Time flies...

...when you're gestating. Or something like that, anyway. I'll be 12 weeks on Thursday, so only 28 weeks to go!

Its been hard to muster up the energy to write. Partly because of the pregnancy, and partly other things.
DH is still unemployed, although we've heard some good news on that front. The company is at least moving in the direction of recalling rather than expanding layoffs, so we're thankful that.

Munchkin is in full Christmas mode. Singing Jingle Bells (unrecognizable except the tune and "way..hey!" shouted enthusiatically) and rushing to get the candy out of her Advent calendar every night. This is a ritual Daddy has taken to...leading her over and showing her which door to open today. She loves Christmas trees and lights. She points them out to me as we drive. "Pretty trees!"

St. Nicholas Day was Saturday, Friday night we had Lorelei place her shoes by the back door right before be and told her St. Nicholas might put candy in them if she was good. First thing in the morning Saturday I asked her if she remembered about her shoes and she said "Tandy??" We went downstairs and she was so excited about the little chocolate Santas in her shoes! She wouldn't let go to open the present so it was pretty funny. Of course I only let her have one piece, and then (I am so bad) I recycled the rest of the candy into the Advent Calendar.

We finally got the tree finished during her nap, and then went down for dinner at my parents (we sort of called them and said "hey-what are you doing, can we come over?) and stayed over night. We spent all day Sunday making Christmas cookies. Munchkin was HILARIOUS in her little apron trying to help. She's sneaky too. She'd help me by putting the little peanut butter cookie dough balls into the sugar and then handing them back. She did great for about half a dozen and then suddenly pinched one and popped a chunk into her mouth--quick as a wink. Ditto with placing the Hershey's kisses into them--she mushed about 6 in there just great then popped one in her mouth so fast you could hardly see it. She clearly gets that from her Dad!!!!! Decorating was funny two. She did slop some icing onto a couple cookies, then just ate it off the knife.

Great weekend.