Elisa and Jerry: January 2013

Christmas 2012 came and went. It is now the ghost of Christmas past. I knew it would be gone quickly. It was a good Christmas. Both Xander and Wesley are old enough to have some comprehension of the holidays and build up some excitment when they come around. You love the holidays as a child. They are magical and fun. When you become an adult they lose the magic until you have kids of your own to share them with. You get to live through their excitement. It's a good holiday if they are having a good holiday. On Christmas Eve we decorated sugar cookies and left a plate out for Santa. Jerry showed the kids a Santa tracker to let them know he was on the way. Once they were safely in bed we put out the presents from Santa and filled their stockings. They had a good time opening their presents the next morning. They were upset when they ran out of presents to unwrap. We assured them that there would be a second Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We drove over there in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day eating food and unwrapping presents. I did my best to emphasize that we are celebrating the birth of Christ and I hope to do better with teaching them in the years to come.

I really can't believe it is already 2013. I aim to make it a good year. Jerry will be turning 33 at the end of this month. (What an old man!) I have no room to speak since I will finally enter my 30's in October. I'm not prepared to be an old lady! Where did my 20's go? Februrary marks 10 years that Jerry and I started dating. In March we will celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. We have two awesome trips already planned for the year. We are going to Disneyland at the end of February! The kids are super excited. I think they will both have an awesome time. If my family pulls through with babysitting in March, Jerry and I will be going on a cruise to Cozumel. I'm looking forward to some good trips and fond memories.

I'm still adjusting to my new work schedule. I work every Wednesday and Friday in the evening. I think I like it, but I don't like having two days where I don't see my hubby. I guess we have to do what we can to keep the money coming in and paying the bills. I do get to spend time with my kids everyday. I'm with them every single morning. We always have weekends off together too. I'm glad I can attend church every Sunday. I'm finally off the 7on/7off roller coaster.