Stella's pov; it's been about a month since Kinsley had her second open heart surgery, she has been doing pretty well, it sucks that we were in the hospital on Thanksgiving day but luckily for us when we got home our whole fire house family and Jennifer throw us a whole Thanksgiving dinner. Right now the kids are on Christmas break we did the whole sibling shopping that other day. Yesterday Boden gave us two weeks off for Christmas so we decided that we will spend it at the cabin right now and the twins are five months old and doing amazing
K= hey babe where is my
S= your watch it's right here you left it on the counter like always
K= why thank you
S= you're welcome so is the bags are packed now
K= yeah and they are all loaded up into the car
S= that's good hey kids
SM= yes mom
S= are you guys ready to go to the cabin for Christmas
LM= yes we are
K= all right let's load up into the car
SG=all right daddy ( in the car)
S= hey kids do you wanna know something
SM= sure what's up Mom
K= well we are not going to be the only ones at the cabin
S= your Grandparents aunt uncle and your cousin McKenna will be there to
LM= I can't wait to see grandma again and McKenna
SG= grandpa yay
We start heading toward the cabin we only had to make one stop to grab something at the grocery store for snacks for the road trip and stuff we needed for the cabin we also stopped and grabbed a Christmas tree at a nearby Christmas tree farm. We arrived at the cabin within three hours
K= we are here kids
SM= thank God that drive felt so long this time
LM= it wasn't too bad I was able to finish the whole chapter book that I was reading
S= that's pretty cool Lulu
SM= is anyone else here are we the first ones here
K= I think we are the first ones here son
S= well let's get inside it's pretty cold outside
SG= all right
I take Kinsley and Karter in while the rest of the kids help carry everything inside
GM= look mommy I'm helping
S= I see that Greyson where to go buddy
K= and this is the last of it
S= that's good
SG= mom can we put our things in our room already
K= actually sailor we have to figure out where everyone is sleeping before you do that
S= yeah since we only have a certain amount of bedrooms
SM= how about us three older kids sleep out here in the living room
SG= yeah that sounds like a good idea Shay
K= that would be a negative guys
S= we know your plans kids you want to sleep out here so you can see when Santa brings you your presents on Christmas morning
K= that is totally not happening
S= I think you kids including Greyson will take the larger room, aunt Katie Aunt Jackson with your baby cousin McKenna will be in the other room,
K= and me and Mom will have the twins with us either in the last bedroom or out here in the living room
LM= all right
S= so bring your stuff to the room while I cook some food for us
SM= all right mom
SG= let's go Greyson
GA= okay ( they leave )
K= The kids really try to be sneaky about where they would be sleeping
S= they are something sometimes I wonder where they get it from ( winks at Kelly)
K= ( laughs) no they don't
S= whatever so have you heard from any of your family on when they should be be arriving
K= I haven't heard anything let me check my phone ( he starts to check his phone when all of a sudden knocking comes at the door) that might be them ( opens door )
KF= merry Christmas!
K= hey guys so how was the trip
KT= not too bad especially with a Baby
S= Kelly why don't you let them in it's pretty cold outside
K= all right come in ( he does)
JS= hey Stella where are my grandchildren at
S= hey Jennifer hey Benny hey Katie hey Jackson
KT= hey Stella
K= and your grand children are getting their room together
KT= so what is the sleeping arrangement here or how do you figured it out yet
S= yes we have just a few minutes ago before you guys came
K= so the four older kids will be in one bedroom which is the larger room, Katie Jackson and maybe McKenna will be in the other bedroom
JS= what about you and Stella and the twins where are you guys going to sleep
S= well there's only one room left so we might give it to up to you and many to sleep in
K= we can sleep out here on the couch with the twins
BS= no way you guys can have the room
JS= I agree with Benny you guys have the room me and him will sleep out here I think I bought an air mattress with me if you said you guys have the twins they need a quiet went to sleep in anyways
S= all right then
Kelly's family gets their stuff inside and settles it into where they are going to sleep, then we all had dinner and then headed off to bed
Kelly's pov: My family always likes to make surprise visits which I am so grateful for last month when all of a sudden we learned that Miss Kinsley needed her second open heart surgery , my mom was able to watch the older kids with me and Stella were focusing on Kinsley on her surgery day and her recovery. My mom and the fire house decided to cook us A Thanksgiving dinner since we were in the hospital on Thanksgiving with Kinsley it was so nice of them to do this. Since the surgery Kinsley has been doing amazing. Lucky for us The Chief Keef is two weeks off for Christmas which we decided to go to the cabin for Christmas like always we ended up inviting the whole family to come up to the cabin also. The last couple days we all hung out with each other today is Christmas morning right now I am finally just enjoying the peace and quiet about 10 minutes later I feel Stella waking up beside me
K= good morning sunshine
S= good morning I must look like a zombie
K= you look like a hot zombie ( kiss her forehead)
S= whatever dork
K= Merry Christmas babe
S= Merry Christmas to you too babe
K= it's so nice and peaceful right now
S= so no one is up yet not even the twins over there
K= nope they are still sleeping
S= well that's good I can't believe it's Christmas already
K= oh yeah tell me about it this year has gone by so fast
S= yes it has also thinking about it last year at this time we were still doing the loss of our sweet little Sutton
K= yeah we were ( hears the babies and gets up grabs them) but now we have two miracles to kiss all over now
S= i'm so grateful for them and you
K= couldn't agree more ( kiss her forehead)
S= happy first Christmas Kinsley faith and Karter Nathaniel
We just hang out with the twins for a little bit while everyone is sleeping about 30 minutes later we hear the kids running into our bedroom
SM= it's Christmas
SG= Santa was here last night can we go open presents now
LM= good morning Mom, dad Karter in Kinsley
K= good morning Lulu
S= and salior we have to wait until everyone else is awake to open presents
K= and I hope you didn't wake them up especially in McKenna running in here
LM= actually everyone is already awake they are in the living room we saw them when we were running in here
S= oh really then let's go out there since they are awake
SG= yes present time ( they leave)
K= these kids are funny
( in the living room)
KT= Merry Christmas Kelly and Stella
S= Merry Christmas everyone
K= how did you all sleep
JS= not too bad
BS= what she said
S= So how early did McKenna wake you guys up Katie and Jackson
JT= not too early she's a good sleeper
KT= yeah she is a good sleeper she didn't wake us up until seven
K= well that ain't too bad
SG= daddy can we please open the presents already
S= yes you can but can you kids put your presents in a little pile so you guys don't get them mixed up when you open them
SM= yes we can ( they do
K= now you can open your presents kids
Within five minutes all the presents were unlocked and the kids started playing with the new toys they got for Christmas
JS= I say the kids are happy with their presents they got from Santa
S= I think so too
BS= so I've been thinking since we all have been here this past couple days this cabin seems like it's getting smaller
S= maybe because the kids are getting bigger
K= or we kept having them
BS= It's more of everything but I think it's time to add onto the cabin to make it more bigger for whenever you guys visit again so my Christmas present to you guises I will be remodeling the cabin for the next couple months
S= oh Benny that's so nice of you
K= dad won't it be cool to work on the cabin
BS= it doesn't matter I think it needed tomorrow along time ago
K= yes it does
BS= Besides once Katie in Jackson give me more grandkids this cabinet will need to be a lot bigger
KT= that won't be happening for a while
JT= McKenna will be our only child for a while
K= always said the same thing Jackson and look shay went from being the only child to having two sisters
S= poor shay
KT= that won't happen for sure
S= all right I guess we will see
The rest of our time at the cabin we just hung out with the family, also me and my dad started talking about what kind of changes that we could be made to the cabin so we can make it a lot bigger, we are headed back to our normal lives about a week later
Authors note I know its not realistic for them to have this amount of time off work but remember that this isn't real life its a fantasy
