Christmas time was here...

Yeah, so it's been a crazy month for us.  More on that later.  But I wanted to do a quick post about Christmas, now that it's February, haha.  Long story short, we had car issues and ended up not going to Oklahoma for Christmas.  That was a sad day.  We missed the family members that we did not get to see so terribly.  But I was not too upset about missing a 17 hour drive with a screaming toddler.  In the end, we had a very nice Christmas here in South Bend.  Maryn loved every bit of it, and it was so great to see her enjoy everything about the holiday.  She really got into the basics of the Christmas story, which made me happy.  She wanted to hear about baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph over and over.  But mostly about the sheep, the cow, the donkey, and the camels.  Oh, and she loved pointing out the star.  Once we put up our little Christmas tree, she would run out of her room first thing every morning, go up to the tree and say "Oooo!".  And when it was time to open presents she would say "Oh, boy!!" for every one.  Even for boring clothes.  What a joy.  We also got to have an extended visit with my mom which was amazing; it was especially good for Maryn to really get to know her.  And then my dad and his family got to come up for a couple of days too.  Maryn definitely enjoyed all that extra attention.  Overall, though it didn't go according to plan, it was a very Merry Christmas.