Christmas 2010!

I thought I would write about our Christmas before another day passed because let's face it otherwise it would never happen! We had a great Christmas Eve eventhough we did not get to spend it with my side of the family as planned. My brother and his wife refused to have their children around Bekah so they celebrated without us. I will admit I was pretty hurt and still am a little but I have to respect their decision right? All of the Dr's said she is not contagious which would explain why none of the other 2 have caught it, but what can I do? So instead of infecting my family we went to the Christmas Eve service at our church. They had a camel, donkey, lamb, and other strange animals I know nothing about. Scott and his family would be ashamed but I grew up in the suburbs! Give me a break! Caleb loved the animals! He actually was chasing after the camel when it went into the sanctuary (Scott and Caleb had left the service bc Caleb was bored). I thought some toddler is following the camel...Oh wait that is my toddler! Luckily he only made it no more than 10 rows when I caught him. All three loved the giant slide they built onto two flights of stairs and the cookies! After church we came home and watched Rudolf and slept out in the living room for the night. Ryan checked one more time before we fell asleep to make sure the presents hadnt arrived. She was pretty excited! By midnight Scott moved to his own bed (in his defense he had slept on the floor all week bc of Bekah being in so much pain and in our bed so it was hard to pass up an empty bed) and Bekah lasted until 2am before moving in with Daddy bc of pain in her legs. Once Ryan and I woke in the morning excited Ryan the night before forgot what happens Christmas morning. Well at least for 20 min or so. But then she jumped up and ran to the tree and squeeled with excitement when she saw all the presents! She kept explaining to me that nothing was there when she fell asleep but now their were So many presents for everyone! Once everyone else awoke we had homemade cinnamon rolls (I premade them Christmas Eve) which we put a candle in each of the kids and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus. Yes cinnamon rolls instead of cake because we have birthday cake only 5 days before Christmas for Bek's birthday! We had our Christmas story and after that we made a giant mess the rest of the day playing with every new toy no longer than 10 min Im pretty sure! At the end of the day during prayer time Ryan did remember to thank Jesus for giving us Christmas. If it made her thank you list (which isnt usually very long) I know that means it was a Great day!