A Mackelprang Story: Better late than never...right?

This 2015 Christmas season was the twins 3rd Christmas and the most fun so far. They absolutely loved everything about Christmas this year. They loved the Christmas tree which would be decorated differently everyday. The ornaments and candy canes were constantly rearranged and played with and the boys loved it. They loved the Christmas carols, the Christmas lights, the Christmas decorations, but they did not like Santa Claus (at least they didn't like him up close).

December flew by and it's hard to believe that 2015 is over and in a 2 months we will be a family of 5! I'll give you a little update on my pregnancy before I get back into Christmas. Baby M is doing amazing. It moves ALL DAY! I feel this baby a lot more than the boys because it has more room to do somersaults and stretch out. I love each movement, but some of them do cause me to cringe in pain, especially when it gets really low or in my bad rib cage that Channy Man destroyed for good. People are completely shocked when I tell them how far along I am. I don't have that big of a belly, but it's nice not having a huge one chasing 2- 2.5 year olds all day. Pax and Chan are noticing and growing belly and Pax knows that it's a baby and will come and lift my shirt and kiss my belly. Chan tries to sit on my belly or push it out of the way. It'll be interesting when we bring the baby home and see how it's older brothers react! The baby is growing great and it's heart rate is perfect. I go back on January 25th and then my appointments will start to get more frequent. This pregnancy is flying by.

We did a lot this holiday season. We made ornaments, looked at Christmas lights several different times, spent a lot of time in our house due to illnesses, colored, wrapped presents, played with stickers, made cookies, and the boys were always right there involved and loving it all. I won't go into a ton of details about our Christmas because our pictures will explain majority of it. Christmas morning was fun! Pax loved opening presents and loved each gift he received. Chan hated opening presents, but he liked the gifts inside, especially if it was a car or truck. We spent Christmas morning at our house with our little family, then we headed to Fredonia that afternoon and spent the weekend with our families. I love the Christmas season and the joy and happiness it just fills your heart with. I love the amazing spirit which is felt a little more on Christmas. We taught our boys a lot more about Jesus and his birth this Christmas and they loved to play with nativities that we have. It's truly a blessing to be a parent and getting to teach your children of the Savior, not only at Christmas time, but all year long.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope that 2016 is full of love, life, good health, family, and memories. We love you all!