Christmas post...

Christmas went very well this year. It is always a fun time, but having Jakob with us made it a thousand times better. Jeremy, who loves to sleep in on his days off was up at 7:30 and ready to open gifts with Jake. We only bought Jakob one present this year, because we knew he didn't really care too much about it anyways and he doesn't really need too much right now because he just had a baby shower about 5 months ago. We bought him the little thing that hangs on the side of the bed and plays music and nature sounds, the little animals on the inside move around too. When we got to Jakey's Gamma's house (Jeremy's mom) she had a ton, and I mean a TON of toys for him. We didn't take pictures, but he got so much stuff. He is definitely prepared for every stage that he will hit until he turns one. There were Duplo blocks, a glow worm, a punching penguin, teething toys, I can't even remember it all. It's still sitting in his room, I've got to set up his toy bins today. Aunt Amber sent him some Lego blocks, they're the bigger kind for when he's about a year old. My Mom and Dad bought him tons of clothes. He is in 9 month stuff right now, so my mom bought him some winter nine month stuff. The child made out like a bandit. Me and Jeremy didn't buy anything for each other this year. We have been paying off our IVF bill, and hopefully by the end of January, or early February will actually have that payed off (that will be a great Christmas present). About 14,000-15,000 dollars payed off in a little over a year!!! (yeah!) Dave Ramsey would be so proud :) We did receive alot of gifts from our families though (we bought for them too). We got a new digital video camera, which will definitely be nice, I got a digital picture frame, which I am totally loving (!) and alot of other stuff. Of course Christmas is not all about the gifts. We had a great time with family eating lots of food...I made this mushroom dish that I found on Food Network, and it was so yummy. We played Bible Trivia and Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader DVD game. We had alot of fun. Day after Christmas Jeremy stayed home and put away all the gifts, and I went out shopping with his mom, that was very sweet of him. Jakob's first Christmas was very successful, and it will only get better from here. Our first Christmas with Jakob probablly ranks as one of the best of all time! Hope you all had a great time too. Love ya! -Me