I feel so unprepared for this holiday season. I normally shop all year, get Christmas cards done in early November to hand out at Thanksgiving and just enjoy December.
Somehow, I completely lost track of time this year. It seems like after Halloween, days went by three at a time and are not slowing at all.
Halloween night we went trick or treating with my Mom and Dad just around our neighborhood.
Wes was too little last year to really understand what was going on, but this year he totally got it!
My parents took him next door (I left the memory card out of my camera and had to run and grab it) and they said he really didn't want to go up the steps, he was reluctant to put his bag up but once he got the candy, he was excited. After that, he wanted to was go knock on doors and get candy. I tried to get him to say thank you, anf he did about half the time, but too much stuff was going on to really keep him on point.
The next day we went headed out of town. We headed to Cedar City, where we spent a couple of days with Casey's parents. On Saturday morning, we left Wes with Grandma and Grandpa Eggett while we headed into Vegas for the night for a wedding.
The wedding was fun and we got to see some friends we hadn't seen for a while. It was great, and we were lucky that Wes could stay with his grandparents because we were unaware of the schedule and he would have been off of his schedule for sure.
The next weekend, my sisters, their husbands and me and Casey all went out to Wendover for the night. We had a lot of drinks and a lot of fun and for the first time Casey and I both won pretty big. I won about $200 and Casey won about the same, so it was a good night.
Starting the Monday before Thanksgiving, Casey was on call, all the way to the next Monday. That was a long week, it never seemed to end. Luckily he was able to enjoy his Thanksgiving dinner before he got called in.
Black Friday was pretty black indeed for Casey, who got called in several times that day. While it was a crappy week to get stuff done, it was good for Casey in terms of call pay. More call outs= more call pay, so something good came out of that busy week.
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Casey went in to Hoopes to get his eyes checked and it was decided that he needs to have a touch-up on his right eye. So the next day, my mom came over to watch Wes and we went down to Sandy and got his eye fixed.
This is something that has been a problem for a while and I am so happy that he can finally get this fixed. Casey originally had his LASIK surgery in September 2010, a few months before he was diagnosed with his diabetes. It was a concern of his that he had untreated diabetes when he had his surgery and that it was done based on incorrect data. Thankfully everything went well and now he has got his 20/20 back.
As for Christmas, jeesh. I feel completely unprepared. I sent my order for my cards in the middle of November, they were supposed to be done by December 5th, and nothing. I have emailed the company, and I should be getting them this week, but I should have known better than to wait so long.
Wes is getting a butt ton of toys this year. We tend to buy him stuff as he needs it, or as we see it. He got a lot of clothes that were all different sizes so we have been lucky in that we really haven't had to buy him many new clothes.
While we haven't had too, it hasn't stopped us from shopping for him whenever we see something we like. As for toys, the same goes. If he seems to like something we try to get it for him. Blocks, books, whatever he likes, we don't wait to get it for him. Maybe we spoil him, but whatever. I don't care about that now. A lot of the toys he has can be re-used for another child, whenever we have another, so I don't feel like it's a bad thing.
My dad, Casey's dad and Casey's birthday also fall in December so that also makes the month a little more stressful. I think we have finished shopping, I'm just waiting for my cards to get in to send them out and then I'm done for the season.
I haven't even watched Elf yet, which is my favorite Christmas movie. Once I do, I think I'll feel a lot better. After all,
