Merry Christmas ~ 2009

Christmas... Uuhggg! Christmas came and went in a flash. We were so crazy and rushed it was like it never happened. In years past Hunter and I have developed many little traditions and with the exception of opening presents and making (a very small) breakfast nothing was traditional about this Christmas at all.

First of all (sigh...) this is the first Christmas Hunter's dad and I shared Christmas day (Great for Hunter and daddy, not so great for me) so with that being said, this is the first Christmas I spent all on my own (well for 5 or 6 hours of it).

So I will break down our day...

Hunter got up at about 8:00 a.m. He peeked around the corner of the stairs and came barrelling back into my room yelling "he came, he came... He really came!!! So I grabbed the camera and snapped those precious moments of excitement...
We opened presents, and looked in our stockings. Of course I had to open, assemble, and put batteries in toys as fast as I could. So while he busied himself with his toys, I quickly made breakfast. We ate and I cleaned up breakfast, then I had to get Hunter ready to go with daddy. After Hunter left, and I had my very short pity party, I got busy cooking for the Kimber Christmas dinner. I was hosting and since my house turns into Tom Thumbs home when you get 25 people in it, I wanted everything done before they got there. (By the way no matter how good I plan and organize my family likes to try to squeeze everyone into my kitchens 3' X 5' cooking space)??? So I got that going and finished. I ended up having enough time to watch a Christmas movie... "White Christmas" I am a sucker for the classics! I get lost in all the romance... Any who! Hunter made it home just before all the family arrived... Chaos ensues! It was fun to get together with the family however, I will NEVER again try to pack so much into two days. I was exhausted, Hunter was spent, and it was almost like it never happened. But for everything that it wasn't, I never for one moment, forgot to stop to remind myself just how good I do have it! I'm pretty lucky to have what I have...

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and may all of you New Year Dreams come true!



Hunter's letter from Santa

Merry Christmas Hunter

Hunter's real "GINTAR"

Hunter's wiggle car

The ONLY thing he asked for "a REAL robot

Our QUICK breakfast

Arjay & Baby Tatum.. I'm going to be a Great Auntie soon

My Joshy & Hunter!!! Josh had leave over the holidays, Yay... We won't see him until he graduates, but he should be home in time to welcome his son into the world!!!! We love you Joshy...

Kiddo's exchanging gifts! Can any of you sit like that (like Hunter) anymore???