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It's going to be a very busy week for us. Today is our usual bi-weekly grocery shopping day, tomorrow we have an appt for all five of us at 9am and then we have to go to RC Willeys to get a couple of Christmas gifts. Then on Thursday we have to finish up all our Christmas shopping but at 10am Kieran has a doctor's appt with Dr. K and then at 4:40 and 4:45pm Kieran and I have appointments with Dr. E to get our meds refilled. Friday we planned on taking the kids to see the lights at Ogden's Christmas Village and Saturday is thus far, free from anything. Sunday is Grandmother O's Christmas get together for her grandchildren and their families and Monday, also known as Christmas Eve, we are going over to mom's to have dinner and open our Christmas PJ's. Then Tuesday is thee Big Day...Christmas!!! I'm still so very excited...Only 7 days left...Yah...
The kids have been their usual selves. Kieran is still having issues with his dad. He had another fall apart last night while I was at the store getting some prescriptions. He tried to call me but my phone was still on silent from the day before when we went to the Christmas Cantata. I felt bad but my mom said she just sat and held him for a little while and then he called his Gram. Once he was off the phone with his Gram he had a different demeanor and seamed okay.
Steff is still up to no good. She got up at some point in the middle of the night and raised hell both upstairs and downstairs. Upstairs she spilled coffee all over the kitchen floor. But, downstairs is where she really had a good time. She took a whole bunch of ornaments off my mom's trees and poured baby powder all over the toilet seat and floor. I don't know when she did all this because when I went to bed she was sound asleep. I even slept on the couch and still didn't hear her. I must have been tired. Another thing Steff has been up to is that she always takes her clothes off...she just goes into her room and strips. She must prefer being in just her diaper and even then, she takes that off too...
Sadie is doing well, she's very close to standing. She can do it for a second but she simply won't do it until she wants to. We have tried and tried to "practice" with her but no luck. She is also getting more brave when she cruises the furniture...she will let go and walk a couple of steps unassisted. She is so close but she's the type of baby that just will not do something until she is absolutely ready to.
Ryan is getting more and more excited about his vacation time off of work. He was saying he thinks this week is going to go by slow because he wants to have that time off so bad. I told him that I bet it goes by fast because they will be busy trying to get things done before they close the shop for a week. He will have 4 days off and then he's going to go in for 2 and then he will have another 4 off.
I'm excited for Ryan to be off. Not only is he my bestfriend he's a big help with the kids. He's so hands on and it's cute to watch him play with them.
I'm really getting excited for Christmas now but the funniest part is that I'm excited most of all about the stocking stuffers. I love what Santa brings us. He's always got a boat load of cool little things. I know he must go to the dollar store for those little things.
Well, it's a busy day and I must get the girls ready to walk out the door. I'll be back later, I'm sure.