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* I added some more pictures from Matt's family to the Christmas post.

Stomach Bug and Christmas: Take Six

Yesterday the stomach bug made an appearance at our house. I woke up in the middle of the night with the worst nausea, stomach pains, and muscle aches. Of course, my first thought when I wake up with nausea is dear God, am I pregnant? I sent Matt to the gas station at 8 a.m. for a pregnancy test and my womb is indeed empty. I spent the day curled up in a ball watching TV. I watched so much TV I was getting sick of it, unusual for me. I am feeling a bit better this morning and am at least mostly functional.

Sunday evening we celebrated Christmas with our dear friends, The Tacketts. Nathan made pot pies with Indian food (Mattar Paneer) as the filling. They were fabulous.

Nathan did a happy dance when they came out of the molds and stayed together. We had a lengthy discussion at dinner on all the things we could put into pot pie form.  We ate our pot pies , drank Riunite Lambrusco, and took note of our unusual Christmas celebration.

Lily wanted to make dessert with her new Easy bake oven. She is well aware of how much the little packets of mix cost. She spoke on the phone with me earlier in the day and let me know that she would have a jar for donations if we ate her brownies.

The brownies.. well.. How could anything cooked with a light bulb taste bad?

After a dance party that would have made Fergie jealous we opened gifts and I received what could be one of my favorite gifts of all time.

I needed an apron and this one cracks me up. Jeni made this on Cafe Press, it is perfect. I can already picture me wearing this while using my new Ninja…

One of my gifts to Jeni was, well, a little inappropriate. I mean, if someone has to open their gift in the bathroom with the door shut should you really give it? I vote yes.

You can guess what it says followed by an explosion noise. Don't get me wrong, neither Jeni or I go around throwing out the F bomb on a regular basis, but there are times when it just comes out… So now if she is feeling frustrated she can go in her closet, shut the door, and literally drop the F bomb a few times and feel much better. I am such a thoughtful friend.

Christmas: Take Three, Four, and Five

 

Christmas Eve

We had a day full of things to do and not a lot of time to do it. True to my style I wait until the last minute to do everything. I bribed Emily to keep an eye on Ava this morning so I could get some cleaning done. Once all that was done Emily and I decided we wanted to make some puppy chow( the chocolaty Chex mix stuff). Of course, we didn't have any of the stuff so I asked Matt if he would run to Wal Mart on his way home from work. Evil, I know.

We decided to get wild and crazy and make some ranch Chex too.

 

Since I exhausted myself with all the Chex cooking, I had Emily make the cookies for Santa. I hope I am creating some loving memories by having her open the cookies and plop them on the tray.

Emily and Ava got to open one present this evening. Emily chose to open one that was sent by her Uncle James and Aunt Amanda. They have great taste! The clothes are adorable!

We are all watching Elf( I forgot how hilarious this movie is) and will head to bed soon. I am tired but the good kind of tired. Matt and I were talking after dinner saying how this Christmas Eve seems a bit easier than last. We are both so grateful for Emily, Ava, the time we did have with Kev, family, friends and each other.