Blue Christmas, Part Deux

It was weird waking up this morning to an empty house. It's Christmas Eve. It's supposed to be filled with anticipation & excitement. Family & friends. 

Collin slept most of the day. Waking to eat & play for a little while, but his strength isn't back to 100%, so he tired quickly.

My Mom called & invited us over to her house for a bit. She knew I'd be lonely. So, we loaded up & went over there for a bit. It was nice to be with family.

My Mom is the Queen of Christmas. For realsies. How do you think I got my name? Hello!! Anyway, my point is that her house is always decked the frick out for Christmas. Can anyone say bokeh party??

I was doing laundry today. Yup. Laundry. On Christmas Eve. While putting away Collin's clothes, I happened upon an old Christmas sweater of mine. I had completely forgotten that I saved it for this Christmas. My Aunt Barb, who made Collin's Spartans shirt, made it for me when I was a little girl. I took it to my Mom's house so we could get some photos of him wearing it by her ginormous tree.

In the middle of our photo sesh, Collin decided to grow the biggest snot bubble you have ever seen!!! Seriously. It was epic. I'm thinking of contacting Guinness. The best part? It stayed on his nose until we were able to track down a tissue to wipe it away with....after we had a good, long laugh. Mom fail, FTW.

Then, we played Star Wars with the remnants of my Mom's wrapping paper rolls.

{ "Luke, I am your fathaaaaaa!!!" }

Collin was a bit more active today than he has been in the past week. I'm hopeful he will be feeling better in time for my family's Christmas. We will be celebrating on Sunday, the 26th since my sister is working tonight & I was supposed to be in LA.

I'm hoping the rest of you are snuggling with your families, watching a Christmas movie or two & going to bed with visions of sugarplums!

Go....Spartans?!

I was raised a University of Michigan Wolverines football fan. Ever since I can remember, my Dad would give my sister & I maize & blue, Wolverines themed t-shirts, sweaters, etc. & we have donned them proudly over the years. In fact, my Dad recently sent me a package from Michigan that included two band new Wolverines t-shirts for me. So, it only makes sense that our children be raised Wolverines fans, right? Right.

Excuse the craptastic cell phone photos, but I needed to prove the Wolverines fandom that goes on in our house.

I've done the maize & blue proud. Collin's been sporting our colors since he made his debut from the womb. He loves game day & even when we lose, he runs around the house screaming, "Go Blue!" Okay, maybe he just babbles randomly , but I swear I once heard him say it!

Enter Aunt Barb, my Dad's sister, & a Michigan State University Spartans fan. How does such blasphemy happen in a family. I'm not sure, but we love her...despite her obvious downfall & have somehow managed to make it work. That was, until I received Collin's birthday package from Michigan from our beloved Aunt Barb. Imagine my shock when I pulled out a handmade with love, custom Spartans turtleneck!!!

*gasp*

*insert dun dun dun here*

Admittedly, it is so unbelievably & incredibly cute...but how could I, nay how could Collin possibly wear this & shame our Wolverines?! He's just an innocent child!

As I hung Collin's birhday swag in his closet the next day, the sweater mocked me as I placed it on the hanger. Each day since, it's mocked me as I decided what to dress Collin in. Laughing at me, taunting me saying, "You're going to have to put me on him eventually! Na nee na nee boo boo!" It was trying to break me. Chipping away at me every. Single. Day.

Today was the day I broke.

Mama's little Spartan fan...for today, at least.

Okay, okay. It wasn't as bad as I thought. He looks disgustingly cute in the sweater & I love that his name is on the front & back. I especially love that it was made by my Aunt Barb & that we will have this for years & years, along with the Christmas sweater she knitted for me when I was Collin's age (it also has my name stitched on it). I guess, since she loves us so much, Collin can be a Spartans fan....at least for the day.

Thank you for taking the time to make this, Aunt Barb! In all seriousness, we love the sweater & will cherish it long after he outgrows it!