What A sharp contrast Christmas was this year. Especially when comparing it to last year! Last year I was 11 weeks pregnant and ended up passing out in the ER while having a miscarriage. My health only went downhill from there.
From there we decided to drive 26 hrs to NJ. to celebrate with Geoff's family. Maybe not the smartest thing we have ever done but definitely worth it. When we got home I had to have surgery because of more complications, I barely remember last years Christmas.
This year I am pregnant again. But there is no underlying fear or issues that have come up to cause us to doubt.
This Christmas has been precious. We had our first Christmas morning at our house, and it was unbelievable fun. The girls giggled with contagious laughter at the sight of the mornings treasures. They were so caught up in giving the presents they had bought for each other, I am almost certain they would have been perfectly content to end the festivities there. But of course I could not contain myself either and had to share in the fun and giving. In fact truth be told I woke up at5am. from shear excitement of the thought of watching my girls open their gifts. I had to wait two more hours for them to wake up and for Geoff to relent to my constant persistence to let me wake them up.
I could not help but think how precious and exciting it was for those wise men years ago to finally be able to deliver their gifts. The anticipation of meeting One so special and giving Him what they had waited years to do, only causes me to wonder what gift am I giving to my Saviour that fills me with such an uncontainable joy that I forget all else.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Christmas
What A sharp contrast Christmas was this year. Especially when comparing it to last year! Last year I was 11 weeks pregnant and ended up passing out in the ER while having a miscarriage. My health only went downhill from there.
From there we decided to drive 26 hrs to NJ. to celebrate with Geoff's family. Maybe not the smartest thing we have ever done but definitely worth it. When we got home I had to have surgery because of more complications, I barely remember last years Christmas.
This year I am pregnant again. But there is no underlying fear or issues that have come up to cause us to doubt.
This Christmas has been precious. We had our first Christmas morning at our house, and it was unbelievable fun. The girls giggled with contagious laughter at the sight of the mornings treasures. They were so caught up in giving the presents they had bought for each other, I am almost certain they would have been perfectly content to end the festivities there. But of course I could not contain myself either and had to share in the fun and giving. In fact truth be told I woke up at5am. from shear excitement of the thought of watching my girls open their gifts. I had to wait two more hours for them to wake up and for Geoff to relent to my constant persistence to let me wake them up.
I could not help but think how precious and exciting it was for those wise men years ago to finally be able to deliver their gifts. The anticipation of meeting One so special and giving Him what they had waited years to do, only causes me to wonder what gift am I giving to my Saviour that fills me with such an uncontainable joy that I forget all else.
From there we decided to drive 26 hrs to NJ. to celebrate with Geoff's family. Maybe not the smartest thing we have ever done but definitely worth it. When we got home I had to have surgery because of more complications, I barely remember last years Christmas.
This year I am pregnant again. But there is no underlying fear or issues that have come up to cause us to doubt.
This Christmas has been precious. We had our first Christmas morning at our house, and it was unbelievable fun. The girls giggled with contagious laughter at the sight of the mornings treasures. They were so caught up in giving the presents they had bought for each other, I am almost certain they would have been perfectly content to end the festivities there. But of course I could not contain myself either and had to share in the fun and giving. In fact truth be told I woke up at5am. from shear excitement of the thought of watching my girls open their gifts. I had to wait two more hours for them to wake up and for Geoff to relent to my constant persistence to let me wake them up.
I could not help but think how precious and exciting it was for those wise men years ago to finally be able to deliver their gifts. The anticipation of meeting One so special and giving Him what they had waited years to do, only causes me to wonder what gift am I giving to my Saviour that fills me with such an uncontainable joy that I forget all else.
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