Christmas

Have I ever told you that Christmas is my favorite holiday? No?! Well it is, and here are the reasons.

1. Family time

2. Traditions,
     My family has so many traditions its crazy. One of my favorite ones is every year we get a new pair of PJ's and last year my mom made them all, here is what they looked like.


Aww don't we look so cute!! I think we do!

3. The food!!
    At my house Chirstmas is the biggest holiday, and my mom goes all out.
This year however I am excited to spend it with my wonderful husband and start our own traditions.

4. The spirit of giving is in the air.
    I don't know what it is but there is always a different air about when Christmas comes around. Everyone all of a sudden gets in a giving mood.

5. I get to bake.
    I love to cook, and I love to cook for other people, and create new treats, sometimes they don't turn out the best but I always try my best.

6. The Tree.
    I love decorating the tree, you get to see all your favorite ornaments again, and all these memories come flooding back to you of Christmas's past.

I love the tree Matthew and I have decorated. One of Matthews traditions is to put all of your christmas cards on the tree till Christmas day, and then you open them, so that is what we have done with our tree. And any small presents that can fit on the tree. At first I thought it was weird, but I like it, it gives something fun to the tree.

That gives you a small taste at what happens during Christmas time at the Bitter house hold.

Christmas Is......

....Right around the corner. What happened!?!

It seems as though it is here sooooo fast, to me it doesn't really feel like Christmas, yes I am listening to Christmas music, yes I made presents, and I am going to make cookies tomorrow, it still just doesn't feel like Christmas.

Maybe because it will be the first year without my family, but I have Matthew, and he is my family.

Maybe it is the sadness I feel for my lost child, I was suppose to be 4 moths pregnant, but I am not, and people tell me that it is in the past, but its still so right here in front of me. While at the hospital on wednesday I woke up from the surgery crying, I told the nurse I wasn't in pain, that I was crying because of something else, I was crying because I had to lose my child to have the surgery. And I am so thankful that I was able to have it, I just wish the circumstances behind it weren't so sad.

Right now we are celebrating families and the Love the Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father show us, and it is so hard because my family was taken from me. But at the same time I am so thankful for the growing opportunity's it has given me. My testimony has grown so much.

This Christmas I am thanking my Heavenly Father for the sealing power and he gift to me to be a mother, maybe not right now, but in the future.

Christmas to me isn't about presents, yes they are nice to give and receive, but Christmas to me is about the family, and family time, its about making memories.

My Grandmother came over today and gave us our presents, and my mother sent us a package. In the package was a box of my ornaments, I immediately put them on the tree. As Matthew and I stood back and looked at our lovely tree, he made the comments that he never would have thought that our tree would ever have this many presents underneath it.

I love our tree!!

I was able to finish Matthews stocking before Christmas, which I was super happy about, because I had so much going on I was worried it wouldn't get done, but here it is!

I put Dad on it, that way once we have kids I don't need to make a new one. Next year I will make a new one for me that says Mom, instead of Heather. 

I am excited for Matthew to see the wonderful things I have made him, and I can't wait to see his reaction.

Have a wonderful night!!

They Are Gone!!

Last Wednesday I had my most wonderful tonsils removed!! (So happy)

     Matthew said that when the doctor came out to talk with him, the doctor said that I had the worst tonsils he has ever seen and that I should have had them removed years ago. He was surprised that I have lived with them that way for so long, he said I must have been in a lot of pain. (Which I was)

      He also said that I had over 30 tonsil stones on each tonsil.
A tonsil stone is what forms when white blood cells mix with bacteria. Its very normal to have one or two of these on your tonsils every once and a while, well I would get 10+ a day, three days before the surgery I removed 18 from just one tonsil. They taste disgusting and make your breathe stink, I wasn't that surprised I had that many because I knew it was bad.

      He also said that I had a lots of little buts a food in the tonsils because my "craters" were so deep, gross right?

      Well all went well, the IV went in nicely, it only hurt when they had me put my hands at my sides so they could strap me to the table. And the nurse who pulled it out did a wonderful job and I didn't feel it at all!! Which was amazing because when I had my last IV I had a huge bruise and it hurt for weeks afterwards.

      Needless to say I woke up after surgery talking my head off and telling the nurse a lot more then she needed to know. But I can't remember anything she said, but I hope I made her day.

     At the hospital they told me to only eat soft and cool things, on the way home we stopped by taco bell and got bean burritos with extra cheese and hot sauce, I haven't really fallowed any of their guild-lines besides eating yogurt, but mt throat feels wonderful and I am happy that they are no longer in me.

     My grandmother is very happy that they are out, she says that I am already a happy person, but she could tell when I wasn't doing well because of my tonsils and now thinks that I will be an even happier person because my body will no longer be fighting the virus that was in me.

     There is a quick update on the life of Heather Bitter, til the next post.

Christmas Spirit

My husband showed this video to me a couple days ago, and I have to share it with you.

If this song doesn't put you in the Christmas spirit, I don't know what will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YySWTpTFHM