Gearing Up for Christmas at the Jackson's

We went ahead and bought Daniel's stocking tonight!  The stores are starting to put Christmas stuff on sale 50% off so we went ahead and got him his sock.  It's just a simple red and white one that you write the name on the top.  They had some really cute ones, but I was afraid if we got one for Daniel that Luke would be jealous...he has the red one too.  I dont know why, but stockings really set me off missing Vanessa.  It's just not right that she would have been born earlier this month and has no stocking.  I'm seriously considering buying one of those little tiny ones for her to hang with the boys' just so she doesnt feel left out...or rather so I dont feel like I'm leaving her out.

Today was Landon's birthday and we really didnt do much.  Poor guy has been sick again since we came home from Georgia.  At one point today he was running a fever of 102.  I get nervous when they get up that high, but we were able to get it to break.  We finished up some Christmas shopping tonight...and are opening presents here at home tomorrow.  It's so hard to do it with everyone's schedules so we normally do it a few days early...plus it drags it out for Luke to about 3-4 days in a row of presents. Ah, the perks of having your parents separated!  Yes, there are a few!

Christmas this year is so bittersweet, but we are doing our best to make Luke's last Christmas as an only child a good one....in fact, as we speak, Landon is doing some elve work - wrapping presents in the basement that Santa will leave Christmas Eve.