With Thanksgiving this year, the Christmas holiday started and so did my bad mood. I was not looking forward to Christmas at all. I was missing my hubby so much and really, even Thanksgiving felt lonely without him. I tried what I could to get in the spirit for the kids. We went and got our own Christmas Tree, which was a total fail for me as I could not cut the darn thing down. Still we got one and got it home. I decorated it and the house. I hung stockings up. I put lights on the outside of the house and even got a door wreath. I played some Christmas music and tried to teach the kids the songs. I shopped for gifts and wrapped them. (Ok I will admit, I did enjoy the shopping A LOT :P) I felt like I was in automatic mode for Christmas because I didn't feel like my heart was in it. Something was missing - the hubby. As a military spouse, I know and I accepted that he wouldn't be here for everything. He has missed a lot and will miss more as the years past. I have learned to be ok with him being gone and to celebrate life anyway. I am not sure why this Christmas was so different, so hard for me. I was sad and I missed him. I missed him for me. I missed him for the kids. We are an incomplete family without him here. I really just wanted Christmas to come and go and it to be January already. Then something happened that changed it all. On the morning of Christmas Eve, I got a phone call from the hubby before I was even awake. He asked as he always does, "what are your plans today?" I had none. I told him I was still sleeping but I could hear the kids playing. As were talking about the usual, I hear the doorbell. Thinking that we got a last minute package, I quickly put some clothes on and went downstairs, still talking to the hubby. The kids followed because they both love to answer the door. When I peeked out the blinds to see who was at the door, guess who was standing there phone in hand? The HUBBY!! He had secretly planned a short trip home to surprise us for Christmas, and surprised we were!! Em wanted to go through the window to get to him! Once she got a hold of him, she did not let him go for the rest of the day. They were both so excited. Santa had brought us the BEST.CHRISTMAS.GIFT.EVER! We had such a great day, just the four of us hanging out and enjoying having Daddy home. That night, I was full of Christmas excitement as I wrapped the last of the presents and the hubby and I got all the gifts and stockings ready to the kids for Christmas morning. It was an awesome day! Christmas was amazing with us being able to watch our kids excitement over seeing presents from Santa and opening and playing with everything. I can not tell you how great it felt to share the moment with the hubby and not have to tell him about it over the phone. Awesome gift hubby, awesome! I know that I can not expect him to be able to make it home every Christmas so I will use this surprise Christmas to help fill me up each year with the holiday spirit no matter where on Earth he is. Thank you babe for giving me this Christmas!
This is the morning he showed up. Can you tell she is excited?
Our Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve!
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