A Merry Christmas Eve!

Oh Girls.


I feel loopy.  haha.


Wednesday night none of the girls showed up for my cookie party!  I had 82 cookies and frosting in like 5 colors, and no girls.  No one called, and that previous monday they had ALL said they were coming.  Oh well!  So I invited my lovely sister-in-law and her three kids to come on over and make some cookies.  They had so much fun, and at least I had tons of cookies left over for relatives!

Shea and his older cousin, Cor.

Cousin Katie

Daddy and Shea decorating a cookie together

Thursday  I was supposed to have my first Midwife appointment, but she had a last minute house visit, and unfortunately, since she doesn't usually have appointments on Thursdays, I slipped her mind and she forgot to call me and I was kind of put off by that, because we were there on time and waited and you know, you don't really want someone who will be delivering your baby to be a flake!  But, there aren't many options out this way, and we are all human, and I've heard good things about her, so I finally called her back to reschedule and she was very apologetic, so I'm giving her another shot.  Hopefully Wednesday morning I'll finally be able to go in and hear baby's heartbeat!
Yesterday I worked from 12 - 10, got home about 10:30 and went to bed exhausted around 11.  Then I woke up at 5:30 and could not go back to sleep, because all I could think about was all the things I needed to get done today!  I told my manager I could be "on call" for work, so I had no idea if I was going to have the whole day to get things done or not, which meant I might only have a few hours in the morning.  Needless to say, I jumped out of bed and started baking and decorating cookies, because they had to be done and set in time to pack them in boxes for my relatives.  By 8:30, this is what my dining room table looked like:

Yes, somehow I decorated over 200 cookies during that time, and had exactly enough powdered sugar to make enough frosting.  PHEW.

So, my husband had to go to Silverdale for about an hour to do some work, so I decided to go with him and try and get a few last minute gifts/pick up some appetizers for the Ellis Christmas party tomorrow night ( didn't know we were supposed to bring anything until today!).  Let me tell you, the nicest thing about living in Kitsap county is that you can go to the mall on Christmas Eve (granted, it was early still), and feel like you are just out shopping on a normal day.  It was so calm and everything was on sale.  Love it.  I picked up something for my older brother and sister-in-law (who are SO hard to shop for), and my little brother.  Done.

We got home and had to clean, because a single guy friend of Jer's was coming over to spend the day and have dinner.  I packed up all my cookies and finished wrapping all the presents, while they watched some weird stand-up comedian on netflix.  I was glad to have a lot to do. I also finished my white elephant for Tuesday.  Imagine this picture, only for an adult and not quite as cute because I just made it up as I went along one night and didn't use any fancy stitches:

After Dinner, our house got cleaned, and we got ready for church.  After service, we came home and Shea got to open his Christmas Eve present.  He was SO excited!  Here he is (impressively) untying the bow.

And although a little blurry, below is afterward in his new pajamas.  The top is so tight, haha.  I can't wait to get better pics tomorrow!  I was so happy he liked it, and I think he understands that we're opening the rest of the presents tomorrow.  He went to bed so easily and excited and I seriously don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight, because I want to play with him and all his new toys, haha.

In other news, I got a call back about the job last night while I was at work (right after I decided they weren't going to call me and I didn't get it).  I'm going in for a second interview and a class observation on Tuesday morning!  So I guess that means they at least like me, and hopefully it will go well! 

Alright!  Now Jeremy is up visiting at his parent's house for a bit, because his brother who lives in Oregon just got here, and I have to go do some MORE baking.  Just one last thing.  I'm making this for desert on Monday  when my side of the family gets together.  Hopefully it works out, because I only have enough eggs to make it once.

Hope you ladies are having a wonderful Christmas!!