Winter Came Late

Briefly:

- We went to Cali
- Christmas was wonderful
- My kid is incredible
- I am so blessed

Which leads me to my point. I've spent the last few days in Lake Geneva with Aaron as he spoke at a kids winter camp. It has made me think about how incredible my life is. Not to boast, I just am honestly blown away by how blessed I am to have such an amazing baby who is so well tempered and to have a husband with a heart to serve the Lord and honor Him and be a part of raising new generations with those same desires. I need to be more thankful in my day to day life for those blessings that I take for granted.

And that is all.

My Christmas List

I'm an adult, but there is still no shame in knowing what my heart desires for Christmas! Besides, making a Christmas wishlist is a nice way to window shop! Though I have realized I have kind of expensive taste, haha. Which is why this is only a wishlist. But here it is anyway:

Blue Topaz Earrings  - Because I think they're beautiful!

Green Amethyst Earrings  - Because I realized that mint green amethysts may be my favorite gemstone.

Aquamarine Earrings  - I like earrings okay!??!

I Am Loved Ring  - I love this whole collection of jewelry but I especially love this ring

I Am Loved Pendant  - Again, I love this collection.

Hello Kitty Headband  - Don't mock me.

Cupcake Jammies!!  - I mean, obviously I like these.

And then there is a whole slew of Tiffany's jewelry because isn't it every girl's dream to own some Tiffany jewelry?
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But like I said, these are all just the most frivolous wishes I have. Honestly the thing I want most this year is lame. Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am pretty into tradition and sentimentality (to be honest that's what makes me love most of that jewelry, it's sentimental stuff). My tendency toward these things has only been heightened with motherhood. This is only Aaron and my second Christmas married, and it's Gabe's first Christmas. So this year, my biggest wish is to have a perfect Christmas. I want to dress up for a candlelight Christmas Eve service and then have Christmas cookies in front of our fireplace while opening gifts and leave cookies for Santa and celery for the reindeer and a big breakfast on Christmas morning and to be around every single one of my family members (extended and all) at the same time for a meal and gifts and snacking and lots of laughing. I don't even care that he won't remember it! This might sound intense or unrealistic but this is actually how all of my Christmases as a child went (minus the Santa stuff). So I know it's doable. And now as an adult I look back on those Christmases where I got to see both sides of my extended family and be around all my cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents and parents and brothers and I cherish it. Not because I'm sentimental or because I love traditions, but because it was the best possible way to spend Christmas. And more than anything this year my Christmas wish would be to have another Christmas like that, in fact it would be to have all of my Christmases like that so that my son can grow up knowing the same joy and excitement I did. The kind of joy and excitement that only comes from spending time with people you genuinely love and enjoy. The kind of excitement no wrapped gift can create. And to be honest it breaks my heart a little (or a lot) that for at least the foreseeable future he will miss out on that.

Gosh. I honestly didn't start this depressed....whoops...haha.

My prayer this Christmas is that God shows Aaron and I how to create the best possible Christmas for our little family so that when my son is an adult he looks back and feels the same way about his childhood holidays that I do about mine.

The New Baby

It is hysterical to me that almost as many people have congratulated me on getting an iPhone when I had a baby. I definitely get why people love them, I was up until almost 2am playing with it. And coolness of coolness last night at Bible study I didn't have my Bible and so I literally downloaded a Bible app in the time it took to open the meeting. Which, let's be serious, I'd awesome. AND not gonna lie, I'm totally blogging on my phone. Haha.

It was hard for me to make this switch, I'm a by of a technophobe. Plus the guy selling it to me def made me feel like I was joining a cult. He kept saying "I'm so happy for you!" I liked my phone, my simple, easy use phone that was literally JUST a phone. I told Aaron on the car ride home that this might be too much car for me. But the truth is that this is more than a phone. This phone is actually a symbol of something much bigger. Both my and and Aaron's phones were literally dying DEAD gone. And through some generosity and some extremely awesome circumstances we were both able to replace our phones with quality phones for nothing. This phone is a reminder o something we all forget: God provides. Even when it's something as simple as a phone.