Merry Christmas

We are finally back from Utah, and getting settled back in. The kids were very excited that they had more presents to open, and a little impatient for dad to get home from work so they could open them. Jay kept going around the tree identifying who each present was for. By the time we sat down to open them, Jay already had a pile of presents all addressed to him, ready to open. It was a great sucess. Santa brought the girls a bounce house with a ball pit and slide that barely fits into our front room, and Jay got a 20' bike. They are all thrilled, and I am happy to be finished with Christmas for another year. Now I have 10 days to get ready for Ashley's birthday, and then I am off the hook for a few weeks. I am planning to book a joint birthday party for Jay and Leslie a few weeks before the baby is due, so that Leslie doesn't feel gyped when I am in no condition to throw her a big party. I am hoping the baby doesn't decide to come before/during the party.

Leslie has decided that she doesn't like having her own room, so she has moved back in with Ashley, and that leaves us an empty bedroom. We are thinking about turning it into an office/spare room, but that will have to wait until James has the time/energy to move everything around. Jay wants to move his bed in with the girls because he doesn't like sleeping alone, but we told him he was too old to be sleeping in the same room with girls, and now he wants the baby in his room. We will see if he changes his mind in March.
I am going to try to keep up on news, but I'm not making any promises.