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A little girl’s letter to Santa

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As per the requests of many faithful readers…

[Taken as is from a letter dated 1990, age 6 1/2 years)

To Santa

from Wendy M.

for Chritmas I want little miss magic hair. and My little Pony bride. and a new bike. and a sweater to wear for Christmas Day. and a game and a dancing ballerina doll. and candy.

I am being a good girl. and I love you. and I am leaving you cookies and a beer and a carrot for the rain deers.

Love Wendy Rose

xxxoooxo

(heart, star?)

 

What a sweet, innocent and very wise girl, eh? :-) You better believe that Zack’s Santa will be enjoying himself a Yuengling for many, many years. My husband, er, Santa, wouldn’t have it any other way.

 

If I had to update my letter to Santa for this year, it would probably be something like this:

To Santa,

From Mrs. Z(ee).

For Christmas I want open doors and open hearts for my son. I want safe travels this holiday for us and all of our loved ones that we are looking forward to seeing.

I’ll skip the candy and will gladly accept more time to bake my own sweets in my kitchen.

I want a shirt to wear on Christmas (or at least once a week) that doesn’t smell like sour milk.

I want to dance like crazy once every day, preferably by myself in my living room or in the shower.

I want my blog to continue as therapy for me and inspiration for others. I want myself to continue to be inspired.

I want the words “down syndrome” to hurt less. I want to smile with my Dude more often.

 

A lot of “want” going on here. My only need? To be as happy tomorrow as I am today. And to realize tomorrow how blessed I am today. And then the day after that and after that and after that. I want a part of me to always be the six-year-old whose biggest wish was My Little Pony. And a part of me to remember grown-up me makes her own wishes come true.

Love,

Wendy

PS – I know you’re not a big part of our lives yet this year, but I am so excited to start traditions all about you next year when Zack can really enoy it all. Merry Christmas!

Dedication and Celebration

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Sunday was a special day for Zack in many ways.

Hopefully the first of many important steps in his faith journey came with his dedication at church. In our church, a dedication is most similar to what you would see with a Christening in the Catholic or Orthodox faiths (where I came from). It’s a way for the church family, as well as Zack’s parents and other loved ones to promise they will help to keep faith in Z-Man’s life and to teach him all he needs to know about being a good person. Nope, GREAT person.

We were one of four families who had little ones dedicated on Sunday. One by one, Pastor Wayne would snuggle up with the child, introduce them to the church and say a prayer over them. We also were presented with a Faith Journey Box for Zack to keep all his church and faith collectibles in over the next many years and a white rose to mark the occasion.

 

 

 

 

 

Another Proud Momma moment came watching Zack cuddle in to the pastor’s shoulder as the amazing man carried him down the aisle that Scott and I walked down as man and wife just over a year ago.

 

 

Then we came home to enjoy an early Christmas with Scott’s parents and grandparents since us three are heading out to New Jersey and Massachusetts for celebrations with my family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We loved the gifts, we enjoyed the ceremony and we appreciate all this fuzzy-wuzzy l-o-v-e.

 

 

 

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

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… a frenzied Momma preparing for the holidays while working full-time (and then some), taking care of baby, trying to get quality time with Handsome Hubby and counting the days and hours and minutes until my super-dooper Christmas vacation traveling through New Jersey and Massachusetts.

Phew.

No wonder my licked Christmas card envelopes are going to smell like Pinot Grigio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am, underneath the build-up of stress and anxiety and the apprehension and absolute joy and excitement about our travels, I am still the little girl who wrote to Santa, bribing him not with cookies and milk, but with a beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am overjoyed every time we receive a new adorable photo card from our friends and family with little ones.

 

I feel at such peace running my hands over the ceramic Christmas tree my mother made with her hands years and years and years ago.

 

 

 

 

I gaze, with Zack, at the lights on our tree — those lights that are turned on first thing when I walk downstairs in the morning and stay on until we go up to be each night.

 

 

And the Christmas music that is probably driving my mother-in-law absolutely crazy when she’s over baby-sitting still hasn’t gotten old to me.

 

 

I am in a beautiful place in so many ways. And I still bribe my “Santa” with beer.

And promises of a lifetime of love and all that stuff, too. Oh, and cute babies. REALLY cute babies with mohawks.

 

Scenes from Turkey Day

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It was a fantastic day here yesterday — definitely the best Thanksgiving I can remember having.

Scott and I hosted his parents and grandparents as well as my sister, brother and sister-in-law who are staying here for a couple of days. It was a great group!

We enjoyed turkey and about 500 trimmings made by Scott, a table full of desserts, non-stop conversation and a lot of laughs. Then, the younger crowd enjoyed a night of games.

We’ve been relaxing and being a bit lazy all day today, but I’m sure we’ll get our energy back soon enough and will continue to make a lot of great memories tonight and tomorrow.

For now, enjoy a glimpse or two (or 10) into our special day and Zack’s first Thanksgiving.