Christmas Card Fail.

CC Fail #1:
Christmas cards are not a big deal in my family.

I don't remember getting Christmas cards when I was younger. I'm sure we did receive some, but they weren't displayed (sorry to those who took the time to sign, address, stamp, and seal each card) until... goodness... late high school? Early college?

Eh... it was no big deal.

And then I got married. Our first Christmas was a blur (we were married 3 days before, afterall), but I do remember someone saying that we were included on the in-laws Christmas card, so no big deal this year. Then, right around our first Thanksgiving together, my husband asked if I was going to send out a card this year. I remember giving him a bit of a look, probably a long the lines of "Why would we do that??", and saying I didn't think we needed to (in my defense, I WAS 8 months pregnant).

Then, sure enough, that first week of December, the Christmas cards starting ROLLING IN. Couples, families, extended families... pretty much everyone in Morris & Hancock, and one from my Grandma Rae.

Needless to say, I've sent out a Christmas card every year since then, and Chad and I even had a snap shot on this year's! I actually really like doing it, and I love getting the cards most of all.

CC Fail #2:
OK, so Chad wants to do a Christmas letter. He's brought it up in the past, but my goodness... one thing at a time! We thought we'd give it a legitimate effort this year. I made the first attempt, but was stopped mid paragraph when Chad said, "I don't want it to be a brag letter... nothing like 'Abby turned two this year and likes Dora, princesses, and horsies...'" My first paragraph, I kid you not, was pretty much exactly that. Chad, instead, thought it would be best to come up with a "top ten" list for the year. We got to 6 things that we thought other people would find interesting... which took up maybe 1/3rd of a page when double spaced.

To make a long story short.... no Christmas letter this year! But... I do want to keep track of the things I loved this year, so here are the Nuest's top 6!

*Abby potty trained in just a matter of days.
*As a result of Abby's potty success, Sally-a-Tiger Nuest joined the family in August (that's what happens when you let a 2 year old name your kitty).
*Dakotah has run away on the 3 coldest days of the year, but never on a summer day. She's come back on her own twice!
*Jett has a ridiculous amount of teeth and hasn't stopped drooling since he was born.
*We've been constantly entertained with "Abby-isms": "Her's a nice girl, mom" (I've never heard her say 'she'!), "Oh hi sweetheart!" as she hugs her kitty when we get home, lots and lots of singing, and "I tooted!" in the middle of Mommy's staff meeting.
*Jett-man doesn't say much, besides "Uh-oh", which, if you've spent even an hour with him, you realize just how appropriate this phase is for our busy busy busy little boy!

Merry Christmas:)