The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

This was our very first Christmas as PARENTS! It was so drastically different than any other Christmas we've ever spent together. It was wonderful, but oh so quiet {next year will most definitely not be!}. It was fun to create our own traditions {together in our home} and enjoy our Savior's birthday as a 'real' family. We woke our little Boo Boo up around 7:30 to eat and open presents, but he was a little overwhelmed and back in bed by 8:30. Oh the life of a 3 month old!

The year before, our Christmas was not so quiet. The hubs and I met in Tallahassee (hubs was in Texas with the Air Force / while I was in South Carolina at our home Air Force base at the time) to spend Christmas with our families. We spent the holiday celebrating the marriage of my sister and her new hubby, and spent as much time with them as possible before they shipped off to Hawaii (he's in the Marines). I also spent the end of our Christmas vacation quite sick. I thought I had a tummy bug, but it turns out the hubs managed to get me pregnant during our short 10-day vacation together! It's funny to look back and realize how much has changed in just one short year.

Oh what joy a child can bring to your life! All our Christmases to come will be filled with the sweet love and laughter of children. There's nothing that can make me more happy than that wonderful thought. I  can't wait until next Christmas when Boo Boo is running around yanking ornaments and lights off the tree - and all I'll be able to do is laugh right along with him!

May we always remember the real reason we celebrate on 12/25, and thank our gracious God for our Savior, Jesus Christ.