Merry Christmas!
I can’t believe that 2009 is nearing it’s end already. I feel like the last few months have gone by in a blink and I’m terrified to think about the fact that after this holiday season is said and done, I’ll be due to have a baby in just 6 weeks.
Ack.
Wish me luck as tomorrow I host my first Christmas with my family! My sister Jenny is heavily pregnant and, truth be told, we all assumed she’d have had a baby by now, so she wasn’t planning to come home for the holidays. My sister Becky didn’t think she was going to be able to make it to Ontario over Christmas, but ended up sneaking over for a few days before heading back to spend Christmas with her fiance. This is, literally, the first year we have not all been home for Christmas. Waking up in my parents’ house, having a quick snack with tea/coffee, heading downstairs to a beautifully decorated living room strewn with presents and spending the day with one another. This is the weirdest Christmas Eve I’ve ever experienced. It’s not bad … just very, very different.
This Christmas, I will, for the first time, wake up in the house that I own with my husband and daughter. We’ll enjoy a Christmas morning feast with my brother-in-law and get the turkey in the oven. My parents will be making their way to my house around noon and we’ll be opening gifts and stockings. I’m planning dinner for around 3:00 pm. This will be the first turkey I’ve made!
Wow.
Like I said, wish me luck!
Di said,
December 25, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Merry Christmas Kim and Brad and Gwen and ?? … and your family.
So it is very different as I am sitting here in a mudhut and there are really no celebrations for the day and some of us have just face painted 44 children who are loving it.
WOW that sounds like a different Christmas for you … I too am having a different one.
You can check out my journal entry (dianegreenwood.com) about the different Christmas Eve that a few of us have had here in Kenya. Yep that is right I am traveling again, without my Russell
Agreed 2009 Christmas is a little different. But here is to different!
Have a good one, and good luck with the turkey!
Laura said,
December 25, 2009 @ 11:04 pm
I’m cooking my first turkey tonight too! So I’ll wish you luck if you wish me luck!
Have a wonderful Christmas, Kim!
Catherine said,
December 26, 2009 @ 3:41 am
You can do it!
Tammy said,
December 26, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
I hope it went well!!
Merry Christmas Kim!
kim said,
December 26, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
It went fantastically - thanks, everyone!