WHAT? Christmas??!!

I can't believe Christmas is almost here already!! It seems like we just had Christmas. It's hard to believe that last Christmas Nelson was only 6 months old. This Christmas he'll be running everywhere. He's almost running now... walking very fast, really. But by Christmas, I know he'll be there. LOL

It's amazing how much he has changed in the last year. Last Christmas he had just started rolling over good. Now look at him!

I will be starting my new job hopefully next week. I am to start training this weekend... but I won't get paid until sometime in January probably (only get paid once a month). So, that kinda sucks and Christmas will be really tight this year. But, we still managed to get Nelson a pretty good load. haha. We went to the after Thanksgiving sale at Toys R Us! That's the way to go, I tell ya! We got him a Little People Farm/Barn set (actually it's an off brand at Little People that we got at Sam's Club), A work/tool bench, a sesame street doctor bag set, and a mega bloks lego set (that he actually already opened, but oh well). I know he'll get tons and tons from the rest of the family, so we stopped there. I'm hoping everybody gets him mostly clothes. That's what he needs most. Besides, I think we're running out of room for toys.

And my house officially looks like a land mine. These legos! OMGosh! There's really no telling how many times I pick, those things up a day and put them in the bin they go in. My back is killing me as a result. I don't know why I even put them back up. I guess so he can throw them all out again. And I do mean THROW!! He gets one out and throws it across the room. The one good thing about it is that it does keep him busy for a while... because he does it one at a time.. and there's like 250 0f them. I'll probably break my neck or something - but at least he's entertained, right?

But, first off... I will be remembering the reason for the season. I really hate all the hype and commercialism of Christmas. I wish it was more like Thanksgiving where you just sit down to have a good meal with your family and reflect on all you're thankful for. LikeI said, Christmas will be tight this year.... and everybody we bought for will certainly not be receiving like they usually do from us.... but, I still love them all more than life. If I had the means, I would buy them all anything their little hearts desired. But, I don't.

I love the Lord soooo much. He has been so faithful to me and my family and I could never thank him enough. He is the one who gets me through everyday now. If it weren't for him, I don't know what I would do. I'm working on trying to be just half as faithful to him!

We had our family pics done last week and I think they turned out pretty good considering. CONSIDERING that Nelson wouldn't sit still for more than three seconds!! You can actually tell in some of the pics that we are literally having to hold him down! LOL

Here they are: