Hectic Holidays

I have not been keeping up with my blog and for that I apologize. We're smack dab in the middle of the holiday season and it's been a bit hectic around here. Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays. They can a bit crazy though. My fiance and I both have decent size families. Said families do holiday get-togethers. They  tend to overlap one another. There lies the stress of the holidays. I want to spend time with both families and enjoy their company ... well, most everyone's company. You all know what I'm talking about. The select few people that you tolerate as best as you can. We all deal with it. I put on a happy face and push through.

My daughter's birthday falls on the 22nd of December. She'll be 8 this year. Yes I know, not very well planned out. I get told all the time that my fiance and I did not think it over when we chose to conceive. Well, here's the thing : we were 19, going on 20. We wanted a child together and thinking about the date she would be born was far from our minds.

Now we have a December 'baby' forever. I wouldn't change that for the world. Sure a birth date in the Spring or Summer would have been more convenient but I love my baby girl just the same. We have had some interesting weather for her birthday parties the past years. That adds stress to the holidays too. I have my fingers and toes crossed, as I do every year, that her birthday party will not get ruined by Old Man Winter and the snow he tends to dump upon Ohio on the exact day of the party.

I get a lot of people saying 'Poor girl, Christmas takes away from the excitement of her birthday.' No way! We do an excellent job of not letting Christmas take away from her birthday. The bank account does not like me this time of year. To those who don't have a child in December be thankful. Money runs very tight with buying Christmas presents, birthday party supplies and birthday presents. Not to mention we pay to rent a place to have her party. When buying our home we didn't take into consideration how little space we really have to throw parties. It's perfect for the 3 of us plus our dog but it's not party material.

On top of buying for birthday and Christmas, we have 6 nephews and 4 nieces. All of which we buy a Christmas present for. Now are you getting why I say the holidays are hectic?! I know I'm not alone in this 'boat'.

With that said, Happy Holidays ya'll!