Christmas Stay-cation

This year we spent Christmas here in Texas.  It was really nice to be able to relax and spend time as a family.  And by relax I mean we were completely lazy and loved it.  Some days we stayed in our pj’s all day long.  We really enjoyed our time together and doing some of our own traditions.  Although I have to admit, Christmas is a little hard when you don’t have family to celebrate it with.  But we are so blessed to have such wonderful friends here.  They are our Texas family. 

On Christmas Eve we went over to the Petersen’s along with a new family in the ward, the Waters.  We ate Chuy’s take out, decorated cookies for Santa, and the kiddies performed a nativity.  Well, mostly they just walked around with pillow sheets on their heads, but they still enjoyed it.  Then we went home to bathe the boys and get ready for bed.  While the boys were in the bath, Mr. Jingles left the boys some new pj’s on the porch, rang the doorbell, and took off running.  That Mr. Jingles, he’s a sneaky one.  The boys were super excited about their new Thomas jammies and blue slippers.  And I was really excited about the PINK sweats I received as well.  We then watched a few little Christmas shows and put the kids to bed. 

Christmas Morning was so fun.  Max was so excited to see what Santa had brought him.  Kyler, just wanted to play in the playroom instead of opening up presents.  He threw the biggest fit right on the floor when we made him come into the family room.  Of course, once he came in and saw presents, he was excited too.  The boys were super happy to receive an art easel, aquamats, Legos, and lincoln logs.  They also found that Santa had hid a train for each of them in the Christmas tree.  They thought that was so silly.  Also, Every year Jeremy picks out a special toy for the boys.  Kyler got a stuffed tiger that he sleeps with every night and loves!  And Max got a… wait for it…. transformer!  Max thought it was awesome, but I’m pretty sure the toy was really for Jeremy.   Christmas is just so magical and fun with little kids.  We ate daddy’s yummy cinnamon rolls, enjoyed a couple hours of relaxing and then went to sacrament.  After Sacrament I got to talk to Jason on his mission!  It was so fun to hear his voice.  He sounded so happy and grown up.  Wow I miss the heck out of him.  We then had the Petersens and the Waters over to our house for Christmas dinner.  It was such a wonderful day.  Although we did really miss our families as they were all getting together back home.  But it was still a great Christmas!

CHRISTMAS EVE:

 

CHRISTMAS DAY:

   

Max’s class party

Max was so happy that Kyler and I got to come to his class party!  And Kyler felt like such a big boy that they let him participate with the big kids.  It’s weird to think these two will only be a year apart in school! The boys were way to busy to actually pose for any pictures as you can see…

 

Max and I also got to go on a special date to see the “Really big Christmas Show” at the Second Baptist church.  It didn’t start until 7 and we didn’t think Kyler would be able to make it that late.  So Max and I went, along with some of our friends.  We had so much fun together and it was fun to go out just the two of us!

For the Record

Max’s tooth is now dark because the nerve is dead, NOT because we don’t brush his teeth and now they are rotting.  Just want to put that out there.  A month ago we were at the park and Max was going down the slide head first when he smacked his mouth and bit almost clear through his lip.  There was a lot of blood and I could tell there was a huge chunk of lip hanging so we took him to the ER to get it looked at.  He thankfully didn’t need stitches, but they did have to numb him up so they could cut off the big chunk of lip that was hanging.  Gross I know.  Anyways, we had to clean out his lip with hydrogen peroxide every time he ate which was awful.  But the lip healed quickly and we thought we were home free.  Well, last week I noticed that all of a sudden his front tooth, right where he bit through his lip, had turned a dark grey color over night.  So we took him in to the dentist and found that the nerve in his tooth is dead.  Which sucks because it is his front tooth and you can see it when he smiles.  They gave us three options, none of which I like. 

• Option A- Pull the tooth.  He would be toothless for close to 4 years, or whenever his permanent front tooth comes in
• Option B- Put caps on his two front teeth.  I’m not a fan of this.  No offense if your kid has caps on his teeth,  but I think they look like chicklets.  They cant put caps on now anyways because he is too young, but said it is an option in a year or so when he is a little older.  
• Option C- Do nothing.  This is what we are going with right now.  They said if the tooth starts to get infected or abscess, they will have to pull it.  They also said it will most likely get darker.  But, they also said it could get a little lighter, which is what we are hoping.

So ya, all the options stink.  And now I feel like people will see his tooth when he smiles and think his parents let his tooth rot.  And it is his front tooth so whether we leave it, pull it, or cap it, it will look dorky.  But of course, he’s still cute. 

Max’s School Christmas Program

Was hilarious.  We packed into the gym while all the little preschoolers stood up on stage singing songs.  Everyone except Max that is.  Max decided it would be much more fun to poke his friend Noah the. entire. time.  So all the children are singing, and there is my child, poking his friend in the face the entire time.  And we got it on film.  I had lots of people coming up to us afterward telling us how funny it was.  Yep.  That’s my boy.  How embarrassing.  And funny.