MERRY CHTIRSTMAS!!!

First off, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! What a wonderful day today was so far. John worked until 8pm last night and then we came home and got ready for the festivities of today. I crashed around midnight and he crashed sometime around then in our comfy new chair that we got so that I can nurse baby girl in. He came to bed around 2am. He has fallen asleep in that chair more since we got the chair than our own bed. CRAZY!!

I woke him up around 5-6am to let him know we hadn't put out a gift for Aidan...the all important doctor's kit. He has been wanting one for the longest time now and he FINALLY got it!! Well, we went to bed and around 8am we got a call from the in-law's. They were without power!!! All this crazy wonderful white stuff knocked out their power!! We were suppose to be there at some point this morning (no time specified which is never good to tell us since we will show up when we get up and get going...). Greg told John that they were cancelling today and rescheduling it for Saturday, or Sunday if John ends up working on Saturday. We were going to do gifts and eat breakfast with them. It's a bit difficult to eat breakfast without power.

So, John and I watched Good Morning America or whatever was on and waited for Aidan to wake up. He has had some REALLY late bedtimes lately so I expected him to sleep late....9am and he comes strolling out of his room into the family room. First things out of his mouth; "Santa came!!! He didn't eat all his cookies or drink all his milk. Maybe he's saving it for later!!" John and I laughed because it was pretty silly the way he said it. Once he changed into his big boy underroo's we started in on the gifts!! We all got some wonderful gifts this year and without going overboard!!

I suggested that we go to breakfast since it was a special occasion and it would be more fun than making our own. I twisted and turned John's arm a bit and he finally agreed. After breakfast, we went on a man hunt for gas. I was nearly out and either all the stations were sold out, only accepting cash, or they had no power. We finally hit up a station that had gas!! We came home and decided to put Aid down for nap but first we thought we would add to the morning and get stuck backing into our parking spot. Luckily a friend of a friend was driving by at that moment and he and John pushed on the car as I laid on the gas to back into our spot. We made it after getting stuck in ruts that were 6 inches deep....thanks stupid apartment complex that hasn't done a darn thing except to keep the walkway by the office clear this whole snow storm. Whole separate story.

So now I am sitting here listening to the boys get ready to go outside to play in the snow that we have and the new accumulation that has fallen already today!! Talk about a white Christmas!!! It is WONDERFUL!! We are headed to take Aidan to see Bolt this afternoon because he has been asking to go to the movies lately and since we aren't going to my mom's due to the snow and the fact that she has no power as well, we figured we would do things that we don't normally do!!! Mom was going to go with us and go to dinner after since we can no longer warm up the ham and make the scalloped potatoes, but since she is trying to warm her house by keeping the fire going all day she is laying low and we are too!!! So, now that you know just exactly what we have planned, I hope that you are enjoying this wonderful day today with your family!! Merry Christmas and stay safe if you are anywhere that has snow or awful driving conditions!!!