Yes, Ed and I made our way down to Virginia for the Christmas holidays. It only took ten hours there and twelve hours on the way back, but we made it. Of course, Ed wanted to boycott Christmas at my parents' house because my mom didn't make candy this year (usually, my mom makes the best candy during the holidays -- peanut butter cups, peppermint patties, cherry cordials -- YUMMY!), but I convinced him otherwise. Fortunately, prior to leaving for Virginia, we received cookies from Ed's mom. During the holidays, she likes to make all kinds of cookies and candy (my favorites being the toffee bars and the chocolate chip snowballs). So, Ed and I weren't completely deprived of our usually cookies/candy during the holiday season.Christmas at my parents' house is always fun. My nieces get really excited about seeing Santa Claus (yes, Santa actually pays a visit to my parents' house and hands out the gifts to each of the children). Well, I should say, most of my nieces are excited about Santa -- the three year old, Alexia, is still a little scared, but she wasn't too scared to grab her gifts and run from him. She was really funny to watch and the girls are always a joy. Of course, my sister tried to get her little six month old son involved, but he's six months old and can barely sit up on his own. At least he didn't cry at the sight of Santa.
Even though my nieces received tons of gifts from Santa and from everyone else, I think that Ed and I gave the best gift of all to my parents and to his. A few months ago we had a small ornament made. It was a stork carrying a little bundle with the year "2008" on it. My mom cried at the sight of the gift and from what we heard from Cherie, Ed's sister, Ed's mom was speechless. So, if someone reading this blog has not caught on yet -- yes, Ed and I are having a baby. If all goes well, the baby is supposed to come around July9th. It should be interesting to see how Ed and I are going to coordinate everything because he finishes school in May, has graduation in June, and the baby comes in July. So, we'll have a couple of busy months.
We didn't do much else in Virginia other than start looking at houses for our D.C. move. Ed also got to spend a morning testing out his new pistol while I took a nap.
4 comments:
Congratulations! We're so excited for you! Allen came to get me and told me that I needed to go read your blog. That's wonderful news, Kellie. Yeah!!!!!! Edwin, perhaps?
That is wonderful! Congrats! What a creative, heartwarming way to make the announcement! It'll be a busy time to have a baby, however, you'll be so busy that it'll make those last couple of months go by very quickly! You may welcome the distractions!
YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you guys!! Wonderful news.
Congratulations Kellie and Ed! We are super excited for you! That will be a hectic time, no doubt! When will you have to move then? I had wanted to send you a Christmas card but don't have your address or your email even, so I was kind of at a loss! I didn't even think of the blog! Send me an email would you, @ heather.krabbenhoft@gci.net We're only a couple weeks apart, I'm due the 23rd! Congrats again!
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