{"id":4997,"date":"2013-12-25T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T00:27:17","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2013\/12\/merry-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas! (too excited to sleep!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really didn&#8217;t have a post ready for today. I&#8217;ve been spending some much anticipated time with family and just didn&#8217;t do it!<br \/>\nBut, now it is Christmas Eve and \u00a0I am just too pumped to go to bed! The kids have been asleep for hours, the cookies, milk, and carrots have been set out (along with a special note), the gifts are under the tree, the &#8220;new&#8221; gifts are under the tree, games have been played with family members, old home movies have been watched, breakfast has been prepped for the morning, last minute wrapping has been completed, and here I am in my bed, just like I was twenty-something years ago, too excited to sleep.<br \/>\nBecause NOW I am experiencing Christmas through the eyes of my children and it is insane.<br \/>\nThe joy I receive from experiences like these is in a unique category all on its own.<br \/>\nThere is just so much hope, magic \u00a0and wonder in our kids&#8217; eyes as I see them processing everything that Christmas entails that it just seems to make my heart want to explode.<br \/>\nIt is that good.<br \/>\nEverything from Gwyn coming home from the Christmas service at church bursting with \u00a0excitement to show us her new Jesus ornaments to Cal experiencing the pepper minty goodness of candy canes for the first time. From making and decorating sugar cookies for Santa to riding around with hot cocoa looking at Christmas lights. From being in absolute awe \u00a0while admiring a nativity scene on someone&#8217;s lawn to eating copious amounts of goodies everywhere we went due to the quickly spreading Christmas cheer. From decorating gingerbread houses while eating the majority of the decor to hunting for Buddy the Elf whenever Mom remembered to change his location.<br \/>\nEach little moment, experience and memory is just so special and while they may not remember these little things when they are older, The Hubby and I sure will.<br \/>\nI hope you all have an absolutely WONDERFUL Christmas and that your day is filled with warmth, laughter and love.<br \/>\nMERRY CHRISTMAS from our family to yours!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9376-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5004\" alt=\"IMG_9376 (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_9376-2.jpg?resize=605%2C403\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_94381.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5005\" alt=\"IMG_9438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livingwithlady.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_94381.jpg?resize=582%2C388\" width=\"582\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really didn&#8217;t have a post ready for today. 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