Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone.  We just finished all of our Christmases earlier this evening.  Between my Husband and I's families we have several stops to make each year and usually several different days to celebrate.  I took down our Christmas tree earlier today and Kyla cried and begged me not to take it down.  I feel the same way about Christmas but am not as sad to get my house back in order.

We got Kyla's prosthetic just over a week ago.  She likes it but doesn't like to keep it on for very long, so I have been setting a timer and she did wear it for almost an hour straight the other day without even complaining or asking me if she can take it off yet, which is really good. 

She has been in some sort of weird phase lately where she has been pulling down her sleeve and just letting it dangle.  Ever since she was a baby I have always rolled her sleeve up and she has been fine with it, as long as I roll it perfectly - she is very particular about how her clothes feel which is me exactly when I was a little girl.  I remember my Mom putting me in pants that were too tight when I was little and I would flip out crying and pulling on them - Kyla got this from me, which is probably good since I am usually the one to dress her I can symphatize with her.  But anyway lately she has been letting the sleeve dangle, so we keep asking her why are you doing that, why do you keep rolling it down?  Her only answer and her answer always is that her arm is cold (which it never feels cold).  So I think maybe because we have been talking of the prosethetic, she has been wearing the prosthetic, etc. she is a little confused on how she should feel about her arm.  I know this is just a phase that will pass so I'm not worried about it.  But I do tell her that I think she is making up that her arm is cold and tell her that she needs to be proud of how God made her and not hide it.  Easier for me to say... and I know that.  So I don't push it too much.

Anyhow we did all the Christmas stuff this year, light shows, Christmas Eve church service (which I have always loved since I was a little girl) Christmas dinners, family gift exchanges, etc.  This weekend I planned a group sledding trip to a ski resort that isn't too far from us with our friends and kids.  It should be lots of fun.  Emma is old enough I think she will enjoy it.

I finally got a teenage babysitter and we used her for the first time about 3 weeks ago to go out to dinner with a group of our friends - something I also planned.  I have been in the planning mood lately I guess.  The babysitter was awesome - she is 16 and has 10 siblings so she knows how to care for kids, so we will definitely use her again, which is nice to have.  

My Hubs has a new job and starts in about a week....I'm nervous, just hoping that it all works out and is good....  he has a good job now but he is in law enforcement and is just tired of being surrounded with criminals 24/7, he isn't a cop where he can just pick someone up and drop them off at the jail and be done with them, he is surrounded at work with them constantly.  So we will see.....I'm just hoping it all goes well and he is happier and it works for our family. 

I will post our Christmas card and a few pictures of Kyla's prosthetic shortly - baby just woke up and crying.  Happy new year!