Oh Monday! Where did *YOU* come from?

Hello again all my imaginary readers, lol, its MONDAY! Oddly I am actually kind of glad because even though I miss my husband today after having 5 days in a row off with him...I am very much needing some normalcy! :P

So lets see....

Christmas eve was fun. David's girlfriend was sick and at the hospital so David stayed with her instead of coming to our house, and then he missed Christmas too by staying with her at home to make her feel better and spend the day knowing the real meaning of the day. It was a thoughtful move and although he was missed, I was happy he made the choice he did. Joey did come over though and we had a good time of playing Guitar Hero (which I am unable to do at all) and playing games and playing christmas music. We had a big turkey dinner and then pumpkin pie and chocolate chip cookies! I also found out the best game in the world is called "Pass the Pigs"!
We finally got the house prepared for Santa with milk and cookies, carrots for the reindeer and a key under the front mat. Christopher fell asleep in record time in his own room and then me and Brian and Joey got everything done for Christmas morning.
Christmas day was a hectic blur, lol. We got up christmas morning and went downstairs. Once Laci seen her kitchen it was all over. If we asked her if she wanted to open a gift she would smack at us and say "no, no" and turn her back and go back to playing. Christopher was a bit overwhelmed but very excited to see how well he did between us all and Santa. Joey opened his gift from us and it was Laci all over, once he seen his new Guitar Hero World Tour he was done with everything else! LOL! We opened in spurts with a little coffee and breakfast in between. The funniest thing all morning was when Brian gave me one of my gifts (the Topher must have been there to buy) and it was an awesome Kitchenaid Santuko knife. The he hands me a smaller box and says "look mommy....its another knife!!" hahahahaha! Which it was the sister knife to the first and made my whole morning! (reminded me of "Clock Radio")
Anyhow after all the gifts were opened, and most opened from their boxes all over my livingroom we relaxed and then my mom and steve got here with a ton more stuff! My mom and Steve went way over what they should have and bought me an AWESOME zombie book and a beautiful small red point and shoot style Nikon camera! Totally unbelievable! I felt so bad that I hadnt spent nearly as much on them as they did on all of us! :( But we all had a good time and they tried out the guitar hero and before yo knew it we were late on leaving to Cumming and Laci wasnt napping!
My mom, Steve, and Joey left and we ran around to get ready and left to Brian's grandparents house. We got there late and Laci still hadnt napped so we knew she wouldnt. It was a whirlwind of food, laughter, and presents. I played out in the yard with the kids because it was such a warm sunny day that we had to take advantage of it. We finally left there at about quarter to five.
We got home and ate leftovers from Christmas eve and put more stuff together, played with the kids and cleaned the livingroom and kitchen. Laci was in bed by 6:30 and Christopher not far behind her.

Friday we woke up to the sound of Christopher throwing up. He had eaten some bad lunchmeat at the grandparents house we thing and spent the entire day throwing up in his room. Poor guy. It was a yucky rainy day and it was gloomy in the house. So we cranked on the radio and cleaned and took down the christmas tree. Christopher was a trooper and did great in his room all day. Then around 4 in the afternoon he felt a lot better and quit throwing up. By 7 at night he was back to his old self and starving. He ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some juice and was playing til late at night. Friday night David and Kara came over and we did presents again and talked for a while and then they went home and we played with Christopher until bedtime.

Saturday we cleaned some more and hung around the house because it was raining...again...and nasty. The kids werent having shopping so after a failed attempt at Target I took everyone home and went grocery shopping. We spent th rest of the day jamming out to some classic rock and playing with toys and relaxing.

Sunday was pretty much the same. I went to the gym and did some shopping at Ulta's big after christmas sale and got some new makeup. My mom and Steve stopped by for a few and then the rest of the day was the same as the last few. We got the kids in bed early and watched Hancock and went to bed. I didnt sleep well last night and I am pretty tired today but excited for the new year coming!

My best gift was from Brian this year. He has a babysitter (Joey) for us while me and him got to Atlanta in January and go to lunch at a place there and take some pictures and then we are going to the BODIES EXHIBIT!!!!! I am still freaking out about that! I have been wanting to go forever!!!! It will be such a nice thing to do with Brian and I am super excited! You can look it up http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/ I cannot wait! We also walked away from the week with another date night or day thanks to Bre and Chase who drew our names in the christmas drawing, as well as New Years Night date with Joey babysitting again and my mom saying this year she would start babysitting more!!! I am so happy I could cry!

Anyhow we are almost at the end of the year now. Soon it will be 2009, one of the biggest years ever for the Four Ps in a Pod! I am so ready and excited and I have a great feeling this will be an amazing year! Its a good sign that I havent gotten the after christmas blues that I am usually always plagued with and I am cranking the classic rock tunes instead of hibernating to sad stuff or country music. I feel like I am my own Groundhog in a way b/c I can read the upcoming year based on the week between Christmas and New Years and this year is looking great!!!

So Thank you for sharing this crazy ride so far! Onward to 2009!!

♥ Robin ♥