Lump of Coal.

Santa may be bringing Liam a lump of coal after our visit with him on Saturday. To put it mildly, Liam was not a fan of Santa. He threw a fit when we put him in Santa's lap, and none of the pictures came out worth a flip. The best two were still blurry, and I wasn't willing to spend $30 on a blurry picture. I guess we have to go to plan B for Christmas cards this years. I'll get back to you once I figure out what plan B is.

On a brighter note, I did get some other things accomplished this weekend. I am pretty much done with my Christmas shopping. Once I pick up two or three small things for our neighbors and a birthday/Christmas present for a friend, I will be home free. YAHOO! I did a lot of shopping this year online (only at stores with free shipping because I'm cheap like that), and it has made my life much easier. Also, I split shopping up between me and Dow. Unlike the past couple of years where I was responsible for all gifts (and, consequently, a total crazy person), I am handling the girls and my dad. Dow is in charge of the boys. And, because I know Dow will wait until the last minute (and by last minute, I mean Christmas Eve) just like he does every year, I have imposed a gift deadline. Yes, the gift deadline is probably a little much, but I know how Dow likes to procrastinate. He will probably ignore the gift deadline, but at least I tried.

I also got my tree up (just lights and ribbon). I think we'll hang ornaments next week when my parents are here. I'm on the fence about my mantel-maybe I can talk my mom into doing it this year. To be honest, I'm a little bummed about putting the tree up before Thanksgiving. I'm a big believer in no Christmas decorating before Thanksgiving, but I just didn't know when I'd have the time to do it all this year. I would actually like to relax just a little during my Thanksgiving holiday.

Finally, we joined our church. Everyone was very welcoming, and we had a great new member luncheon with some other new members. And, Liam behaved the entire time (gasp). I am still in shock.

I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving!

Morgan