I can't believe it's been a month since I have written. I guess that is a testament to the kind of crazy life I have. (I thought it was pretty crazy before I had two kids!)
Christmas is almost here...I am SO excited. I really think I'm more excited about Savannah and Luke enjoying Christmas than I was as a kid myself! The joy on Savannah's face when she sees all the little magical presents waiting for her...I really cannot wait. Luke loves to unwrap presents. He has opened his very first two presents (ever!) recently. I really think I should just give him paper to shred, because as soon as he gets the first piece off the present he just proceeds to rip that piece into shreds and ignores the actual present. He loves the paper! We are going to have a very slow morning opening all his presents. I marvel daily about how different Savannah and Luke are...and Christmas will be just another little note in the book. Our first Christmas with Savannah was an agonizingly slow process of opening presents. She was very calculated and careful about touching presents...with Luke it will be slow again, but for entirely different reasons.
I'm excited for my time off with my kids too - two whole weeks!! I'm excited for the fun we'll have and the quality time to spend together...which is just what I'll need because two weeks after I return to work from break, Carl and I will be headed out for our cruise! I cannot believe it's almost here. I already miss my kids...but each day through this hectic time of year I'm reminded that Carl and I really need it. Our little love nest is falling apart...there's just always someone pulling a twig from here, or pulling out a branch from the other side...and we have no time to replace the twigs taken. We haven't learned to tell others no...and we certainly don't put our marriage as a priority. We tell everyone "Yes we'll do it" without thinking about us, or our family. Eventually that is going to come back to bite us on the butt...so for that one week in January, we are putting ourselves first. I hope to come back with a renewed sense of solidarity. I want to be able to respectfully say "no" to those outside of immediate family and not feel guilty. Hopefully we come back on the same page about how to handle our crazy, hectic lives.
