Today was a productive day of preparing for Christmas, thanks to Amazon and their Free Super Saver Shipping! I focused on getting the rest of the gifts for the cousins. Unfortunately with our dialup, it still takes hours, but I'd rather spend the hours here at home, rather than driving through snow and fighting crowds trying to find just the right thing. I still have one more gift to get for Rachel, and 1 more cousin, I think. I also ordered Mom & Dad's gift and a couple of stocking stuffers for Mick. My goal is to get the Christmas shopping completely done by Saturday, then next week, we can hopefully just focus on baking and wrapping gifts.

Next Thursday, we are planning on going to the Orrs for a Christmas tea. Mom wanted to have one while the Ramseys are here, and they'll only be here from Wednesday through Sunday. I'm sure it will be a whirlwind couple of days, as always, but we're looking forward to it! The snow has been pretty amazing this year. I can't remember a December this snowy in recent years. We are hoping to go sledding on the famous Maze Road hill on Saturday. I'm not sure how many pictures I'll be able to get this time, since I have little Trent. We may just spend most of our time in the warm van. :-)

It's strange to have this much time to update the blog. Last night, Trent was awake off and on (mostly on) for most of the evening; most of the day, really. He just couldn't get settled in until very late. Tonight, I put him in the bath with Grant around 9:00. After that, Rachel put him in some snuggly pajamas, and he just quietly drifted off to sleep! Amazing! He's been asleep ever since (it's 11 pm now) and is laying on Mick right now. Too cute. I told Mick if it's because of the bath, I'm going to be giving him a bath every night, rather than the usual once a week. ;-) I'll close with Trent in those snuggly PJs ...