We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It was a group effort and it turned out great! The boys were really excited and seeing their faces full of anticipation made me look in the sky to see if Santa really was on his way! They were both so excited on Christmas Eve to pick out the cookies (thanks Aunt Carol and Mary) that they thought Santa would like best! It was so magical for them and I can't explain how precious these Christmas memories will be. On Christmas morning Santa had put out lots of presents (thanks Doug) and they were up at 4:30am to see if it was time to go downstairs! I made them wait until 5am before realizing that no one was going back to sleep (thanks dad for being a good sport).
We had a relaxing morning around the tree, with great breakfast casseroles (thanks Lisa, Teresa, and Cindy) and lots of assembling and building. My in-laws came up to enjoy the day with us and it was perfect! We are taking it easy this holiday season and we are having a lot of fun!
If you invited us to a party this season and we declined, I want to let you know that the week before Christmas I was denied chemotherapy because my white counts were too low. I had been fighting a cold and endured two back-to-back weeks of the chemo drug. My doctors asked me to be careful about going places with lots of people in close quarters. It was kind of a blessing in disguise as I was able to relax and we were able to keep Christmas low-key. I was pleasantly surprised with great counts this week and the boys continued to enjoy new toys while dad and I went to Hopkins today for chemo and the pleurix tube was removed!
We are looking forward to seeing my brothers and their families this weekend for a 'good old-fashioned Gusic family Christmas.' Then we will attempt to stay up late and watch the ball drop. I have lots of hopes and dreams for 2012. It is going to be a good year!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas that you enjoy many blessings in the coming New Year!
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