Dec
27
Posted: 12.27.10 @ 10:50pm • Filed: Daily Kate • Tags: holiday
Despite all of the family drama, I had an amazing Christmas. I enjoyed spending time with my family and spending my first Christmas with Grayson. I was overjoyed that he got to spend Christmas Eve and the morning of Christmas Day with us. Not only that, it also snowed which is a rarity for where I live. In fact, the ground is still covered in blankets of white even though it has not snowed in three days. My mom mentioned something about an old wives’ tale that talks about if the first good snow stays on the ground for more than three days, a new snow will come to top it. I sure hope so because snow is so pretty. I will most definitely have to post pictures of the snow soon when I bring momma’s camera back and copy her pictures onto my computer.
Christmas was definitely interesting in this house. We spent Christmas Eve at my aunt’s eating dinner and then came back to momma’s to let my niece and nephews open gifts as well as Gray and my siblings. Grayson decided he did not want to play with his baby toys but wanted to overtake my nephew, Riley’s, gift. Riley got a lego castle that you have to build and it came complete with a catapult and a cannon ball which Gray thought the cannon ball was his. After my brother got the cannon ball back from Gray, he then decided he wanted to pick the “cheese” of of my other nephew’s U-Build Mousetrap game. Needless to say after that, my brother decided he would hold Gray and then Gray fell asleep. I have never seen him just lay in someone’s arms like that. He looked so adorable being rocked by my older brother since that is a side my older brother rarely shows to people. Gray definitely loves his Uncle Bubba now.
Since Gray went to bed so easy, I should have figured that meant he would not sleep all the way through the night which he did not do. After Beth and I wrapped gifts while watching True Blood, Gray woke up and then would not go back to bed. He was so hyper and kept trying to watch my sister’s television. He slept with Beth that night even though he only fell back asleep for about two more hours. I am sure you can imagine that Beth and I slept the whole night after Gray left and presents were opened. Everyone loved all of their gifts and I am thankful for everything I received. I do not think we could have asked for a better Christmas!
Due to the cold weather and snow, I am now coming down with a cold. I stopped by the store on my way home tonight to grab me some Theraflu but the store was all out. I then looked for Nyquil and grabbed it but once I got home I noticed I got Dayquil instead of Nyquil! Man, I am a blonde, I swear. Hopefully it will still take away my cold symptoms and I can fall asleep. Speaking of which, I think I will retire to bed and finish reading the last House of Night series book on my phone and then head to bed. I am in love with this series of books and have finished four books in the past week! I am just a little addicted, ha. Since I downloaded an e-reader on my phone, I have done a lot more reading lately. I cannot wait to get my Kindle soon! I have missed reading so much and never realized how much until I started back reading! Anyways, until next time, later love!
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Dec
24
Wow, I have never seen a kid giggle so much in my life as Grayson opened presents at my dad’s earlier. This kid is not only spoiled, but he is so precious. My dad and step-mom got Grayson this Thomas the Train toy that you can flip over and then put it on the ground and it automatically rolls away. He is in love with this toy. I am so excited for tonight when he opens the rest of his gifts!
I wish there was more I could blog but honestly everything else in my life I do not feel like talking about on here. I am down in the dumps and have been for the past week and a half. The stuff with my cousin is causing a rift in my family and now my brother is not even going to my aunt’s for Christmas dinner tonight. To go along with family drama, I have been very sick to my stomach and have been very tired as well as had sore breasts. All of this led my mom and husband to be convinced I am pregnant. I did not even want to consider this because I knew I would be let down but after them saying it over and over, I got my hopes up. When I took the test, I am sure you can tell that it was negative which has caused me to be even more upset. I am frustrated with my body and it makes me feel like less of a woman as crazy as that sounds. I am married and happy and why can the next step not hurry up and get here? I know I need to lose weight first and know that it is better for me and my future children that I am not pregnant right now since I would be high risk but it does not hurt any less.
I just have a lot of feelings and emotions to deal with and would rather just leave it like that. For some reason the winter makes me super depressed and I do not know what to do to change the situation. I am just going to plaster a smile on my face and try to get through today. Sorry to cut things short but it is time to head on over to my aunt’s and then back to my mom’s for Christmas with my siblings and nieces and nephews!
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Dec
18
Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year yet so many people show their true colors around this spiritual holiday. Christmas is supposed to be the time of the year where you help our your neighbor and spread love and joy throughout yet most people take it to be the time of the year where you one up your neighbor and spread your bah-humbug spirit. Is it me or have people completely lost the true meaning of Christmas? This is the season for miracles, people! Anything can happen and instead of focusing on spreading love and cheer all most people are focused on is purchasing the perfect gift and making sure they get it before someone else they know. I just do not understand this type of thinking. I have always cherished my family year round but this time of the year was when my grandma loved to bring us even closer. Unfortunately, she is gone now and my family is slowly falling apart. I have seen a member of my family totally do my mom dirty and I honestly never thought they would do that to my mom.
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Nov
19
Posted: 11.19.10 @ 03:00am • Filed: Daily Kate • Tags: holiday
TodaysMama and GameStop are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.
1. What is your holiday wish for your family?
To have a happy, safe, and healthy holiday filled with the love and lots of family time! I also hope that Grayson is with us Christmas morning and we all enjoy our first Christmas with Grayson!
2. What is your Christmas morning tradition?
We always wake up and see what Santa has in store for everyone, and then we have a huge family breakfast together.
3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be?
Since we are leaving the whole pregnancy thing in God’s hands even though I really wish we would have a child of our own, I’d have to go with a vacation to Italy that includes airfare, a stay at a four-star hotel, and meals at all of the best restaurants in Italy.
4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money?
Spending quality time with my family and my husband. We always cook lots of sweets and just spend time together watching movies or talking. My younger siblings are entertainment without having to turn a television on, lol.
5. What games did you play with your family growing up?
Monopoly was our all-time favorite, but when it came to a game system, my brother and I seriously kicked butt on Duck Hunt for the Nintendo!!
6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood?
Opening presents on Christmas morning followed by a big family breakfast! I also still listen to “Drummer Boy” and dance around the living room since that is what I did with my grandpa every year. That was his all time favorite song.
7. Where would you go for a Christmas-away-from-home trip?
Ukraine since that is where my grandpa was from. I think being there would make me feel closer to him. It’s either there or Paris since my grandma always said she wanted to go to Paris but never had the means to do so.
8. Check out GameStop and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year?
Our top items on our GameStop Wish List this year are an XBOX 360 Elite with Kinect, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and Call of Duty: Black Ops since my husband cannot stop talking about it!
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