Most excellent Christmas

We had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with my family and my aunt, uncle, and cousins, and Oma were there too. Usually, us kids have a 'campout' on Christmas Eve and all sleep in my brother's room, but he had a very bad cold, so I decided it best to avoid as many germs as possible. So, we ended up sleeping at our own house and then going back at 7:30am on Christmas morning for present opening. We had to go that early since Al's fiance had to work at 9am. My parents had already bought us the crib as our Christmas present, but there were still a few cute things under the tree for baby.

We then headed to Carlos' parents' house for Christmas Day with them and his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. Baby certainly was spoiled this Christmas since I think baby received the most presents! Carlos' sister had put together a basket of a bunch of cute items for baby. We really enjoyed spending lots of time with family.

Saturday, we headed to Whitby to Babies R Us. We had a long list of items we still needed for baby and we were able to get in on some amazing boxing week sales. The playard we had picked out months ago was $50 off (reg $170 on for $120). Yay! A bunch of the other items we got were also on sale, so it was a worthwhile trip for sure! We still have a few items we need, but we are doing quite well. And some items can wait until after the baby is born.

Yesterday, we went to Carlos' uncles house for a gathering. His parents, and aunts and uncles and one cousin were all there, so it was nice to see them once more before the baby arrives.

I was lucky enough to save some of my vacation time for 2008, so I have this week off. Today, I am heading to the spa with my mom for pedicures. Then afterwards, we are meeting up with my sister-in-law-to-be, aunt, and Oma for dinner and a movie. So, it will be a girls night :)

Tomorrow, I am getting my hair cut and highlighted and then I am supposed to be getting together with a friend in the evening (still to be confirmed).

Then I have the rest of the week with no plans, which is good because I have a lot of cleaning and organizing at home I want to get done! I'm going to tackle 1 task per day between Wednesday and Saturday. The first task being wash all the baby clothes and put all the baby stuff away. That's the fun task, so I'll do that one first :)

My brother and his fiance did not get that house. Initially, their offer was accepted, but they had the home inspection this morning and I guess there are major problems with the foundation. So, they backed out of the deal and will continue their search. They are quite disappointed, but a poor foundation is a deal-breaker for sure.