Hello,

It's Christmas time! Yay right? Actually I am very excited that it is Avery Layne's 1st Christmas! I am happy that we are going to spend it in our new home as a family. The shopping season was very short since we are on such a tight budget! Donny and I decided to focus on the kids only this year. We are not doing each other presents so that we can be sure that the kids get everything they could want! Luckily Avery Layne is easy to please it just has to crinkle! lol Actually we got her the next stage of learning toys and I think she will grow into them wonderfully! We got Trais something really cool too! I can't wait to see his face on Christmas morning!!! Unfortunately I have a feeling this may be our last year with him thinking Santa is real... We went to dinner with a friend and their son and he told Trais that he was not real and ever since then I have been trying to scramble to get him to make it through this year! lol Oh well I love the whole Santa thing, but it is a lot of work. We still have Avery so now maybe we can get Trais in on the whole thing with us!!!

Our 1st anniversary is coming up!!!! I can't believe it! We are even happier today then on that day and I know it will always be that way on every anniversary! Both of us can't believe that a relationship can be this perfect! I know it sounds silly but I want to spend every minute with him always! I miss him when he is gone at work for a shift and wake up automatically on those days at 6:30am knowing that he should be walking in the door soon! Like I said silly I know! lol

Obviously you all know that Trais will be here with us for Christmas this year (THANK GOD!) We were dreading that so much. I could never imagine not having him wake me up on Christmas morning! I know there is a possibility of this happening in another 2 years, but at least for now it is off my mind. I feel bad that he is not able to see all of his family in WA though, but fortunately he gets to be here with his immediate family!!! I think that is the most important. We got him some special jammies to sleep in on Christmas night (Iron Man!!!) and Avery Layne gets 'My 1st Christmas' jammies. They will be so cute.

I am signing off for the night once again with the promise that I will write more! lol Good night everyone and if I don't write before then please have a GREAT Christmas! Love ya all!