Christmas has come and gone and it was a whirlwind once again. It was great though. Christmas eve we spent with Jon's family. The kids had a blast as usual..and got spoiled rotten. Christmas day we spent the morning at home. Avery was up at 3am because she heard Santa's sleigh bells, she didn't go back to sleep. Her excitement and innocence was so precious..its something I will never forgot. Needless to say we were all pretty tired. We opened stockings..had hot chocolate and cinnabons as we read the Christmas story and then opened gifts. It was very special. After that we headed off to my parents house for more gifts, food and family time and from there we went to my grandmother's church to have dinner with my dad's family. It was great. Benjamin and Avery both have been fighting colds. So that put a bit of a damper on things, but they still had a great time.

Now that its over we've been hanging around the house...4 out of 5 days this week have been spent in pjs, which is nice. Its nice just to stay home and relax. Tomorrow night the girls are spending time with their grandparents and Jon has to work so Benjamin and I are hanging out, just the two of us. It will be nice. Jon is off next week so I'm sure we'll have a few fun outings with the kids before we get back into the swing of things. I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and are enjoying the holidays.

Only a few more days until Christmas and things around the house are busy. Avery celebrated her 7th birthday today...she had a great day. I've been working a bit again so that's keeping me going, plus I've been doing lots of holiday baking.

Benjamin is doing great. He had his 18mth check up last week and he weighs 27lbs 6oz and is 31" tall. He's getting so big. Every day I notice him reaching new things. He can get stuff off the counter, climb on the couch and press the water dispenser button on the fridge. Its crazy how big he is. He seems to be fighting something right now..he's been very mucousy and I don't know if its just his Asthma acting up or if he's fighting a cold. He's acting normal, not wheezy and doesn't have a fever. So we're just watching and praying that its nothing. He hasn't gotten worse over the past two days so that's a good thing. I'm nursing him like crazy too and that will help for sure.

I'm sending out a holiday prayer for all of you...that your Christmas will be wonderful and you will be safe. Give your loved ones and extra squeeze as life can change in an instant. Merry Christmas.

Although its not looking much like winter yet, we do have a small amount of snow. Benjamin was so small last year he couldn't yet enjoy the snow. This year is a different story. Yesterday I dressed him up in all his gear and sent him out with the girls. He seemed to really like it. At first I wasn't sure how he'd feel since the first time I put snow on his hand he kind of whined and shook it off. But it was all good. He had a great time with his sisters.

Things are good. Not to much has been happening around here. We've been busy as usual. Benjamin is doing great. We haven't had any issues with his health so I feel blessed. He's had a bit of a cough, but nothing more. I know there is lots going around so we're keeping our fingers crossed. We haven't put up the Christmas tree yet. I think maybe tomorrow. I'm worried about Benjamin getting into it...but with some firm redirection I think he'll be ok. I'll post pictures once we are done. We have a busy weekend. Avery's birthday is coming up on the 21st so we're doing her party this weekend. We have to do the girls parties outside of the house to avoid 8-10 extra germy kids in the house. Avery chose a gymnastics party so it should be fun. Other then that I have nothing to tell you. Next week Benjamin has his 18mth check-up so I'm interested to see how much he weighs. I think he gets a needle too :( poor boy. Anyways, I'll post some pics and an update too. I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season.