Christmas Cheer

This holiday season has been hard. I have tried my best to get into the “Christmas spirit” but it’s just not happening. Life has been pretty crazy with the work that we (mostly Josh) have been doing on our new house. December is already a really busy time for youth ministry; there’s always a party or event to go to! Every spare moment Josh has had has been spent working on the house. Every spare moment I have had has been filled with doctor appointments and packing (or procrastinating packing). We didn’t even put up our Christmas tree this year. If you know me at all then you know how sad this made me. My favorite day of the year is usually Christmas decorating day. But instead of putting up Christmas decorations I’ve been taking down shelves and photos and the apartment is already slowly starting to not feel like our home anymore.

This is the last Christmas we will spend just the two of us and I think I’m just a bit sad that we aren’t even really able to celebrate it. Our usual tradition is to have an early Christmas just the two of us before our travels, but we aren’t doing that this year. I am happy to at least be spending Christmas Day in California with family though. Christmas is going to look very different next year! We’re going to be putting up a tree in our house and there will possibly be the pitter-patter of the tiny, unsteady feet of our 10 month old boy echoing down our hallway, or maybe the sounds of him crawling. Josh has been working so hard on sanding and staining our hardwood floors the last week and all I can think about now is how our baby boy is going to learn to crawl and walk on those floors.

I’m going to look back on this time in my life as one of the most stressful times I’ve experienced. For the record, I don’t advise anyone to ever take on a fixer-upper while pregnant. It’s been a real roller coaster. But I know our future is full of many exciting new things and Christmas of 2020 is something I will very much be looking forward to.