Christmas Day

Our Christmas this year was definitely better than last year! I was a little worried about Christmas this year just because it fell on my week to work and we wouldn't have a nurse to watch Caydence at night so that meant that Eric would be staying up with her at night while I was working. Thank goodness Eric's mom had some baking to do Christmas eve night so she was able to keep an eye on Caydence while Eric got a little sleep. I was able to get someone to switch a night with me so I didn't have to work Christmas night too. When I got home Christmas morning I had some wrapping to finish up so I was in the living room doing that and watching Caydence and sure enough at 6am Tanner woke up and was ready to open presents. He never wakes up that early so I guess that meant he was just super excited. We got everyone out of bed and began to open presents. Tanner loved all the gifts that Santa brought him and Caydence had fun playing with some wrapping paper. Eric's mom cooked a good Christmas dinner and my mom came over and we all had a good time. I was so tired from staying up all night and not sleeping during the day that once I was able to get to bed that night I crashed! I can't wait till the day that Caydence doesn't need 24hr supervision. It would be so nice to be able to sleep when she sleeps and have somewhat of a normal life again. We can get so "frustrated" sometimes with all we have to do to just get through a day and we start thinking how much this sucks and how we wish we had a normal life again, but every time I look at Caydence I love her more and more and I can't picture our life being any different. Our life is crazy and we never have time to ourselves but it is what it is and we realize you can't just sit there and feel sorry for yourself. You have to keep going and do what you have to do and just look forward to that one day that things will be "normal". I can't wait to see Caydence grow up and see what kind of person she turns into. Soon enough people will see her and hear the stories we tell about what she has been through in her life and they won't believe us. I can't wait for that day! Hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!