Christmas 2014: A Little Recap

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your families! Ours was filled with delicious food, great company and lots of presents (mostly for Palmer)!

I just wanted to do a quick little recap on our Christmas holiday!

We stuck around home for the week because I was working night shifts. It sucks that I have to work over the holidays when everyone else seems to get the time off but I'd rather be working a night shift than have to work during the day when all the excitement is happening or in the evening when there is yummy turkey dinner!  I didn't manage to sneak in to much sleeping time on Christmas, but that is not unusual for me for a night shift!

Christmas morning was so much more special this year; I absolutely loved watching Palmer unwrap all her gifts and enjoy each and every one of them like it was the most amazing thing she had ever seen.  Everything from socks to Elmo colouring books to her kitchen set was opened with such anticipation and excitement. It truly is unbelievable to watch your child be filled with so much joy and love. Christmas really took on a whole new perspective for me this year.

I didn't really take too many photos during Christmas. I was just soaking everything up, enjoying our morning with our family. The memories captured over the holidays will not be forgotten and I am so okay with not hiding behind a camera for it all. 

We are currently in Saskatchewan visiting my family for Christmas so Palmer, of course, got spoiled yesterday too! Lucky little girl!  We will be here for a couple more days. We are planning on using her new skates tomorrow!  

I can't wait to catch up on all your Christmas Recap posts soon! Until then, I'm going to enjoy my day here and will be offline!!!

2014 Recap and An Announcement!

First, I want to let you all know about a fun new link-up starting in the New Year. Every Saturday, come link-up your favorite posts of the week with me and one of my bests, Tawnya for The Saturday Spotlight. I love linking-up. Its a great way to read some great new blogs or posts that you may have missed or may not have otherwise read! Link-ups are where I have found some really great blogs to read and met some truly wonderful people. So, grab a button and be sure to meet us Saturdays for the Saturday Spolight for your chance to be featured!!

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Now, onto my top 5 posts of 2014, as determined by you, my readers!

one  Being A Working Mama
"So, finding the balance between mom life, wife life and work life, yes it is hard sometimes. Its hard to juggle at times. Finding time for more stories, laundry, date nights, alone time - challenging but so worth it. I am a mother. A wife. A nurse. I love all my jobs, even if it is challenging at times."

two  Life Lessons Of A Nurse
"I learned that there are days when 8 hours feels like an eternity. There are times you will feel like there should be something more you could have done; like you missed something. There are days you will cry with frustration; for your patient, about your patient, for working short-staffed yet again.  There are days you will feel under appreciated. Yet, I wouldn't change my career for anything."

three  Finding Me
"I am a mother, and that makes up so much of who I am. Palmer is a part of me, and that changes me in so many ways, and that's OK. And with this motherhood, comes a new version of me, one waiting to be fully discovered."

four  That Time She Slammed The Door In My Face
"It was one of those mornings when the dog wanted out at an unearthly hour. Then, the minute I get cuddled back in my bed, he's barking and banging on his water dish. I rush down the stairs to make him stop, because, like I said, it's a hideous time of day and I don't want to wake the neighbours. Again, I head back to your bed, pull the blankets up, close my eyes and hear my toddler waking up. At first, it was just playful chatter; talking to her friends in the bed with her. Soon, it turned into "mama! mama... MAMA!!!""

five  Toddler Tantrums
"If she wants to eat dog food, OK! I'm sure its not going to kill her. She will figure out that it probably doesn't taste good and will maybe learn to not do it again."

What were your favorite posts?

What would you like to see more of from me in 2015??