and thrust his hands under the cold running water (thankfully I was in the kitchen just had my back to him and didn't see what he was headed for when it happened). Of course it blistered (on all three fingers) immediately and he was in such pain, I could tell it was just throbbing and there was nothing I could do to help him. So as expected the tension grows between Johnny and I because we are both scared and don't know what to do but really wish the other would have an answer. I kept his hand in a dish of cold water, and gave him some tylenol and told Johnny to call our friend who's step-father is a pediatrician. Thankfully she picked up and had Dr. Mike nearby. Unfortunately he only confirmed that there was nothing we could do and advised we give him Tylenol which we'd just done. So for what felt like an eternity I just held my baby and tried to ease his pain as he kept waving his obviously hurt hand at me trying to tell me that it really hurt and needed Mommy to make it better. All of the kisses in the world couldn't help that booboo. Then out of nowhere it was like a light switch had been flipped the Tylenol had kicked in and my happy baby was back!!! I can't tell you how relieved I was that he was feeling better, I was SHOCKED that it actually helped that much! I couldn't believe it. So Christmas Eve wasn't ruined after all and we were able to start opening presents.....which then totally took his mind off of his hurt little fingers.
A little Oshkosh from Arizona!
Just opened his first Christmas present from Aunt Betty & Uncle Dan....SO excited!!
decorating/un-decorating the tree constantly
So as expected Jack made out like a bandit and got some pretty awesome presents from his uncle and grandparents. He got a teepee which he loves!! It's a great little hide-out for him and his toys, we like to read stories in there with his stuffed animals. He got a home depot workbench that came with his own set of tools that really screw and unscrew things into place. Puzzles, books, little people play sets, really he got a ton of great stuff!!
So the next morning Santa came of course and brought him even more presents to unwrap. We started with our stockings and he took everything out one by one. It was really cute to watch him get excited over every little thing. There were little boxes of holiday animal crackers so needless to say we had animal crackers for breakfast HA HA! Daddy was super excited for him to open his basketball hoop....he said he really wanted one as a kid and his parents wouldn't buy it for him. So he made one out of cardboard and a coat hanger....LOL, you really do live vicariously through your kids!!! I still laugh every time I remember him telling me that :) Later that afternoon we went to my grandmother's house for Christmas dinner and ate lots of good food and then opened more gifts. It seems that as Jack gets bigger, so do all of his toys, so for the past week I've been finding places for all of his new toys and trying to get creative so that my house doesn't look like a Toys R US store!
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