As for Christmas morning, Zara had a blast and really did play more with the toys and presents than paper and boxes. Her big present from Santa was a play kitchen and other presents fully stocked it with wooden food and pots and pans. It continues to be a big hit. She also got several fun toys like a ride on suitcase for our next airplane ride, an elephant pillow, duplo blocks, and the Cars DVDs. She's set for awhile.
We also hosted a course for our neighborhood holiday party progressive dinner before the holidays that went great. I made a homemade tomato soup which was super tasty and my neighbor Lisa brought over a chopped salad for our soup/salad course of the italian night theme. In prep for hosting, we actually decorated the house more for the holidays including outdoor lights for the first time which turned out nice. In trying to decorate the living room for year round, we put floating shelves above the mantel with framed pictures I've taken. One shelf only made it a few hours before falling down, breaking one of the frames in the process, and I didn't get a picture in advance. A replacement is up, but I think I need some bigger prints before I call it all done.
We will have to be better at posting especially now that I am about to enter the third trimester and baby #2 is growing well. We had a checkup recently and no concerns, next visit involves the glucose test but I get to do the alternate version again with an egg/toast/water breakfast followed by a Coke for the test. Beats the heck out of the nasty sugar drink alternative.
