Christmas time

So Christmas has come and gone. Nothing's really changed. Am I disappointed, maybe a little. Each year gets a little worse, or so it seems. I don't know what the root of that cause is...and it's a little disconcerting. Wow, this is getting a little depressing.
Let me switch gears a little bit. (And I have to preface this with saying my mom left her camera at my sister's so no pictures yet.)
I'm still "sick". This has been going on two weeks now. I'm not really sick...our rooms are up in the attic at it's not meant for people to live up here...my room isn't really a room--I tell people I live in a cubicle. :) Anyway, there is a heater vent, but I don't think it really does much. We have one of those space heater things and it makes the air even drier than it already is. I've finally got my voice back though. Still lots of coughing... :(
Last week, I was talking with my boss and he was saying how he was taking off this week because he has vacation days to use and if we don't use them by the 31st, we lose them. Well that kinda stinks...and then he told me to use up mine. So I checked my paycheck and saw I had 3 days left, talked to HR and got approval. This week I have off as well. And I'm still taking Mikey to daycare, Elijah is with his dad so I get to get things accomplished--and sleep!!!!

OK, so you probably want to know how the actual day of Christmas went...it was fabulous!
Mikey woke up around 6, I had to wake Eli around 7:30 and he still didn't want to get up...I was shocked! Once I told him he could open presents though, he jumped up. :)
Elijah actually was looking for presents Christmas Eve when he came home from Josh's. He came in scouring the place up and down, behind everything, under and around things...he was a MADMAN!!! I realized I left something out from wrapping and asked him to go in the kitchen
for a minute and when I told him he could come out after hiding it, he said "Did you get my presents??" That was a fun remainder of the day.
Anyway, Christmas day...Elijah got some books--Dr. Seuss and more, bedtime songs CD, a pop-up play arena, $25 gift card from a mystery giver, some puzzles, a Diego sit-and-spin and a Bible. When he opened the Bible, he only had the top opened...he started singing, "I got a Bible, I got a Bible". I'm still trying to figure out how did he know it was a Bible???
Mikey got a push along walker, a piggy bank that teaches counting, a $25 gift card from a mystery giver, a baby basketball toy and a giant Elmo doll.
Elijah bought Mikey a singing nursery rhymes book and Mikey got Elijah a Stompin' Optimus Prime TransFormer. I think that was Eli's favorite...until we went to Aunt Rachel and Uncle John's. More on that in a bit.
I asked for nothing--I don't need anything, there's nothing I know of that I would want (I don't get to watch TV to know what's around), and I have no room for anything at this point...so why bother? There was a new Kodak camera I saw advertised and I wanted a keyboard since they got rid of the piano. My brother got me 2 books, my parents got me pj's, slippers, sock and undies (I felt like I was 8 years old again--only much more appreciative!), gloves and a Bible will be soon coming. :P
We went to my sister's house and Mikey got a playstation--not the system...an area. :) They also got him a Jungle Train or something like that...Little People brand. Elijah got a Diego Rescue Center. I got a keyboard!!! I was so excited! Then disappointed because when we got home, I realized it didn't come with batteries (wasn't expecting to) or a wall adapter. :'( So I had to wait until this morning to get some batteries! LOL We bought all types except the kind it took before Christmas.
All in all, it was a good Christmas. Until I realized it was a continuation this morning because I forgot about some gifts. I asked Eli if he wanted me to wrap them and he could open them or just give them to him...that was a stupid question! Into the other room I went to wrap, only for him to rip my work to shreds. It was two 2-packs of VeggieTales movies and a PlayDough set. He was so excited that it included scissors! (He just recently learned how to cut and got his very own pair of scissors.)
After I took Mikey to school, Eli played PlayDough and watched VeggieTales all morning until his dad came to take him again. He took him around lunch time and will bring him home tomorrow after dinner...so I will be running errands exchanging for sizes :P and resting! (I can't remember the last time I went to the store baby/kid-free. Yea!) Once I get home, I'm taking NyQuil and going to sleep!!!
On a side note I learned one of my dear friends is pregnant and I have no way to contact her. I NEED her to call me! :P
Well, I'm tired and should be getting some sleep. (My plans never come together the way I expect, so just in case I don't get to nap...)
OH! Speaking of naps...Christmas day, after the extravaganza of opening gifts, Mikey fell asleep. I told my mom that when I took Mikey up I wasn't coming back down, I was taking a nap. She said OK! I was shocked and didn't want to pass this up, so I went--I slept for 2 1/2 hours. :o I know...amazing! OK, I'm really going now.
I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and have a fabulous new year! (My resolution I really want to stick with is to keep in touch better with friends and family...I hope I don't slack off like usual with NYR's.)