Happy Birthday Mom & Mucky! Sorry we can't be with you for your birthday, but we love you and miss you! Have a Happy Day and we will see you very soon! Oh, and you are also entitled to a pedicure....My treat! Love Gab, Mike, Max, Drew & Jack.
Now isn't that better than any silly card from Hallmark?
T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house everyone was stirring including the dog of the house! The boys were so excited that they had a very difficult time falling asleep! Max was first to go around 11:00pm, then Drew around 12:00am and finally Jack at about 1:30am! As you parents know, this did not leave much time for the Preparation! This of course is all left up to me because Mike had fallen asleep around 10:30pm and seemed to be in a coma! I tried waking him up to help but we was delirious and kept saying "why are you yelling at me?" I wasn't yelling and he doesn't even remember....a lot of help he was. Anyway, after finally going to sleep at around 2:30am I was awakened by a light tapping and Drew's face an inch from my nose at 4:30am! I tried to convince him to lay down with me but he kept asking every 5 minutes.."is it time yet?" I gave up! By 5:00am I let them wake Jack up but he was so tired he threw up a few minutes into gift opening! Ah, what a morning....They're only this young once, right? This was all topped off by Mike forgetting to actually press record on the video camera, so none of the excitement was caught on tape! Typical D'Ambra chaos, did you expect anything less from us?
This year I made a mistake and forgot to buy cookies for Santa! The boys were satisfied to leave apple pie and milk along with their letters for Santa. He even wrote back and ate most of the pie and even gave some to Rudolph and the 7 others!
As I have a little time to reflect over the last year I am reminded of my three blessings (which are sometimes in disguise as whirling dervish's). They are healthy, smart, talented, sweet, sincere, caring, and all boy! I am one lucky Mom! 
