What a blessing to get to be a part of my family Christmas! I was worried that after missing Brian's family Christmas I would miss mine too. We were a little unsure if we were going to be out of the NICU in time, but it all worked out! I knew that our individual family Christmas could be done anytime after we got home from the hospital, but to reschedule the big family Christmas would be unrealistic. So, we are thankful to be a part of it. We woke up yesterday and celebrated with just our family of SIX and then loaded up the van to make it in time for the 5pm candle light service at Orchard Hill Church. We then headed over to mom and dad's for our traditional appetizer supper and to spend the night. Emily's family didn't stay but Jamie's did. We were all pretty tired so we didn't stay up too late doing our usual game playing. We mostly just sat around eating and talking! We woke up Christmas morning and the kids were so excited of course! Mom made an awesome breakfast and Emily's family came back right away in the morning so we could eat and get started on opening gifts! It always feels so good to give gifts and having had Keziah's help in wrapping this year, I would say she had just as much fun giving away the gifts she helped with as she did opening gifts! One last gift to open was Austin's from my parents...he got a really nice cross bow. He couldn't stop grinning!! The box it came in ended up creating much entertainment for Keziah, Adah and Ethan. I think it was turned into many different things. They used other boxes to tape to it and a whole lot of tape too! Adah just liked to lay in it! The rest of the day we were pretty lazy (except mom preparing our lunch!). We played with toys and picked up and did a lot of eating! Mom made an excellent lunch for us all! We have been so blessed to have each other. What a great way to spend Christmas! Merry Christmas every one!
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