Is Christmas over yet?

Seriously!! please tell me it's January 1st :)

I hate the holidays! When November rolls around, my husband and I just want to hide. Crawl under a tree or even go on vacation. We would be in Disney World this year for the holidays had we not just had a baby.

Christmas and any other holiday is just downright ridiculous in our lives. We have 3 kids and want our children to enjoy their presents at home and we want to enjot that, but NO we have to have family! haha! You know, I have two functions to go to and he has two funtions to go to, so add that up and the total is FOUR in TWO DAYS>?!

So of course there is a lot of:
You only spent 2 hours here, how much are going to spend there?
then there is:
Why are you going there first? were you not there first last year?

and of course:
why on earth do you live so far? all that driving time could have been spent here.

We never see you anymore

I would love to see my grandkids more often

Husband and I have been looking into moving...far away..but the scary thing is, that if we are gone all year round, then we would BE EXPECTED at the holidays...and then it would be even worse....

We only see you this time of year and you have to leave now?!?
OMG are the kids in college now it's been so long!~?

You have got to be kidding me, you are leaving?! you just walked in the door!!

EVERYONE has a freakin score card!

So we thought...problem solved we had a baby and he's a pretty sick little dude, so Doc says to us yesterday we have to keep him away from peeps for a bit in confined spaces like HOUSE PARTIES...we told him we were already staying home, but of course, we had real bonifide proof from the doc that we should stay home..


well NO NO NO NO NO...you would think we had just said...

Umm...We have decided to become cult members and will be living in a bomb shelter for the rest of our lives with our children and we never want you to see them again!

It's been HELL! moaning...bitchin...complainin....you name it! The best are the guilt trips! MY husband laughed and said oh well maybe they feel better thinking we feel bad about it! but we really don't..you see it's a Christmas that we get to wake up in the morning and open presents at a nice pace and not rush to get everyone showered and out the door otherwise we lose precious hours at one house. It's a Christmas that we get to sit and play with the toys Santa brought. It's a christmas that will be our first as a family of 5 and we get to share it with our Children and we get to go to church together. It's a Christmas where my husband and I won't argue over when we need to leave each location. Don't people get it...It's a Christmas that my husband and I won't be stressed. Our kids get to see us enjoy ourselves for the first time in a long time. Thank you Lord for the blessing of a new baby.