Christmas morning

On Christmas morning, I had to wake up two very sleepy kids in order to have enough time to get ready for skiing and see what Santa brought. Carissa and Gabe were both very happy with what Santa had brought them. Carissa got a desktop computer, new panties and hair stuff and Gabe got a laptop, new socks and underwear, and 3 mini frisbies. Gabe even said that he wanted Santa to bring him some underwear this year, and he was very happy with getting some.

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve this year, we did presents with my family at my parents' house. Then we went home and we opened up some more presents. The kids had plans to go skiing Christmas morning with Grandpa, Aunt Alyssa, and Uncle Josh so we did the presents early. Carissa and Gabe both got new stuffed rocking chairs for their rooms from Grandma. Also, Gabe got a basketball hoop to play with and keep at Grandma's and Grandpa's house.

Christmas Tree

This year I let Carissa and Gabe decorate the tree by themselves again. Only this time I didn't lift them up to decorate up high, we actually own a step stool now. So, they used the step stool to decorate the tree up high, and they did a very good job. I put the tree together and put the star on the top,and then let them do as they wanted with the rest. They were very proud of the tree, because they did it on their own. They told everyone about their tree.

Divorce and the Baby

First of all, Ben and I signed all of the papers and filed them for a divorce on Monday. Now, we have to both do the divorce/parenting classes and just wait. Oh, and Ben moved to CO on Tuesday to live at his mom's house.

Then on Monday night, I found out that I'm pregnant. The timing of this pregnancy is obviously not my favorite and it isn't going to be easy. But, now that it has had some time to sink in I'm looking forward to a new baby. Yesterday night I told Carissa and Gabe about it, and they are both so excited. They have been asking for a baby for a couple of years now. Carissa said, "You are so nice for deciding to have a baby." And, she was outside playing when I told her to come in so that I could talk to her and Gabe. So, one of her very first comments was, "Did you already start having the baby while I was outside?" I explained that "having" a baby refers to when the baby comes out, but the baby was there already when she was outside. Also, about a week to two weeks ago Gabriel drew a picture and he told me that is was a picture of me. Then he continued to draw and he said that it was me crying, some more drawing then he said that it was me crying with a baby in my belly. Plus on several occasions he told me about what he was going to do when he was a big brother. Apparently, Gabe knew about the baby before we did.