Thursday, December 23, 2010

It's That Time Again

Holy crap.

Christmas is basically here.

Normally I'd be running around the house with my hands waving about my head shouting profanity words because I've realized that I still have tons of presents to wrap.

Not this year.

Since I'm at my parent's house, my Mom did most of the wrapping.

And normally I'd be panicking about Christmas dinner...would it burn? Would I burn? Would the house burn? WHAT IF THE HAM CAME OUT HARD?

This year, I don't even have to worry about dinner.

Mom is making it. Prime rib. Oh, I'll probably help a bit, but nothing serious.

I did pick out the dessert though. A fabulous looking cake found in the HEB bakery. A triple chocolate cake. I almost drooled over the display case and the baker kept flicking looks in my direction as if to say, "Is she...okay?"

Yes, this Christmas will be more relaxing, but I'd take all the stress if Tom were able to be here.

Only he can't, because he's stuck in Korea. But at least we'll be able to talk to him on Skype. I did open the present he sent me and laughed, because when I saw what it was, I knew that he understood me.

It was one of those Martians from Sesame Street.

You know, the ones that go, "Yip yip yip, uh huh, uh huh." They've always made me giggle and he sent me one. He watched as I opened it and went, "Do you like it?"

I held it close. "I love it."

He got Tommy a Lego set and Natalie a mini jewelery box so she'd stop taking mine. He even had a plaque placed inside that said, "Daddy loves you."

I'm with my family, so I know I will have a wonderful Christmas. Tomorrow we're going to see my Grandma, who I call Nana Jo, and she'll be spending the night with us. This means I have to watch my tongue and not curse which will be hard when we play Yahtzee at night. I tend to get pissy when the dice won't listen to me.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! And if you don't celebrate it, have a lovely weekend.

I have some old pictures I found of Natalie. Since she was a tiny thing, I've been dressing her up.

And, well, she wasn't always thrilled:



She'd give me this look as a baby often, like, "Seriously? THIS is the woman that has been left to take care of me?"



Big blue eyes that have now turned hazel but look blue if she's wearing blue:



And yes, I stuck her in a teacup:



Tommy was roped into the pictures too:



Baby Natalie says "Merry Christmas!"

34 comments:

  1. And yes, I stuck her in a tea cup...LOL! How could you not!?

    Precious.

    All of the pictures are wonderful :)

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  2. Have a great Christmas, I'll have to wait till I get home to see the pics, work wont let me :-(

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  3. Merry Christmas to you too! Your kids were always stunning apparently (no surprise there!).

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  4. Aww such cute baby pictures!!

    I've played Yatzee with my mom two nights in a row. We either play Yatzee or Scrabble, it's kind of the thing to do here, haha.

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  5. Have a Merry Christmas! I love the pics. I understand about wanting to curse while playing games. I am terrible and am a pretty poor sport. :-)

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  6. Wow, I can actually see the features in her face that prove she's the same person as that little baby!

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  7. Yay for you having a more relaxing Christmas. You deserve it I'm sure.

    I'm quite aware that I've mentioned this a time or twelve, but seirously.....that Natalie. Then, you went and stuck her in a teacup, which was even MORE adorable. And finally....my Maggie had bright blue eyes like that that have now turned hazel. A little sad, but still beautiful.

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  8. Bet sometimes you wish you could have kept her in that cup. ^^

    Have a magic holiday!

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  9. Merry Christmas Amber, Tom, Tommy and Natalie.

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  10. great pics ! Wishing you the Merriest Christmas ever. Peace.
    -Edward

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  11. baby Natalie looks like shes having a "doh!" moment in the first pictures i love it ha! Merry Christmas!

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  12. AWWW! They were SOOOOOOOOO CUTE! I put T into a teacup when she was little, too. Love that thing.

    Merry Christmas!!!

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  13. Have a very merry Christmas, Amber. Much love, peace & joy for the coming year.

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  14. Aww, precious pictures! Enjoy your holidays and your family :D

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  15. What good mom doesn't stick her kids in a teacup? No one I know. Merry Christmas!

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  16. A very Merry Christmas to you and yours! I'm happy you are celebrating with family while hubby is away!

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  17. Merry Christmas! Thank you to you and yours for the sacrifices your family makes for the rest of us. May your Christmas be extra wonderful.

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  18. Cute pics. :)

    Merry Christmas! :)

    Hope u enjoy rest of wrapping and preparing cakes.

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  19. I love that you'll be with family. Tom's gifts sound perfect.

    The teacup? Priceless.

    Merry Christmas to all of you nuts.

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  20. hahaha!
    natlaie still makes THE SAME faces!!!!

    i'm thinking of you... i know how it feels... so i hope.. you have A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!!!!!

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  21. She was so darn cute!

    Merry Christmas!

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  22. I'm glad you are with your parents for Christmas - that should help a little with Tom being gone. Natalie was adorable even as a wee one! Those eyes - OMG! And Tommy! What a looker!

    Have a wonderful Christmas! And thank Tom for serving our country. I appreciate it.

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  23. Great baby photos! She's very cute. Glad you're having to relax over christmas and let someone else do the work. You need it!

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  24. I love the pictures. Your love for Gymboree is apparent. But enjoy it while you can.

    They grow so fast.

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  25. Such adorable pictures! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

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  26. Just found your blog...and was hooked when you wrote, "What if the ham came out hard?" I almost spit coffee (with Irish Cream in it) out my nose...that wouldn't have been pretty!

    Merry Christmas!

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  27. Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you got to skype with Tom tonight, to top off the night.

    And, the tea cup? Killer.

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  28. I keep thinking of you. How much more time till Tom comes home???

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  29. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Those photos are so cute.

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  30. Merry Christmas to you guys! And I'm glad you have a lot of family to spend the holidays with.

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  31. Merry Christmas to you and those beautiful babies! I'll be so glad when Tom gets home!

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  32. You know, most of us have to hear a lifetime of "you were so cute as a baby that strangers used to stop us and say so, blah, blah, blah" but because we'd grown out of that fabled cuteness, these comments made us feel like day old bread. Your kids will NEVER have this problem since they appear to be on track to retain 100% of their cuteness. Really. It'd have slipped a little by now if they weren't going to stay that attractive.
    Glad Tom knows you so well and picked out terrific gifts.

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  33. Hey I have that exact tea cup!! :) Anyway Natalie looks totally precious in it!

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  34. I love that Natalie's facial expressions haven't changed.

    And the teacup was necessary.

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