Christmas 2010

Christmas has come and gone. I am sad but at the same time, I was ready this year. I think it's because I really wanted my house back in order. Even though I am no longer pregnant, I still am nesting. I get OCD if things are messy or out of place. In some ways, I hope it passes but I also don't want it to. We will have to play it out and see what happens.

Let see, we spent Christmas Eve with the Janzen clan. We went to church and then headed over for dinner. It was our typical Christmas Eve dinner of ham, potatoes, veggies, oyster soup, rolls and raspberry jello for dessert. It's nothing too exciting but it's the normal and rounds out the the whole Christmas Eve vibe. It was a good evening with family.

Christmas Day was insane. We woke up and ate breakfast as a family. We read the Christmas story and then Jake opened all his gifts! We just let him have at it. 3 year olds aren't the most patient so we thought we would let him open everything first. He was super excited for everything! His big gift from us was a major hit! We bought him the Fisher Price iXL and he loves it. He will sit there for hours writing, coloring, reading, and playing games. It is amazing. I am just so thankful he likes it. He is more of manual toy child. He has all the Thomas the Train engines and a ton of cars and trucks, so this whole new electronic era is completely new. I am excited he is interested though! Michael and I put our gifts in our stockings! I was super excited that one of my gifts was a new iPod Nano. Ok, yes I have a barely year old iPod that has about 9000 songs on it and quite a few movies but it's huge. Not huge, but I wanted a small one that I could take on walks and all that. The new Nano's are so small. I need to get a wrist/arm band for it for sure. I think I have had almost every generation of the Nano and this one is the smallest. I was super excited though! Come one January 6th!

After cleaning the the disaster that was our living room after Christmas morning, I started to get everything ready for my sista,s house! Somehow, we made it on time. I really don't know how but we did. Since it wasn't quite dinner time we let the boys rip open their gifts. Can we say Grandparents spoil them? Man, seriously. We honestly were shocked we could fit everything in our SUV. It was packed full. We had bags stuffed on the floor and I had a few things on my lap coming home. It was just madness. We had an amazing dinner and the boys went sledding in the backyard. It was a great day filled with family and love. It was perfect. I will say, I was beyond exhausted when we got home though. Jake of course wanted to play with everything but it was way past his bed time also. Michael and I spent the rest of the night curled up in bed, watching a movie. It was perfection. Jax basically slept through the whole day. I didn't expect anything other then that from him. He did get an awesome floor play yard that he loves to already play with it. He reaches for the toys and loves his tummy time on it. He honestly thinks he is 3 months old instead of 3 weeks. It's crazy. I am sad because since he is the last Janzen we are producing, I want him to stay small longer. Although, Jake was the same way so I had little chance of that happening. He has rolled over twice now. He also holds his head up like a champ. He's such an amazing little man and we love him more and more!

The 26th, well, it all came down. I woke up and my OCD kicked in. I needed my house back in order. We packed up the tree, took down all the decor, put all the wrapping paper and trimmings away, deep cleaned and now my downstairs living area is clean and back to normal. We really needed the space. We honestly did. I forgot how much stuff you have with a baby. It's beyond ridiculous. I also want to get things kicked off to start packing up things we do not use or no longer need. March is going to be here before we know it and I have a few things to get done before we can put the house on the market. I do need to purchase some more packing boxes. That should be my #1 priority. The worst thing I need to do is pack up my china. I don't even know where to begin with that. I will tackle it soon enough!

The Christmas season has come and gone. It was a great time with family and friends and we loved every minute of it. From the parties, to the baking day with my favorites with the exchanging gifts which was amazingly hilarious, to all the family and friend time we were blessed with, the reason for the season, and the time I got to just spend with my three boys. I am so thankful for this time we had together as a family. I am so blessed for my boys and I love them all very much.