Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas 2011 – should be our last Christmas without Mhyia!!

This Christmas seemed to come and go before it even felt like Christmas. We had no snow at all and until today I have yet to wear a winter coat this season. Christmas was the usual – at my parents for Christmas Eve, off to church, sleep over, get up, open gifts, have an earlier dinner and then off to Mike’s sisters (Lisa’s) for dinner #2!!

Many many times this Christmas we thought or talked about how “next year” Mhyia would be here and the thought is soooo exciting – it has been sooooo many years that I have been saying “hopefully by next Christmas we will have a child” well it looks like this if finally the year!!!! There are some friends at my moms church who adopted a couple of years ago from China and their little girls is so sweet, they were sitting in front of us on Christmas Eve and I couldn’t stop starring at her with her mom and thinking next year that could be me with Mhyia – I can’t wait, I am soooo ready!!

Christmas overall was great, I just love having the week off and visiting with family etc… it is such a great time of year. I had hoped to get a bunch of things done around the house but I didn’t get as many done as I would have liked – I have a huge list on the fridge of things I want to get done before Mhyia comes, so many little things I need to finish or organize – I have committed to doing at least 1 or 2 of these things per week!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Getting Ready for Christmas and our Cruise!!

I have just finished decorating the house (two trees, two floors) I am so late this year - I usually try to start right after Halloween but things have been a bit crazy around here so I finally get things done today!!

I feel like I am constantly rushing around - I have a "to do" list on the fridge and I need to get to it - I need to start crossing things off. I am so looking forward to our Christmas holidays I think it will give us time to get a good handle on some much needed organization.

I now need to start packing for our Cruise - we leave this Friday morning and I/we haven't even started to pack or gather things up - I am hoping we can get most of it done tomorrow night - Mike has a meeting Thursday night and I have an app't this Wednesday night (not great planning) - I feel like this vacation has just snuck up on us. For so long it was so far a way and now it is here and neither one of us have prepared very well. Oh well I am sure everything will be fine - off to pack!!