I hope you all had a great Christmas. The kids had a GREAT time. Me, it was a little empty feeling without mom. Lets just say it was hard and spent a lot of Christmas Eve crying. *sniff* On Christmas Eve we have my brother and his fiancee over for turkey dinner and to open presents. We opened presents from James and Jenny and the family member in California. Well... one of my gifts from my Aunt was my Cioci Staci's (pronounced Chutch-ee Stay-sha) ring... Now... i have to tell you guys the story behind it. My Cioci (polish for Aunt) Staci is my Grandfathers sister. She was a Nun... and when she joined the nunery she got a wedding ring promising herself to God. When she passed away a few years ago the ring was passed down to my Aunt, well my Aunt didn't think it was fair for her to have this special heirloom to herself so her and my mom agreed that every Christmas they would regift the ring to each other so they would each have the ring for a year. Well... This Christmas my mom would have given it back to my Aunt but when Mom passed we made sure that we found the ring and gave it back to her. Well this year she gave it to me... included a note that her and my mom agreed that if either one of them were to join Cioci Staci that their daughter would take over the tradition. *sniff* So... now I have the ring for a year and next Christmas I will be regifting it to my Aunt. When the time comes that my Aunt Fran is no longer with us I will give it to her daughter, my cousin Tammy. *sniff*
Christmas day was exciting... The kids got up about 7:30, we went in the living room, sang Happy Birthday to Baby Jesus, and opened our stockings. Then we stalled while Jason had to check his work voicemail (not really he had to call the neighbor to let them know to bring the puppy over). Then we hear a knock on the door. Hmmmm who could that be?? The kids went to the door but it was locked... (hee hee) and Jason unlocked the door and the kids saw that there was a wrapped box and 2 gift bags... one of the gift bags had a note... 
It was a note from Santa saying
"I know I told you that it was too cold in the North Pole for puppies, but when I was over at Jessica and Nathans I saw that they had some puppies that didn't yet have homes. I got to talking with their mommy and we both agreed that you all would be able to provide a GREAT home to one of the puppies. Please take care of him and make sure to give him food, water and lots of love."
They were SO excited. I was surprised that during the entire time they were reading the note and such that the puppy wasn't jumping around in the box at all... they unwrapped the box and there was the puppy. They gave him his food and water (Santa included a dog bowl, food and some doggy toys in the gift bags) and the kids quickly came up with a name. So here is a pic of our new family member... Charlie!!
He has had a few accidents but he already knows how to use the doggy door! He LOVES Tommy but a little too much! ROFL he will try to play with Tommy but Tommy isn't too crazy about his jumping and kissing all over him... Tommy tries to get away and the puppy just follows... LOL I end up having to go rescue Tommy. LOL Then of course right after I separate them and put Tommy back on the floor to play, Tommy goes to find the puppy! ROFL Tommy had a great first Christmas. Got WAY too much stuff and I am trying to figure out 1. where are we going to put it all and 2. What the heck we are suppose to get him for his birthday!!! Tommy is now 11 months and will walk behind his little red car that he got from MIL. *sigh* MIL and Jason had fun torturing me by teaching him to walk behind his red car. *sigh* I am SO not ready for him to start walking. I just want him to stay my baby. 
Anyways... that was our Christmas... hope you all had a great day! ***HUGS***
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