What a whirlwind!

Twas the Night before Christmas and all through the house...

And then...

Tim's fire pager goes off...
I can't sleep....I get online
Finally decide to go to bed
I toss and turn until well after 3am...
Wake up at 8am to find Jonathon and Husband "missing"
Rush upstairs to find a trail of wrapping paper (oh NO)
Quickly evulate the damage.
Three gifts unwrapped.
Resume search for the culprit
Find the stinker sound asleep in the crook of his daddys arm on the couch.
Everyone in the house is sound asleep at 8:00 AM
Take photos of the girls snuggled together
Pour a cup of soda and walk around the corner to see Hubby waking up.
Chat briefly with hubby after moving the sneaky little child we call Jonathon to a spot of his own.
Talking about how odd that it's Christmas morning and we're awake yet the kids are not.
Suddenly, we hear someone stirring.
We hear giggles.
And water.
It's Christmas morning, and our oldest two children are taking a shower before coming out to see their loot. WHAT?!?!
I listen in on some of their conversation through the main bathroom wall. I hear them discussing what they hope they got, what they know they didn't get, and what they wish they would get.
My heart is happy and sad at the same time.
Suddenly Kate comes rushing to the potty. I scared her!!
Soon after, Em followed.
We look over their stockings.
Boys emerge in towels, not expecting the family to be up.
Boys quickly disappear to get dressed and return to join us.
Go through stockings, play with laptops (kids), and begin opening gifts.
Finish opening gifts and take photo by tree of kids.
Almost 10am
Guess who's still sleeping! Yep, the lil stinker!
Jonathon finally wakes up, opens his gifts and plays a while.
We make and eat Ham Dinner with friends.
We settle in for the evening around 10pm.
Jonathon has a fever.

And then....

Tim's fire pager goes off...
Tim leaves...
Comes home somewhere after 1 or 2am
Emilee starts to puke.

December 26th:
Morning comes and Momma stays in bed...until 12:30.
Daddy takes the four older kids with him
Mommy rocks Jonathon who falls asleep.
Mommy and Jonathon nap.
Jonathon wakes up when Daddy gets home.
Mommy sleeps...
and sleeps...
and finally gets out of bed at 6:30PM

And now, it's after midnight and I'm wide awake!