It's January 4th and we are finally winding down from the holidays enough that I can sit down and take the time to write. John's Mom and Dad have been in town the last two weeks and just left yesterday, so now that everyone has went home things are starting to settle and I am reminded that another year of Christmas and holidays has passed and next Christmas is a WHOLE YEAR away.
We had a wonderful Christmas. Tula made out like a bandit and was spoiled rotten. We have enough toys to last till she is three I think! But more important than the gifts received was the time spent with family. What a treat it was for us to have a houseful for once! We had John's parents, younger brother Jason, Aunt Gayle and Grandparents visiting (his Aunt and Grandparents stayed at a hotel!) and of course my Mom and Dad were at their place in Scottsdale along with my sisters and Mom's parents, Grandpa and Grandma Klettke. I had a houseful for 3 or 4 days over Christmas but there was plenty of room and we all enjoyed eachother's company. It was such a treat to see Tula interacting with everyone at the same time. She LOVED the big crowd/audience and was not the least bit shy. In fact, she pretty much had the attitude of "the more the merrier" and the louder the group got the more fun she had. Now I can't say that this helped her routine much, things were pretty crazy for awhile and it will take a few days to get back on track, but she did pretty good considering. She would still go down at night and just woke more often than normal. I was convinced it could be teething and maybe she would pop a tooth while her Grandparent's were here but no such luck. I guess she just needed the extra Mommy-time, which she is getting lots of now that there is no one here to entertain her! Yes, Grandpa and Grandma we are missing you here!
I got a special Christmas treat this year as well when we found out that John wasn't going to have to go away for Christmas. he had been assigned to a job 3 hours away and was supposed to leave the week before Christmas for three weeks. I was so bummed that he wasn't going to get to be here for Tula's 1st Christmas but we found out last minute that he didn't have to leave until the day after Christmas. By far, my best Christmas present this year. It was so great to have him there, and I appreciated it so much more after having thought for the last few weeks that he wasn't going to be. Then, after being gone for a few days from the 26th, they decided to send them home again for New Year's. So I got in ring in the New Year with John and say goodbye to 2007 with him as well. It was such an amazing year for us and I was so thankful we were able to be together when it ended. He left again on January 2nd and as much as Tula and I are missing Daddy, we are thankful for all the extra time we got with him over the holidays that we didn't ever think we would get!
So I myself got a little spoiled for Christmas as well. John got me the SLR camera I have wanted forever, and I have been playing with it a little and am able to get such great shots of Tula! I love the camera so much and am excited for all the fabulous pics to be taken with it! I am a bit of an addict right now. However, I also got an iMac (I have been talking about it forever and finally made the switch thanks to My Mom and Dad, er, I mean Santa) Anyways, I LOVE it! As fun as it is to play with it is a completely different operating system and learning how to use it and all it's functions will be a real curve for me. Luckily, I have a store 10 minutes from my house that I can go into and ask questions whenever I want, I have already had to use that lifeline a few times. Anyways, you will all have to be patient with me while I am organizing all mu photos on here and getting used to all the changes I may not be uploading as many photos for awhile, we will see. I will try and get some more Christmas ones and some recent Tula stuff but you may have to give me some time. Thanks guys!
In the midst if all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, my baby turned 6 months old on the 29th of Dec. Now I thought this would have been more emotional than it was, but I think I was just so busy with everything else that I didn't really take the time to sit down and think much about it. But it is almost impossible for me to realize that a half a year has went by. And that in another 6 months we will be celebrating her first birthday! I am going to update later this week with a 6 Months old post and what's new with Tula but for now I am going to say goodnight. I just wanted to drop a quick line letting everyone know we are still around. I know some of you get a little finicky if I don't post regularly, lol.
Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas. Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy 2008!
2 comments:
Could that be a cuter picture of Tula? I was wondering when we could schedule training sessions for Tula to give Tatum lessons on how to be a good girl? Just let me know. :)
Tula is just such a good baby. If she could package up her great attitude to share with other babies the world would be such a happy place!!! Even when she is cranky, she's always able to find a smile. And her smile is very contagious. Tatum "Tater Tot" seems to be Tula's BFF or twin from another mother. They are just so cute together.
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