Christmas was amazing. Seriously, amazing. When Emerson walked down the stairs and saw all of his presents, he was in awe! I pre-built the train table and the racetrack, so he immediately saw both of those. The car ramp I bought was wrapped, so after he unwrapped that, I tackled the task of building it. This thing is major. It is a huge car ramp that transforms into another ramp. I’ll put pictures below of everything, so that you guys can see. It was NOT an easy build and pretty much consumed my Christmas morning. I had fears that Em would play with his toys for two minutes, then get bored with them, but that wasn’t the case at all. It was a job in itself just to pull him out the door to head to my sister’s house for breakfast. I felt bad that he had to leave his toys after only having about an hour to play with them. Luckily, I knew my sister got him the Little People Bus, so I knew once he opened that, he’d be excited. he is obsessed with buses, so that was a sure win! She also got him a puzzle, and a stocking filled with everything you can imagine. Toys, wipes, a new cup, candy, body wash, a new tooth brush, tooth paste, etc. After exchanging gifts, we waited for my parents to get there to dig into breakfast. She made eggs, and a cinnamon roll French toast casserole. It was delicious! We hung around for a while, then went to my parent’s house.
My parent’s house was so overwhelming. There were so man presents all over the place. Emerson seemed very overwhelmed and even started to cry when he was opening gifts. I’m not surprised. The day was moving very quickly and anytime he opened something, he couldn’t really play with it before moving onto the next thing. Eventually, I ended up opening his stuff for him. They got him a lot of clothes, socks, underwear, and a new coat. I appreciated all of those things so much. Additionally, they bought him his own recliner, a tool bench, and a train table for their house! He also got some puzzles and balls. Plus, his stocking was filled up with little trinkets and candy.
My parents bought me so much stuff. I was so overwhelmed opening up gifts. They got me my fireplace/mantle. It is absolutely gorgeous! I put it together yesterday. You guys will die when you see it! Additionally, I got some gift cards, tickets to a Pen’s game with my sister in March (Mom’s night out!), a best friend necklace that goes with one my sister got, new socks, jammies, some clothes, kitchenware, and everything else under the sun. I can’t even process all of the things they got us. I still haven’t found a spot for it all in my house, but am working on putting it all away. Our house is overflowing between Em’s stuff and mine. I was exhausted after building that fireplace yesterday and cleaning. Heck, I still feel tired today!
Anyway, after all of the excitement wore off, Em and I headed home around noon to take a nap before we headed back over for dinner. Emerson napped until 3pm. We got dressed, then headed back for dinner. My older sister was there with some gifts for Em. She got him some puzzles, and a piano that he can actually walk on. It’s pretty cool and he seems to like it. We hung at my parent’s until about 6pm, then headed back home, so that Em could finally enjoy his new toys. It was a busy day with a lot of back and forth.
Yesterday, we lounged around all day. Em played with his toys, I cleaned, and we watched a lot of dvds. It was nice, but today, it’s back to the grind. He was none to pleased to go to school this morning. He wanted to play with his toys, so of course, that was a struggle this morning. His sleeping has been a lot better, but he did get up twice last night. I think we just need our schedule back. It’s been really off-track with the holidays. After New Year’s, we can get back into the swing of things. It feels so odd that Christmas is over. All of these months of preparation, and just like that, it’s gone. At least I have his birthday to focus on, but because I am bypassing a party, there won’t be much planning involved in that. I still plan on taking him to that indoor pool to swim, and to stay the night at the end of next month.
Em won the school’s holiday art contest! We made an adorable Santa canvas. He was featured in the academy’s holiday card, and he won a $25 toys r us gift card. I haven’t let him use the card yet. He just got a ton of toys, so he doesn’t even need anything right now. We’ll hang onto it for a bit and use it in a few months. I was very proud and excited though!
Remember the guy that I was talking about before who I felt was coming on too strong? I saw him last Thursday for a few hours. He went shopping with me for some last minute Christmas items, then we got coffee afterwards. It wasn’t weird at all, but he started to drive me BONKERS right after by continuing to ask me when we’d hang out again. I mean, jeez. Chill out. There is no reason to ask, or constantly bring it up the same day that we hung out. I did say something about it too because he ended up texting me after that saying “I have plans on December 30th just in case you were making plans for us that day” What?!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel bad when I call him out for saying weird, overbearing things, but I have to. I cannot just let that float because if I do, then it’ll just continue and get worse. So, we will see. He is off this week, but I work all week. He wants to go to lunch one day. I did say yes, so hopefully he doesn’t make it into a big thing and freak me out beforehand. He is extremely nice, but he ruins it anytime he becomes too eager. He doesn’t strike me as the type of dude who ever plays it cool though, so he definitely is missing that piece like a regular guy who acts like he gives no effs about ever seeing you again. I guess I’m not used to that. That’s about all I have on that front though. The second I start to like him more, he has to freak me out, then I’m back to square one.
Alright, that’s about all I have for you guys. We had such a nice holiday. I hope you all did too.
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