Christmas (Holly)

Merry Christmas!! We had a great night with family. Started out at my mom's house with parents and TJ and his fiance. Geez that still sounds weird my baby brother getting married? Wait... my baby brother is a police officer?!?  Gosh, where does the time go?  Seems like not that long ago he and I were hiding behind the couch on Christmas eve. :)  Ah, how the time flies.

So anyways, we let balloons off at 3:40 in honor of my Uncle's birthday. Everyone in our family did it at the same time, depending on their time zone.  We wrote little notes on the balloons and sent them off.  Colton said, "Can you write "How is Skyler?" on mine? Because she's four now, and I bet she's trouble!" Ha Ha.

The weather did not allow all of my dad's family to get together tonight.  Really sucks because we've been getting together on Christmas Eve as long as I can remember.  The only one we have missed was two years ago when Grandma was in the ICU in Iowa City from her fall.  Three of my cousins are now doing Christmas with their spouses' families on Christmas Eve every other year. Kinda sad but I get it.  Next year might be alittle different for us as well because hopefully we'll have another little one.  So far, we've always gone to Grandma's but that's mostly because that's a tradition I've had with Colton before Tim and I were together.  When we have another little one we might have to mix things up a little.  We'll see when the time comes I guess.

Tim was so sweet. He loves little kids. I caught him off with our 9 month old nephew, Camden, playing by themselves and he walked him around the retirement home looking for "mischief" as he says.  Oh, I cannot wait until we have a little one crawling around.  I know that more than anything he wants more kids.  He has always treated Colton like his own son, and nothing less. But I know he wants kids that are half of him as well.  Actually, I think that he just wants a baby.  He would be prefectly happy if we adopted, just so long as he got to have those first few years that he missed out on with Colton since he was 3 when we got together.

I have been blessed with an incredible husband... sorry ladies, the best is taken.   :)

Well, I'm hoping that Colton is falling asleep upstairs. *fingers crossed*  He was all about, "Santa isn't real" until I pulled up Google maps today and started tracking him.  :)  Every hour today he's asked me to show him where Santa is now.  Maybe, just maybe, I might get one more year out of this. Haha.

Well, I supposed, I have tons of presents from my parents house to put away...not to mention all of this laundry!  Finally got a new washer and dryer (thanks Tim!) and I have no where to put all the clean clothes!

Good night and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it.... other wise, Happy Holidays!

Uncle Tim and Camden