Christmas Recap

We hope you had the merriest of Christmases! Our Christmas started on Christmas Eve with last minute shopping after I picked up my final paycheck. I ran and shopped until most stores closed at 5pm. Thankfully, I just had to run and pick up gift cards, so I wasn't looking for that "hot, out of stock" toy or anything I would've had to fight anyone over. After finishing up shopping, it was time for dinner at the inlaws'. Talk about some Christmas miracles. My mother-in-law (who has relatively advanced MS) stood up from her wheelchair and danced with her hubby! And Alison came, too. This is still a hard time for her, but Micah is making improvements. I heard today they have successfully taken him off the ventilator and he will be moving into a regular room next week. It's the little things really...

JD played so hard at the other Toneys' that he was asleep before we pulled out of the garage at 11pm.  We came home, picked up his train table from my mom's house (in her truck, a Christmas present from her) and headed onto our house; we share a driveway. We laid the sleeping boy in our bed and headed to his room to make a space for the train table and a small folding WALL-E table and chairs that we got him. We had almost finished assembling the tracks on the table when we heard a small child come toddling to the living room at 2:15am, upset by a bad dream. He was crying, yet amazed at all Santa had brought! He REALLY needed THAT train. Rather than try to fight with unpackaging a bubble-blower train, I guided him to his room and his new table with Cranky and the gang. HE WAS THRILLED to say the least. We stayed up and played til 3:30 and he decided he could "go back to nap." We went back to our bed and stayed asleep till 10:30, got up and had sausage and gravy biscuits, opened presents, and got dressed to go see Grandma (my mom)  where we opened more presents. After opening presents with her, we loaded up presents and food to take to my sister's house and ate a late lunch. Then, we all opened more presents. JD loves his Discovery Toys from Kelly Day, particularly his Sunshine Market!

We have loved watching the amazing smiles come from this little face this year, and watching him really rip the presents open by himself for the first time. God is really blessing us.

Again, Merry Christmas to you and yours from me and mine. :)