Christmas time and sleeping in.

Well, here we are, the day BEFORE the day before Christmas. It's snowing, really a lot actually, outside and I'm here at work, thinking about all the gifts at my house that need wrapping. I did really well this year. I finished my Christmas shopping last night. Just those last odds and ends for stockings and such. The main bulk of my shopping has been done for over a week now, which is definitely an improvement! I'm excited about everything I've bought and I'm really excited to go to Nephi tomorrow night. But tonight is for wrapping, wrapping, wrapping.

But a late night of wrapping will be rewarded with a morning of sleeping in! I love the sleeping in part of holidays and weekends. It's different now than it was when I was single. Sleeping in meant 10 or 11 or even noon sometimes. But then, the nights were much later too. Now, if I get to stay in my bed past 8am, it's a damn fine day! Usually the boys wake up before I do. If Jax is up first, he just comes in and climbs into bed with me. Sounds cozy, right? It is, until he wants the remote to watch SpongeBob and then he needs two pillows and then his feet are cold so he's putting them on my legs and then I need to slide over because he wants to be in the middle, and so on and so forth. There is no snoozing after that. If Hayden wakes up first, it's kinda like an alarm clock without a snooze button. He stands up in his crib and yells "GOUT...GOUT" which is not a medical term to him, it's the term for, "I am awake now and would like to get out of my bed; please come and get me." And he never wants to climb back in bed with me for a warm snuggle! Once he's up he is in full-blown awake mode. Jax is more like me when it comes to mornings. We will grudgingly get out of bed and wander around getting ready with our eyes mostly closed. Once Hayden is awake, it's like a light switch has been flipped. He is wide-awake, happy, babbling and ready for whatever the day brings. Isn't that funny that two brothers can be that different? It'll be interesting to see how that changes as they grow.

Well, kids, have a wonderful happy joyous Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring you all the blessings you need and all the happiness you can hold!

Merry Christmas!