Anticipation

Today Willa woke up and shouted from her room, "Is it Christmas Eve?" I think she thought something magical might happen this morning, so I went in and reminded her that Christmas Eve NIGHT is really when the magic occurs.

We've filled our day today shoveling (4 inches of so of snow that arrived overnight), delivering homemade vanilla and treats to the neighbors, baking gingerbread people for Santa (he will be the only one that will want to eat them after Willa dropped the whole dough-ball on the floor), and planning our evening. We're heading to 5:00PM church, then coming home to feast on super nachos, complete with red & green chips. We'll open the last of the count-down stockings, and then we've decided we can all pick on present to open before bed.

We're doing no traveling this Christmas. I'm so thankful my parents came here two weeks ago - we had a great Christmas together. They completely surprised Willa with their visit. I wish had I gotten it on tape. We do have many projects planned for this time at home, though: priority is to get Willa's 'new room' ready. We'll get that painted during the break, and then I can do some decorating. We've also got new kitchen tile on our to-do list. I'll be so glad when both of these tasks are done.

Anticipation grows for our own new baby, too. I had an ultrasound yesterday and we got a good look at baby's chubby little cheeks and little nose. He/She looks a lot like Willa from what we could see. We're on the countdown - baby will be born on January 28 and we can't wait. Dr. Hess says "it's going to be big!" I said "then can't we just get it out sooner?" No dice.