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Happy holidays!

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.

Amusing things that need to be blogged before they risk being forgotten:

* When we were getting Avery to feel Cynthia’s belly because the baby was moving, he also put a hand on her boob.
* When Harmony was waiting for a turn on the Xbox while I was playing, she was like “Can’t you just die?”
* When asked where his sister is (during Paul’s office party), Avery says “I lost her.”
* This morning, Avery started opening Daddy’s stocking instead of his own.
* Avery has been calling us all “babe” lately.

It’s been a busy time, but all went relatively smoothly. We saw Paul’s sister & her partner on the 24th and then ended up having a really quiet evening at home after his mom cancelled because of the freezing rain. Paul’s grandfather stopped by as we were preparing an early dinner so we invited him in for the meal. Today we went to my parents, who were hosting the family gathering for my Dad’s side of the family (7 siblings = lots of cousins in the next generation!).

Lots of pics here.

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link love & freebies

Showing a little link love for OttawaMommies.com, a message board that may not be around for long unless activity picks up a little. So if you’re a mommy in Ottawa, drop by and say “hi”! I may be sending in my application for Site Admin to help out, looks like it could be a fun place to hang out.

Freebie time… I don’t do this often enough on my blog, sorry. But here you go – some Christmas gift tags. Print ‘em out and use a trimmer to separate them. Very handy and no braving the malls required to get them.

Free printable Christmas gift tags from Krismom

Oh, and I’ve also added a few more Breastmilk Medals (like for beyond 2 years, for exclusively breastfeeding and for breastfeeding until solids). You can get them here.

Have a good weekend!!!

run-by blogging

* Stuck in bed all day yesterday but got my online Christmas shopping done – was able to get free shipping for Sears, ToysRUs, & Amazon, but will have to pick up a toy at Zellers somehow.

* My white pen ran out of ink last week. This is a problem with my nice dark cardstock Christmas cards, of which I have about 10 left to send. I’d rather wait for the new white one I ordered than use up all my silver, which is also not as good a match.

* I love my new kitchen-to-be. OMG. We did something really custom/funky/original with the tiles and it will be absolutely fabulous. Picked everything out Sunday – here are pics, but I’m keeping the special added touch a surprise!

* I love my hubby. Even more than my new kitchen-to-be. Yes, really. I have a big crush on him. He doesn’t have shiny countertops or stainless steel cupboard handles, but he can cook and clean while fending off toddler and pre-teen tantrums, and still have time for new home dreams and kisses.

* Finally heard from the Senator’s office, and in order to pay me they had to send me papers that I had to sign and send back. On said papers, I’ve been officially downgraded from FT permanent employee to “contractor”. And they short-changed me 8 cents an hour for some bizarre reason. I don’t care as long as I get my $ asap.

* Jo-Ann is in town. I don’t even know where to start. I think I need one more psych degree to even begin to understand her behaviour. And to figure out what on earth she does with Avery that makes him act like a complete lunatic-with-destructive-tendencies when he comes back to us!

* Games are stupid. (to me. at this moment in time.) I finally beat W Jongg, but Hexic is driving me nuts. I don’t even enjoy it that much, I just want to win the damn thing.

* we got a Christmas card addressed to “Mr. & Mrs. Paul LastName”. Which is *my* last name, that he took on when we got married. Because we’re not a freakin’ traditional couple so why would you send us a card that’s addressed like it came from the 1950s???

OK, that’s about all I can manage today, my attention span and concentration are ridiculously off-kilter.