So Christmas...

I had the best Christmas I ever had this year. For Christmas Eve we went to Terry and Melinda's in San Diego and it was so much fun! It was a little bit overwhelming at first with all the people. Even though I've met everyone already at Grandma Julie's funeral it was like meeting them all over again. Everyone was so nice an welcoming. A funny thing is though everyone kept saying look how big he's getting (Blake) and that was actually the first time they've ever met him. The last time I saw everyone I was still pregnant. LOL. But in that family being as big as they are, I can see why they think they've already met him. It's hard to keep track of who's new and who's old. It's funny too cause someone will come up and hug josh and then josh will ask Jason or someone, "hey who is that?" and then they'll say, "one of the cousins."

And then there was Christmas morning. Kaleb wasn't with us this year but we still set everything up just as if Santa came for him. We thought Blake would really go for the paper on his present but was more interested in the bow. I started it for him and he ripped it a little bit. He actually started to cry at first.

Kaleb came a little later and made out with a grip of presents. From us he got a Mazuno baseball glove, Iron man pajamas, clothes, a memory game, and what we like to call, a snow jacket. From Santa he got a soccerball, football, two baseballs, a nerf gun (he wrote a letter to Santa asking for it), and some other stuff I actually don't remember.

And then Christmas day at Tammy and Terry's. We played white elephant this year and we got a coin sorter and shiatsu massage chair which Josh uses it every day. There were TWO magic bullets out there. Michelle and Susie ended up with them. And Michelle ended up with MY Dirt Devil Cone! I wanted it! AHHH! I guess I'll just have to go buy one now, thanks Shell. :) It was really fun though, I actually picked Trevor's gift and it was a pair of dancing boobs! I stole Terry's massage chair and he got stuck with them. it was quite halarious. Me and Josh got To Die For shirts and I was really excited cause I've always wanted some of those. I feel cool now, you with the in crowd, :) lol. Next year I think I'll want a To Die For zip up hoodie. (note to Michelle) lol!

Then we went to my brother's house to give them their gifts. Ally wanted a baby panda to go with her "mommy" panda. She was stoked. Colin wanted the Indiana Jones Whip and he loved it. All in all it was a great Christmas. I can't wait until next year!

Christmas...almost

SO we have all of our Christmass gifts wrapped but one that we're still waiting on it being delivered. It's Josh's dad's gift. Josh always used to tell me about this movie called "A Quest for Fire" and apparently it's like one of John's favorite movies. I saw a clip of it that Josh pulled up on the internet and it was just about caveman. So we thought it was a pretty good gift idea but couldn't find it anywhere. Finally we looked online at Best Buy and sure enough they had it so that's what we're waiting on.

This will be Me and Josh's 3rd Christmas this year and I'm super excited. I think we got pretty cool gifts this year, stuff that we actually thought about instead of gift cards. So I'm pretty anxious to do White Elephant at Tammy and Terry's this year. I LOVE my gift that I picked out. Can you steal your own White Elephant gift? If you can, it's totally mine.

This is also the first Christmas that I get to go to San Diego for the Dudley's Christmas party. And you guessed it, I'm super excited. I hear it's good times.

Walmart AGH!

So I was at Walmart today getting formula (the joys of being a mom). I was by the high chairs and carseats to get out of the area. Well Blake's car seat sits on top of the little basket in the front of the cart so I can't see things in front of me if they're on the floor. I bump into a box that was in the aisle and it knocked something off the shelf. I didn't pick it up cause it's not my job and that box shouldn't have been there in the first place. I saw an employee with a cart, she looked like she was stocking. Then I bump into something else, a step stool that looked as though the employee was using it. So then I stopped a couple feet away to answer a text. The girl got mad I guess cause she was mumbling underneath her breath and walked over there all huffy and picked up the item and shoved it back onto the shelf with an attitude. I was so close to saying something to her but I didn't want to get confrontational with my kids around.
So I headed up to the front to find a manager. I waited for maybe 7 mintues or so and finally someone came. I told her that I didn't pick it up because it shouldn't have been like that in the first place. And for that lady to get an attitude was just uncalled for. I even told the manager, "I don't think I should say I'm sorry for not picking it up because it shouldn't have been on the floor in the first place." and of course she agreed with me and apologized. I saw her walk right over there so hopefully it was taken seriously.
I'm not one to complain about anything but for some reason it really struck a nerve. It's like Un hello? It shouldn't be a mess anyway. AHHH, whatever I just don't like Walmart. The funny thing is I started to like them because they're employees were getting nicer and just more helpful, and then this shit happens. Back to square one, they have to redeem themselves all over again.

WOW, December already!

Man I can't keep up like this. I hardly had a chance to Blog anything these past few weeks. Soooo much has happened. Let's see...

Josh got his "tour of duty" changed, that's what county calls your work schedule, from central valley to the mountains. Ah, we were really dreading it. That meant he'd be in the mountains all day and since it's winter time that means more dangerous. It also meant instead of being on call once a week it meant he was on call for seven days every other week! And his schedual changed from wednesday-saturday 7am-530pm to sunday-thursday 8am-5pm. That part wasn't so bad. He went to work an hour later and came home 30 mintues earlier. But one day lessor of being off. The upsides was that he gets to take his truck home everyday, so I get to have the car. And since it's the mountains getting called out isn't that frequent. So all in all, we decided it's actually better for us.

Turkey day was not that long ago and it was awesome! I love Turkey! I was really looking forward to having some deviled eggs but Tammy said we only have them on Easter, but I swear we had them last Thanksgiving too. Oh well, I'll just have to look forward to next Easter!

We moved into a new house! WooHoo! It's perfect for our little family. It's a little over 1300 sq.ft. It has 3 brd, 2 bath with twin sinks and an oval tub in the master and attached garage. Big living room and a cute, what I like to call, little country kitchen. I have so much cabinet space that I don't have enough stuff to fill it all up. My spice cabinet looks bare! And best of all the huge backyard. That was something I've been wanting for along time, I really wanted it for Kaleb cause I want him to be able to say, "I'm going out side" and knowing that's it's safe. BIg block walls, lots of grass, and nobody behind us is perfect. And since the baby has his own room too, that means more sleep for us!

And we get to have our very own REAL Christmas tree this year! I'm totally catching the Christmas Spirit and I already have a little snow man sign welcoming everyone, he's little lonely so I have to get more. We're going to have lights and Christmas decals for the windows. I'm super excited to decorate. Even though we're renting it's still our home and I'm going to do whatever I can to make it feel that way. I already got a few gifts. My brother and sister-in-law are done, my niece is done and I have one of Kaleb's presents already, (pssst. it's ironman pajamas!) good thing he can't read this good yet. lol.

I think that's pretty much it.

Oh yeah... Shelby Joy was born on Thanksgiving! My niece weighed in at 6lbs 14 oz. and 18 in. long. She was two weeks early. She so adorable. I'm really happy because even though Josh has always been Uncle Josh to Colin and Ally they don't always call him Uncle Josh, but now Shelby will "grow" up calling him Uncle Josh. I told Ben that for her first Halloween she has to be a Turkey.