Christmas Traditions

Don't Worry, This isn't my Christmas Update. Its more of a Christmas Companion Rant/Post.

With this being Madison's very First Christmas, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the things I want our Family to hold near and dear for years to come when they think about the Christmas Season. Ive been reading, researching, remembering, and listening to Friends talk about what their favorite holiday memories are. What is it that defines Christmas all summed up into one moment. And I'm happy to say it wasn't about the Gifts!

When I think back on my own personal remembrances of Christmas as a Child There is only one Christmas where I can remember the Gift. I was 6 and got a TV and my sister (then 15) got a Nintendo. Ideally they were supposed to go together, however they ended up going together as well as water and oil. Other Then that though I honestly can not recall a gift I got.

What I do recall, however is the That My Father (Episcopalian) Tried very hard to teach us about what Hanukkah was all about, even though we only had a manorra made out of Aluminum Foil. My Family is Traditionally Jewish on my Mothers Side of the Family. I also remembered the Sheer Joy of a Lit, Decorated Tree and how much it brightened the house up. I remembered when all the gifts I gave were from a sale the PTA held at my Elementry School. I remembered Stockings First and Picking one new toy to pack over night to Grandma where we would go For the Roast Beef Dinner, And I remember one Christmas Spent in Charlottsville where My feet throb at the thought of stepping on my Cousins Lego's. I also remember a Christmas where I left my Warm house and willingly went to Grandmas to spend time with Family despite the fact there was no electricity and only the fire place to heat the whole house, and how it was one of the best things to happen to our family that had lost 2 of its members in two years. That Christmas we listened to Carols over a battery powered radio and played scrabble over and over with the same board my Father had as a Child and a Dictionary that Listed Eisenhower as the most recent President. They were good Memories.

I tried not to dwell on the Bad Christmas's but I reminded myself of the Lessons learned from them, and pushed on to planning Family Traditons. With a new baby we had plenty of new ones.

NEW TRADITIONS
Madison was visited, along with her second cousins early on Christmas Eve Where Santa made a quick stop out side the front door and Dropped of some New Christmas PJs. It was Adorable.

Brandon and I Read 'Twas the night before Christmas to Madison nearly every night in December along with a reading of the Story of Baby Jesus.

Pictures coming Down the Stairs for the first time on Christmas Morning.



What are some Traditions that you have?


As Always,
Misty

Losing It.

Have you ever heard of Baby Brain?

I have it. I have it NAB. (see? that was me spelling BAD.)


I assumed, wrongly i might add that 'baby brain' only lasted through Pregnancy, and seeing as i now have a beautiful, sweet 6 month old I give up that its ever going to go away.

Example A: I completely forgot for about a month how we decided to spell Maddy's middle name. Really. In Fact Brandon and I both forgot. We had to pull out her birth certificate to determine it. Now, I could argue that I forgot it because we were arguing discussing one last time how to spell Alyse during labor. And that I was on drugs at that moment.We had mentally spelled it Alyce for about 4 months or so at that point, but when the paperwork was in front of us we didn't know what to do. So in between me passing out having a contraction and once again passing out ( lightweight = me) we changed it because that was what the book said. Then 2 months into her life, we both forgot. Baby Brain.

Example B: Much more recent. I lost our address book. Completly lost it. I have had 150 cards to mail, and I simply couldnt find the book. The cards simply stared at me. I asked Brandon if he had seen it, and found out that he had no idea what it even looked like. Sigh. But I am Happy report that after looking in everyroom of our house barring bathrooms (ew) I finally found it! And wouldnt you know it was right where I'd left it?



In the Laundry room.


As Always,
Misty

Why am I so exhausted?

So I'm officially into this SAHM thing.

Can i be honest? I STILL feel like I don't know what I'm doing. Madison and I have absolutely no schedule. NONE. The little stinker sleeps mostly through the night, but finds 5-5:45 a wonderful time to start the day. Me? I am not ready to be up till about an hour after son rise. It usually means that I am cranky and irritable and don't want to move for about 4 hours. I'm OK with getting up and going... but being up with no 'purpose' other then baby-wants-to-play? No way.

It makes me wish i had a member ship to a gym, then i could see me getting up, heading out maybe grabbing a cup of coffee on the way home. But alas a gym membership isn't likely anytime soon.

We have been doing well with me being home though. I mean there is still laundry to be done. There is picking up to do. Piles of junk to sort through. yard work. redecorating. grocery shopping. But i have faith that maybe one day I'll get a hand of it all.

As Always,
Misty

Advise Needed

On Monday I start a Brand new Life. I, Misty King am Becoming something I never thought id be.

A SAHM.

That’s Stay at Home Mom.

And while I had a brief three month run at it on maternity leave, I'm in if for the whole-shebang now... and also half of that leave was spent with me having Gallbladder and Pancreatitis issues, so I was recovering from Labor then recovering from surgery. Not the best of conditions to base my new career on. In Fact, I kind of laugh but 97% of pictures that I took of Maddy during that time are on or from the couch. I lived there.

So what I'm asking is all you SHAMS what’s your Daily Schedule like?

Do you clean house first thing in the am to get it done, or hold off till Nap time and run around furiously. Or do you clean late at night and wake up to a clean house.

Do you have set eating times to keep you on Schedule?

Is a Schedule a stupid thing to try to have? Am I silly to think of even trying to live with out one?

I’m honestly feeling pretty nervous about the whole thing. It’s sort of like starting at a new place. Will my coworker (Madison) like me? If I slack off one day will the Boss (Brandon) fire me? Ok I doubt that but performance really does matter here. Raising my daughter is the top priority, dirty dishes I can deal with later.

P.S I am still Selling Premier. In fact that is one of the high lights of becoming the SHAM. Every time I go to ‘work’ I end up at a party, hanging out with friends and lets face it, every mom needs some girl time.

As Always,
Misty

Just a Phase

I have been a Spoiled, Spoiled Mama.

Spoiled Rotten.

Ever since we put Madison up in her room the Child has slept soundly through probobly 6 out of 7 nights a week. Shes thrown in that 7th night on more then one occasion too.

But now that shes *4 months* It looks to be coming to an end.


Housten we have a roller.

110 Days Old.

My Baby is 110 days old. 110. ONE HUNDRED... and TEN days old.


Seriously?


When did that happen?

How did this:




Turn into this?




I Struggle all day long with being a mom and dealing with her growing so fast. It hurts a little when i pack away clothes that she no longer fits. I go back in forth, sometimes with in the same hour of saying that i cant wait to have another, but then thinking that i want to just be her for a a good long while. Like 18 years or so then do it again.

As Always, Misty

Tough Times

Things have been Pretty Rough At the King Place Lately.



We have spent the summer adjusting to 'life with Baby' and i think we have it pretty down, although we have yet to figure out hoiw to watch tv during a hissy fit. :) But in all honestly Life has been good on that end of the specturim.


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This time its been our Jobs that have been tough. When Brandon and I made the desicon to start working togehter 3 years ago we talked about the position it would put us in if something were to happen to our business. Im not really free to share all thats happend/ will happen, but i can tell you that there is something about tough times that always seems to bring us closer together. I can say that i have watched Brandon fight with everything that he has for the benifit of our employees, and i admire and respect him more and more each day.

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Not only do i love him , but i like the guy is well. Thats a pretty good thing to say about a boss.

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But as much as we try to keep work/home life serperated they tend to spill back and forth a lot lately. There has been so much stress that we have sort of lost the way from time to time.

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Which makes times like this so much more meaningful. This is us taking a walk down the dirt road by our house. Such a simple, spur-of-the-moment type thing. But I'll tell you it was the perfect end to a rather great Labor day. Just to spend time together as a Family, and think about how thankful we are to have each other, and actually Like doing it. Well thats Pretty special. After the walk we went and sat and laughed on our picnic blanket that had been left out from the days festivites.

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No matter what the future holds for us, we can face it together. Because I've got Him, Hes Got Me and toghther, toghether we have her.


As Always,
Misty

Lets Try Again

It's been a while since I posted yeah?

Nothings really happened though...except for that whole 'Having a Baby' thing.

I guess that's pretty big huh?

May I introduce Miss Madison?

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Born June 3rd 2010 at 2:03 pm weight 7 lbs 5 oz and 21 1/2 inch's long.