Thankfully, our friends, the Segura's, had us over for Christmas Eve - which included our yearly gift exchange, and some delicious food. Both the Segura's and the Lopera's spoiled Elliott with Spiderman toys - he was in heaven.
Such a ham ...
Vanessa just made a trip to Nove, Italy ... and brought me back a couple of great pieces!! Elliott wasn't the only one who was spoiled!
Vic got some workout gear ... you know he loved that!
Elliott got a fart gun ... hilarious.
We're are so lucky to have had these friends in our life during our time in Germany. I, honestly, don't know what I would have done without the Segura's during Vic's deployment. They were always there to help, and never made me feel bad about asking. One of my biggest fears when Vic was gone, albeit an irrational one, was that something would happen to me in the middle of the night, and nobody would know ... leaving Elliott to fend for himself for days. I know, completely crazy, but you can conjure up all kinds of things with too much time on your hands. Anyway, Vanessa would always check on me ... sometimes with a direct, "are you alive" message. Maybe she didn't always do it on purpose, but I felt better knowing that she was at least thinking about me and Elliott.
The Army-wife-life is one that not anyone can understand unless you have been a part of it. It is a crazy and weird little world ... filled with more drama than I could stand at times, but I am so lucky that I was able to find a couple normal friends along the way! Our little group has had more "family" dinners than I can count, and endless laughing to go along with it. We'll definitely catch-up with them at some point on the other side!
Later that night a couple more families came over. The boys tried to pretend they were young again, and play a drinking game ... which lasted about five minutes.
Elliott and Kiera opening their gifts ... their faces are priceless.
Elliott is currently obsessed with all things superhero ... mostly Spiderman though ...
The next morning E woke up with his few little presents under the tree. He got a couple coloring books, a few trucks, and a new pair of shoes (seriously, he had been asking for new shoes - what a kid). My mom also sent him a new tablet - which has been such a lifesaver the past week with all of the moving.
Roscoe and Lola got hog ears from our German dog boarder. They were so gross!!! Real hog ears with ear hair still in them ... blahhh, Lola wouldn't touch it, but Roscoe had the time of his life. It has since snowed quite a bit here ... ruining Roscoe's chances of anymore bone-chewing in the yard.
The holidays have come and gone, and our house is empty! The movers did a fantastic job, but let me hold my tongue until I see what shows up on the other side of the pond.
Everyday we, kind of, get our lives more and more together ... and I think we are as ready as we'll ever be for America!!
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