I can't believe it's over!!
We celebrated the beginning of Christmas Eve at my older sister's house - Deniese. She was having a few friends over for a small Christmas party and Jake and I had to crash it early because "Santa" had to put together a few of Jake's toys.........kind of hard to put together a HUGE drum set with Jake in the very next room!! LOL....so, I took him over to Deniese's house for a while.........he had a great time playing with his friend Curtis - they were playing Star Wars with Jake's new swords that he had previously opened (I was a sucker and let him open two gifts prior to Christmas eve - one was a Sponge bob pillow and the other was his star wars swords!).......
We left Deniese's house around 7:00 and hurried home for Christmas with the in-laws. Jake was so excited because we open all our gifts from each other on Christmas eve so that the only gifts on Christmas morning are the ones from "Santa"!! My in-laws have a long standing tradition of serving homemade summer sausage and German Noodle soup (since they are full fledged German!). The noodle soup is AMAZING - but since the noodles are homemade - it tends to take forever. I will have to learn how to make it though - so I can pass on the tradition as well. This was the first year that Jake would eat it - and he liked it - so I guess I'd better start learning! The homemade summer sausage is very good too .....that - I have learned how to make and it's not bad for you like the regular summer sausage - this is made with the leanest meat you can find!
After dinner - we started opening gifts - Jake was so pumped - he could hardly stand himself.......he got books, (which when he opened these - he said "I don't want books!!) LOL. He got a children's bible, clothes, drum sticks, DS Lite (gameboy with several games)PJ's, and several other little toys. Jake had also purchased - by himself at the santa shop at school - gifts for all of us - so, as we opened each one - his face was lit up like the Christmas tree itself! Because Daddy likes sports - he got sports cards.....too funny! Mommy got a necklace - Nana (grandma) got a bracelet and Pop (grandpa) got some kind of tool.....he was so excited - these are the precious gifts that I will hold onto forever. Mark had taken him shopping for me - so, in that gift (that Jake picked out) were a bunch of socks (for the gym) and a hand held mirror......sweet. I took him for Mark and Mark didn't get as lucky as Jake picked out this god awful Built Ford Tough baseball cap!!!!! Oh well - Mark can mow in it!!! LOL
Once everything settled down - Nana read the Christmas story to Jake and we finally got him in the bed around 10:30......and then, Santa came to see us!!! It was quite the sight - 4 adults trying to bring in a HUGE drum set and be quiet all at the same time!!!!! Mission accomplished though......
Christmas morning.........we (the parents) wake up at 6:00 because we want to be stationed in the living room to see his face when he wakes up and walks in there.......7:00 rolls around and I'm like - OK - I can't take it anymore - i'm waking him up!!!!!! And, I did!!!! LOL.....
Here is the thing about Jake - he is EXACTLY like his dad when it comes to showing excitement......that would be - NONE........so, he walks into the living room and when he sees his drums - instead of jumping up and down - like I'm hoping he will - he just stands there in awe and grabs his chest........and then the cutest thing comes out of his mouth......he says "I think my heart is going to stop!"!!!!! LOL...we cracked up!!!!! Then, he got excited - he also got from santa a new - real - Junior Electric guitar with the amplifier and a cord - so he thinks he is it on a stick!!!!
Needless to say - he hasn't left his band room in DAYS - and mommy has severe ear aches!!! LOL.....not really - if he didn't know what he was doing - it might be different - but since he plays the drum's exceptionally well for a 6 year old - it's not bad at all. I've actually learned how to tune him out - so I can basically ignore him!
Christmas dinner was great - my sisters, Carla and Deniese, (with her husband Glenn and his dad) came over as well as my in-laws and we ate until we were stuffed above and beyond!!!
The day after Christmas - we headed to Conroe for the Patrick Christmas - where we ate again!!! That was lots of fun as well - it's always fun to see everyone in one setting. Grammy and Popsie was gracious to host us this year and it's always a treat to be in their home.......
Now, my house is back to normal - Christmas stuff is in the attic and one more year has passed.......we are ready for a new year - with new blessings and new challenges - God has been really good to us and for that, we are so thankful.
New things are on the horizon for us and we are grabbing on to them and running full force. Looking forward to what the new year has in store for us.
Hope that all of you have a Blessed and Prosperous 2010.....May God bless each of you above and beyond what you could even imagine!
Love from our family
Karen
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