Christmas was fairly quiet here. David and I followed the normal family traditions....coffee, followed by canned cinnamon rolls then presents. The unwrapping was very civilized and even though we both couldn't buy, wrap or give each other the two gifts we both wanted, the exchange was more than successful.
It's funny, yesterday David kept saying he had to shop for me? There WAS only one gift under the tree. And honestly, I was good with that! I tried all day to convince him of that, but, I don't think he realizes that just having him here and celebrating another Christmas, despite a year of much turmoil in our lives, was all I really needed.
He definitely surprised me with an iPad! I never even thought about it and he remembered that I had eyeballed the new red watch by fossil! He is to good to me, and I hope he realizes how much I appreciate all he does.
Shopping for him, the typical man is always hard. Of course he likes new clothes, because he rarely buys them for himself, but this year I scored big. After much research I decided on a Kindle Touch....and he really loves it. He was playing with it as much as I was playing with my new apple toy!
Midday came and while I was scurrying to get our Christmas dinner ready he informed me, several times, that my Skype was ringing. My favorite gift of the day! She couldn't physically come home, but Skype allowed me and Chelsea to stare at each other, chitter-chatter and then I was with her while she opened gifts! Having my baby girl thousands of miles away in a war zone at Christmas was hard, but thanks to modern technology, it went smooth! I hope she realizes how much we love her and how grateful we are for her sacrifice and that we couldn't be prouder!!
The rest of day was filled with family calls and more playing...I used the iPad to FaceTime with Dory and her family. Bailey got to show me all her toys and then she fed her new Baby Alive and then cleaned up the mess...it was a wonderfully classic moment.."Ewww...she pooed!"
Christmas is about family and memories. We will head to WV on wednesday and exchange presents....I bet that baby will be hungry again by then and Aunt Bevy would love to help!
I pray you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with Love, Memories and that the approaching New Year is a blessed one, full of goodness and more of that much deserved love. Thanks for taking a few minutes to share your Christmas with me! Emma and are off to bed...Christmas 2011...almost done.
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