Friday, December 28, 2007

Christmas...

So, here is an update, per the threats that Dawn has been sending me lest I do so. We have had a fun holiday, despite the fact that my poor little fat dog, Alden is sick. He has a nasty cough and runny nose. The boy is so sweet though, that he still smiles, coos, and laughs. What more could I ask?

The boys were pretty excited on Christmas Eve. Well, Lincoln was excited thus making Emerson so, simply by virtue of the monkey see, monkey do creed. We had our traditional meal... A little German feast. It is my way of infusing my heritage into the holidays. :) We always have kielbasa, sauerkraut, potatoe patties, green beans and bacon, and normally, apple pie for dessert. I had to skip the apple pie though, as I had spent all day baking and making desserts and ran out time. So, despite the fact that Micah and his sister, who ate with us, refuse to watch It's A Wonderful Life, I was still in happy holiday mode...
That cheerfulness ended when Lincoln got up.
Very early.
Very, very, early.
3:55AM early.
Yes, you read that right... My son tried to get up at 3:55am.
He came in our room and asked if it was time to open presents?
NO!! I told him it was the middle of the night, and he could lay on the couch, but we were NOT opening presents yet.
At 5:30 am I woke up and he had moved himself to under the tree. It was cute though, there he was all wrapped in a blanket just watching the gifts and waiting, still awake!

I moved him to a chair near the tree and he knocked off at 6:30am. So, we opened presents at 8AM when the rest of us got up! :)

We are now living in a state of toyoverloadedness. Yes, Jessi, that is a new word, just for you! :) I think children lose the ability to play when there is toyoverloadedness... so some of these new goodies will be hidden away for a rainy day.
And, we now have a face to put with a name... Do you remember in the last post, I told about Emerson and his "other family." Well... we now know who Ha-her is... We were watching football on the 23rd and lo and behold, Em starts cheering, "Go my boy, go!!!" Then he proudly gets up and points to Drew Brees, the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, and says, "That is my boy, that my Ha-Her."
"Really???" we all say.
"Yeah, that him." Emerson says.
So, Lincoln asks him, "Does Doh play football too?"
"No, he's a little guy." was Emerson's reply... to which we all fell over laughing!!! Where does this kid get this stuff???

Here are some pictures from my Christmas mini... I still have to get the pages of Christmas morning done, and then the mini will be complete! :)






I hope you all had a great holiday as well, and stay tuned... I am trying to make good on updating more often in the New Year... ROFLOL...

11 comments:

  1. Ok, that is early...way to go at keeping him at bay until 8am.

    Looks like you had a great day and I look forward to all those posts in 2008 ;)

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  2. Man, we are totally in toyoverloadness too. I try to keep it simple every year and it just never turns out that way! I'm putting a few things away too. I can't believe Lincoln got up before 4am! That is crazy! Jake still hasn't quite figured that part of Christmas out yet! He waited till 8 :)
    Sounds like you had a great day Jude...can't wait to see all your updates in 08!
    P.S. Love your mini too!

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  3. YAY at least ha-Her is hot!!
    love the saints and the colts...

    looks like a wonderful time had...
    my kids got up at 7...well mason did and we had to go wake melana up...she was sawing some serious logs ...we heard her snoring all the way down stairs...

    Happy New Year

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  4. Jude...babe...you've got me all wrong. My last comment wasn't a threat. It was just my way of saying that I missed you :-). Well, whatever is was, it worked, huh? LOL

    3:55am?!?!? I didn't know there was such a time :-). Have mercy, that's EARLY.

    Sorry your little guy has a cold. Me and Jayla have one too. I'm just glad she's got another week or so until she goes back to school, to get over it.

    Your mini-album looks great. Sounds like ya'll had a great Christmas and a yummy meal.

    Thanks for the update, my friend. :-D

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  5. Your mini is fabulous! Mine is still sitting empty on my table. Not a single pic from any of the 25days. Oh well!

    Love all the pictures and stories{especially the 3 am} of all the boys and hope that little one feels better soon.

    Oh! Noticed Lincoln has some missing teeth. Does the dead Santa thing apply to the tooth fairy, too?

    Glad you had a very Merry Christmas!!

    :)

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  6. HAHAHAHAH!!! that is early!! LOL Love your album!

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  7. I tell ya girl, Emerson is going to be a writer when he grows up like his momma should have been...something you might think about doing still...no really, you make me laugh....Love his stories, love the Christmas stuff, and glad you had a great time.

    I did the same thing when my kids were little and hid things and brought them out a while later, it was like they never remembered getting them...great way to give them new things over again.

    Have a beautiful day.

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  8. I tell ya girl, Emerson is going to be a writer when he grows up like his momma should have been...something you might think about doing still...no really, you make me laugh....Love his stories, love the Christmas stuff, and glad you had a great time.

    I did the same thing when my kids were little and hid things and brought them out a while later, it was like they never remembered getting them...great way to give them new things over again.

    Have a beautiful day.

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  9. ok you win! we were 4.45am and i thought that was bad ... i has taken me a few days to recover from it! sigh!
    glad you had a fun day!
    happy new year ... have fun tonight!
    luv chanel

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  10. Looks like you had fun! So glad! We had toyoverloadedness too (CRAZY toyoverloadedness!) Love your mini! Happy new year my friend! Love ya! Kim

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  11. How in the world is Alden standing in that exersaucer...I refuse to believe that time has passed that fast that he's that big already...please tell me it aint so!!!! And he's still do darn pickle cute!!

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