Five months, ten days.....the last time Chris and I had the opportunity to sleep in. We arrived in North Dakota around midnight on Friday, stayed in Grand Forks with my parents, shopped a bit and came home Saturday. It has been a whirlwind ever since. I talked my sister, Jessica into wrapping my presents. Another yucky job that I didn't have to do. Yay. Jessica, Claire, my Mom and I visited my Grandpa at the nursing home. He looked very well and displayed the witty personality he has always possessed. It was a nice visit. We returned home and began Christmas baking. We made krumkake, which is a Norwegian cookie, cherry balls (the name says it all) and frosted sugar cookies, which could be the single factor for a 10 pound weight gain this holiday season. Yummy! Anyway, back to my explanation. We went to sleep and awoke around the usual time of 5:30 Eastern Time. I tried to get Claire to go back to sleep, but she had other ideas. Party time. We layed in bed for awhile longer when a visitor knocked on our door. My Dad. He came in, took Claire and away they went. The next thing I knew, the time was 10 am or 11 Eastern Time!!! I can't remember when I have slept that long. It was WONDERFUL! This is the first day in a long time that I haven't wandered through the day in a sleepless fog. Merry Christmas to us!
So, we are still roughing it in our amazingly, wonderfully fabulous, new house. That means, air mattresses in our living room. Fun. The girls love it, Chris and I not so much ;) Anyway, the close proximity means Chris and I get to eavesdrop on some very tender moments. They seriously bring tears to my eyes. How did we get so lucky to have them as our children??? Here's one example. Claire--"Mya, can we snuggle?" Mya--"sure." Claire--"don't let go." Mya--"No, I'll just wait until you are sleeping." Claire--"No, you wait until the middle of the night." Mya--"Okay, I'll wait until the middle of the night." Then we hear lips smacking. So cute. I won't share the meltdown that occured moments before this sweetness ;) Life isn't always rosey, now is it? Ha! In other news..we get internet today and our furniture/things tomorrow! That means 1 more night of "roughing it!" Yippee!
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Jessica