BUMMER!!

Cody is working Christmas day... again. I know, I know. Comes with the territory. But he worked last year... and he worked Thanksgiving this year too.

So the plan is... if any family reads this... we'll be in Uvalde and Knippa starting the evening of the 22nd, and stay until late afternoon Christmas Eve. We'll see our parents, siblings, and Lexi.. and friends... and other family at either of our parents' houses.

In years past, we've run circles trying to see everyone. Its so stress inducing. I don't think we'll be doing that this year. Tyler is EASILY over stimulated, and that's just so much stress!! We'll be doing the 10 miles between Knippa & Uvalde 400 times, PLUS the 3 1/2 hours there in the first place...I'd prefer to remain in Uvalde county.

ANYWAY. This way, we'll see our family before Christmas. Christmas day, Cody has to work 6am-2pm. But thankfully, Portland is a quiet town, especially on Christmas. So when the boys (or Colton) wakes up, he'll be able to come by to see what Santa left. I figure we'll stay in our Christmas jammies all day, Daddy will come home at 2pm, throw on some jammie pants himself, then we'll open the rest of the presents and have Christmas dinner, and assemble things, and watch our kids be SOOOOOOO happy... just the four of us.

Not your typical "Christmas morning"... but hey, dragging out opening presents all day just might be heaven to an almost-four-year-old!

We'll just need to make our own traditions with Cody's job!

Anyway... just wanted to vent/whine a bit. I'm still happy he'll be home from 2pm till the kids go to bed at night... and this means he's off NEW YEARS EVE!! He's NEVER EVER off New Year's Eve!! I'll actually get to kiss my husband!!!