Disconnect

After going round and round with our phone company over the horrible phone reception in our new home we finally pulled the plug. We have resorted to using our cell phones until we can figure out a solution. The disconnect not only means no land line but also no home Internet. It truly hasn't been that bad because we both have Internet on our phones but it is killing me that I can't post all of the pictures I have from Christmastime.

It truly was such a blessed Christmas but wound up being more emotional than I could ever explain. It was a mix of feeling overwhelmingly blessed by this new gift from God and a blend of realizing this very well could be our last time of ever celebrating Christmas with a new baby. And coming from a mama who adores her newborns that was enough to open the flood gates for me. It started at Christmas Eve church service. There was something so incredible about singing the traditional sacred Christmas songs to Him while looking down at His new creation. She was ever so sweetly staring into her mamas eyes absorbing every word I sang until the crying overcame me and I could no longer get the words out.

Then once I finally contained my emotions it all started again while singing Silent Night. Seeing the glow in the faces of my three older children and husband as they held onto their candles was such a beautiful sight to me. The feeling of how incredibly blessed I am with the knowing of how greatly I don't deserve to be left me wanting to cry out to my Father giving Him more thanks and praise than I believe I ever have before. Once I could sing again I belted out one final song, "Joy to the World", just as loud as my vocal chords would allow me to.

After coming home from that beautiful Service and tucking some overly excited children into their beds I tackled the dishes in which my beloved made while preparing the Christmas breakfast for the next morning. The best gift that he has ever given me was to take over all of the cooking and cleaning in preparation for our family to join us for Christmas breakfast. Besides doing the dishes for him I was able to sit and relax and enjoy Maggie's first Christmas with her. Stress free! It made for an awesome Christmas for sure.

Something about this Christmas that was extra special too was we had our first fire in our fireplace. It was so cozy and beautiful seeing
the flicker of the flames as we opened up gifts and sipped on mimosas while listening to Christmas music. We have been able to use our fireplace a lot during this cold winter and we are in love with it. Just tonight we snuggled on the couch in front of the fire with our baby girl as we watched the Texas & Alabama game. And Josh went on a very cold 4 wheeler ride tonight to collect enough wood so the kids and I can make a comfy bed on the floor and read stories today by the warmth of the fire. This has been our favorite reading spot these days. I just love it!

Well I sure wish I could add some pictures with this overly long post but I can't until we have home Internet again. I am typing this at
5:00am as I woke up for Maggie's first feeding of the night. So sorry for all the run ons and rambling but I still have sleep on my mind. Just figured I'd better jump on here and post a pictureless entry while I had a free moment. About Maggie's sleeping, the girl loves her swing and has been giving me 7 hour stretches at night when I let her sleep in it. Gotta love that!

Stay warm and snuggly my friends!