Christmas Break

it's been a complete whirlwind for the last 3-4 weeks.  i'm sure i'm speaking for everyone when i say that Christmas break goes by in a flash.  it's amazing how we wait and wait for the big holiday time to come and when it does...it flashes by us.  we make these elaborate plans of how we will spend the break with family and friends, sitting by the fire, laughing and playing it up the whole way through.  but somewhere along the way, we realize that time is getting away from us, slipping through our fingers, faster and faster with each passing day.

why do we call it Christmas BREAK?  who is doing the breaking?  not the wilson crew, that is for sure.

my elaborate plans were not really so elaborate.  they never really are.  i wanted to go home to the states and visit family and friends.  i really, really wanted to sit by the fire with my family, sipping on some hot chocolate and eating popcorn.  that's what i really wanted.  and we did get to do that...

for a night.

maybe two.

no where in my plans did i plan for so many doctor visits and sick children.  or surgery.  i did not calculate for that.  so when i took echo in for a hearing test and to have her ears checked, i was somewhat surprised to find out that she needed tubes and her adenoids taken out.  (i say "somewhat" because i made the appointment for her because i was skeptical of her hearing in the first place).

long story short:  we were in the US for three weeks, we had 6 doctor visits, several immunizations and surgery.  not to mention that she was on ear drops and antibiotics the whole time.  fun.  as it turned out, i did a lot of my new "planning" around echo and her doctor visits.

there just was not enough time to do it all, to see you all, to relax at all.  well, we relaxed a little.  a little.

so if i didn't get to see you, to hug you, to hang out or to even chat on the phone.  i'm sorry.  i really am.  i thought about all the people that i didn't get to see and spend time with.  but i know that when i do get to see each one of you, it will be that much better!  just think, we'll have a LOT more to talk to about at that point.  we'll just look on the bright side.

now, to catch up a million thoughts for all the posts that i want to write and put on this blog.  i really have a million.  i have not told about our trip to Portugal or Scotland.  and there are so many days of really great and fun things that have happened.  but the days are getting away from me already.

i'm going to get better at writing more often.  seriously.  even if i have to lock a small child in the bathroom for a chance to get on the computer.  i'm going to write more often.  at least once a week.  hold me to it.