Our Christmas

I'm blogging about this a little late, but better late than never, right?

I'll start off by saying that this year we weren't able to buy our boys anything. With both of us being students, finally purchasing a vehicle last month after needing one for a year, and paying rent, we had no extra to buy gifts. We were expecting gifts from my mom and younger sister, since they told us they got the kids some gifts but that's it.

Last Monday after Tay's Christmas performance, we were hanging out in the living room when we heard our doorbell ring. I opened the door and no one was there. There was, though, quite a few gifts! The boys were so excited that Santa had arrived a few days early. About a half hour later, there was a knock at the door. Again, no one was there but there were a few more gifts! I couldn't believe it. I had tears of joy and gratitude to know that people care about my kids and us. There are great people still out there. Thanks to the kind people from church, some friends and some family, my boys had a great Christmas when we weren't expecting much at all.

On the morning of Christmas Eve, we drove up to Salt Lake City to my husband's uncle and aunty's house. It was good to see everyone. The boys, of course, were excited to see their cousins. They played with them the whole time we were there. On Christmas morning, all the kiddos opened their gifts. My boys got gifts from their cousin's. It was so very nice of them. I also got a gift from them--some socks and lotion. That afternoon, we went to my husband's aunty's family's house. It was a lot more traditional than the other parties I have been to with my husband. There were "talks" given and prayers said all in Tongan. The adults sang songs in Tongan too.

Anyway, there was a lot of food! My boys decided to act up (Trenton was tired and Titan was tired and hungry), so I didn't really get to eat, but my husband's cousins grabbed a huge foil pan and put some food in it for us to bring home. Lu Pulu, tapioca, mussels,and octopus in coconut milk, ribs, ota, pig, noodles, and lots of desserts. We got home, warmed it up, and ate like we were starving. I love Tongan food! Lu pulu is my favorite. I swear I could eat it every day. :P

I can't wait for the next time I can eat Tongan food. I think it'll be in April for my husband's friends farewell. He's going on his mission. :)

So, overall, we all had a great Christmas. Of course, I missed my family but it was so much better than staying home and being sad.

AHHHHHHH!

I have a few ahhhh's to share.

The first one is that Titan's first tooth (bottom, left side) has come through! I am scared to get bit. He wants to bite down on everything and I am scared every time it is time to feed him.

The second is that my three classes started today. I have Psychology, Anatomy & Physiology II, and Anatomy & Physiology II Lab. There is so much work! I have no idea how I am going to do all of it along with being a mom of three. I just barely got through it the last time I had three classes.

The third is that I went to the dentist yesterday and found out that my impacted wisdom tooth is infected. I need to have it taken out by an oral surgeon. There are no oral surgeons where I live, so I have to travel to Prove which is an hour north of here. I have to be gone for approx. 3-4 and I won't be able to nurse Titan. So now I have to get him to learn to drink from a bottle before that day comes. Which makes me extremely sad... I hope that he still nurses from me when I get back. :(

I want to pull my hair out already, but I can't do that because I am already going bald. "/

Please pray for me that I will remain sane through the next two months!

I'm Torn.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m feeling torn about school.

I’m feeling like I want to put school off for a while. I really feel like I should have waited until my kids were in school and just got a decent paying job to get us by. Then again the reason I started school was to get started while I’m not working and staying at home with the boys. But I realized that school takes up a lot of my time. Like I’ve mention in my last post, I’m making a lot of changes. I’m setting up a little classroom for the boys and I want to spend my times teaching and playing with them. After all they are only young once and they grow up so fast. :( I’m so torn.

A friend did suggest that I wake up earlier than the boys to get some work done and then getting more done when they are asleep. I guess I could do that… with lack of sleep seeing as I have an infant as well. I’m already lacking concentration on my work as is, imagine with the lack of sleep! I really don’t know. Maybe it’s this hard because I have three classes? Next semester I’ll have only one class, a hard one, but at least it’s just one.

I’m just going to keep praying about it but in the mean time do you have any suggestions?? What would you do??