Jason left on January 10th, 3 weeks ago, to go for work to Dresden, Germany and will be coming back on March 1st. First few weeks were rough, now I am already used to it. Izzy is fussy and acting up a lot, I think it is due to him being gone so long. It's hard for her to understand the time and how much longer she needs to wait. Every few days she keeps asking, where is Daddy? like she forgot or maybe she hopes I will give her different answer?!
Our first Christmas as family of 4 was really nice. We did consider traveling to Oregon or Washington but decided against it for numerous reasons, travel expenses and to protect Amanda from HINI virus since she is too young to receive vaccine, also Jason's relatives could take only few days off so we decided to stay home this year.
We went to family service at Manassas Baptist on Christmas eve, decorated gingerbread house, baked cookies for Santa, girls opened few gifts and went to bed in matching PJs. (Izzy went to potty before falling asleep and took her diaper off, so around midnight when we were going to sleep, I discovered her in wet bed, everything had to be changed so the plan of opening gifts in matching PJs in the morning was altered...) We set out her main Santa gift - Scooter unwrapped with just a bow on it and few plush toys riding it that GrandMa sent, it looked really cute.
In the morning, I baked special Xmas Casserole (recipe from Deena) and Cinnamon rolls for breakfast, I asked Izzy what she thinks Santa brought you, she replied very modestly - All those things - Cameraaaa, Scooter and Ear Rings ;) It was such a cute answer and she was so cool about it, like No Big Deal Mommy ;)
She was so excited to see her first Scooter complete with Helmet and Elbow and Knee Pads (Thanks to Aunt Sherri), she eat breakfast with Helmet on ;) She got on the Scooter right away and took off, no instructions needed. Izzy just kept going in circles round and round, it was so special to see her enjoy it so much.
Amanda loved the Rolling Ball that she got from her Big Sister.
I got Prime lens for my SLR Camera that I had mentioned to Santa about before and few weeks earlier I received "Dear Santa" email from Jason about phone he wanted. So that was Jason's new toy. At one point it was pretty funny, I was playing with my new Camera Lens, he was checking out options on his new phone and girls, well they were doing something, not sure what ;)
Girls opened gifts all day and weekend long. In the afternoon we went to our friends Zenobia, Nic and Zane for dinner together with their family from out of town. It was really nice. We received very nice gift from them - gift card to SPA World complete with babysitting and dinner included. It was awesome. We used it day before Jason left for Germany and it was very nice and relaxing. It was awesome to spend some quality time together before he left.
My Parents are coming to visit us from February 5th till Feb 18th. I am very looking forward to well deserved break and for girls to be able to spend time with their Oma and Opis. Izzy already has plans what she wants to do when they get here ;) My Friend Aelita is coming to visit us for few days at the end of February as well so the rest of the time should pass quickly and hopefully March 1st will be here in no time.
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