Christmas 09

Well, Christmas has come and gone. It seemed to fly by this year. On Christmas Eve, our good friends Dan and Catherine joined us for a turkey dinner. It was really nice to have friends with us, as we were both sad to not be around family. We opened our Christmas eve jammies from my mom, and then went off to bed. The next morning, we enjoyed gingerbread lattes and my attempt at making monkey bread. It was ok, but not as good as my sisters. For Christmas, I got Chris a skalelectrics set, which he was super excited about. I got a casserole dish and the Julia Childs cook book. We had so much fun opening our gifts and then got ready to go over to the Woods family for Christmas dinner. It was really nice to spend it with there family and be introduced to their traditions. We really felt welcomed, and were blessed to be there. Later that evening we stopped by Steph and Simons and said hi to all their family. The day ended with some left over Monkey bread and the movie Elf. It was a really nice Christmas, given the fact that we weren't able to see the kids this year.

We are now just waiting for Olivia to come. I will celebrate my 30th today with Chris and just wait in anticipation for contractions to start. We are going to go out to breakfast this morning, and then to the movies. Later this afternoon, we are going to go to afternoon tea at Jesmond Dene house and then the Joys are going to come over for coffee in the evening. I cant wait to open my presents, as my mom sent one from Tiffanys, and Chris has a little surprise all wrapped up for me. We did have a small birthday party last Tuesday at Fujiyamas, a Japanese restaurant. Ian and Rebecca, and Ali joined us to celebrate my big 3-0, which was followed by a massive birthday cake Chris had picked out. I would definitely say this birthday has been very special so far. The best gift is our little girl, who doesn't seem to want to come out just yet. I keep praying that the Lord would bring her on a day when its not busy at the hospital...so obviously that day hasn't come yet = ). We cant wait to see our little girl!