As I was driving Tanner to school this morning, we were
listening to Christmas music. We were both loudly singing ‘Santa Claus is
Coming to Town’ and I could barely sing with him due to the tears in my eyes.
Call me emotional or a hot mess (I’m actually both right now lol), but
Christmas is such a special season. I’ve been so busy here lately with filling
orders that I haven’t really had a chance to stop and just enjoy it. I did that
this morning with my favorite 2.5 year old.
These rush of emotions didn’t come out of no where….there
are a few reasons for them. Hearing my sweet child sing, thoughts of my dad
flooding my mind and how much he’d love that boy in my back seat (he passed two
days before Christmas), really understanding in that moment how very blessed my
family is, and most of all thinking about the real meaning of this season. Last
night in bible study we talked about things we could do this season to share
the story of Jesus’ birth with our children, not just Santa and lots of gifts.
I’m so thankful to be a part of an awesome group of ladies who really love the
Lord. I need that on Wednesday nights (and every night really) and I’m
thankful. I really want Tanner to
understand, even at this young age, that it’s really ALL about Jesus. We sing
Him Happy Birthday, make angel wings out of his little hands/feet, bake Jesus a
birthday cake and we talk about his birth. I started this on his first
Christmas and really I think it’s more for me than him. Like everyone else, I
get caught up in the shopping, being busy, stressed and always in a hurry that
I need to stop and think…it’s not even about that. We celebrate Christmas because
it’s the day our Lord and Savior was born. And that’s the real reason of this
season.
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| Tanner's first Christmas and our cake for Jesus. His lil feet are the angel's wings. This was before Pinterest ya'll....this is as far as creativity goes for me :) But it's such a sweet keepsake for him. |
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| Last year we did his hands for the angel wings :) |
In other news, aside from my emotional self, my child is hilarious,
loving and is growing up on me! I’ve been keeping a few things up in my busy
little head that he’s done lately that just makes me giggle and smile.
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Cha Cha got us new Christmas pillows for our
anniversary and I put them on the loveseat. After his nap that day, we were
sitting there and he said, “I got new pillows on my couch momma”. What?! First,
I was shocked that he told me that in a complete sentence and second, I can’t
believe he’s so observant. It took Trevor a few days to realize we had new
pillows lol!
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A lot of nights after I get him out of the bath and we’re
putting his clothes on, he’ll throw his little hands up and says, “Come here
Momma”. I lean down and he hugs me so tight and won’t let go. I almost cry
every time. So sweet, so innocent and so full of love.
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I asked him to bring me his breakfast plate this
morning and he says, “I sure can”. Lol…really it made me laugh out loud.
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We heard him upstairs the other day saying, “skip, hop,
jump, huggg tight”. His daddy reads him this particular Peter Rabbit book every
night before bed. He has Tanner repeat after him and he’s memorized the whole
book. Makes my heart melt for so many different reasons.
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Last night he got in his running stance and said, “1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 20” and took off running as fast as he could. He
may leave 7 out every time, but it just makes me proud that he’s a counting
machine. So thankful for his school and teachers who teach him all of this good
stuff.
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And last but not least, the memory that I know will
stick forever in my little brain is that of Tanner at his first ever school
musical. The two year olds got on the stage to sing for Thanksgiving. We really
weren’t sure if he’d run off stage or hide or what. He’s really unpredictable. So
they sang the first song, he did the motions and participated. The second song
he kind of just stood there. Bring on Jesus Loves Me on the third song and we’re
ready to rock and roll. I was taping it for Trevor because he couldn’t be there
due to work. He’s singing along and I see his feet slowly moving forward. He
goes up to the microphone and holds the base of it and sings in it. The
audience laughs and he giggles. He did that off and on for the whole song. He
made up a solo for himself…who knew he was so brave lol. I surely didn’t.
Therefore, Santa is bringing him his own microphone. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a
future star on my hands ya’ll =)
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| I'm so glad my friend got this shot of him. Makes me laugh...I love this boy so much! |
Oh the life of a mom. I really am truly blessed….so
undeserving of all of these blessings. God is so good! I hope you all have a
wonderful Christmas. Take the time to count your blessings and I bet you’ll
have tears in your eyes too. Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
