Twas the afternoon before Christmas......!

This pix says it all! MIMI was sooooooo excited to see her newest great-grandchild!!!! AND, she loved hearing our other GREAT NEWS !!! YES, you guessed it!! POWELL GOT TO GO HOME LAST NIGHT! Our little elf is home with his mommy and daddy! We are thrilled and can't WAIT to see him tomorrow! B/C he is still considered "a preemie", he can't get around people at a time, and of course, no one who is sick. We are going to see them tomorrow night for dinner. Terry is well now, but another day will make sure he's able to get around our little man! ......

 Now, if you want a chuckle, read about our day so far! We had such a wonderful time with Mimi today !(Poor Patrick, he couldn't go and was very bummed, he has to work until 7:00 P.M. tonight! But, I told him just he and I would go see MIMI later on when things settle down!).  Anyway, Michael/Kadie/Lily were there when we arrived at Mimi's and then we , Terry/Natalie/Daisy/Kemp and I arrived (Brad has to be at ADVENT, of course, the biggest day of the year!) so he couldn't go and Katie and JonJon. HOWEVER, since Brad didn't get to come he did call her and he did leave the church long enough to meet us at the CHEESECAKE FACTORY for lunch after our visit with Mimi. it was ALMOST a disaster, Kemp ran into a huge planter there and busted his chin (Natalie said she was sure we were headed to the emergency room!) and he cried for awhile but recovered enough to eat a Grill Cheese Sandwich! Suddenly, Katie began to shake and put her coat on and started tearing up! SHE IS SICK! Suddenly, out of the clear blue, she gets sick! couldn't even touch her lunch! Poor Jon had to gobble his down and stop by CVS and get her some meds. She is asleep now! Poor baby!!! O.k., what else? Well, Terry missed a package he was waiting for (????) from the Fed Ex man so he's been on the phone tracking the package. It is due to the Fed Ex place at 5:30. we've got to go pick it up and then rush back and get ready for Holy Apostles Holy Communion! (I like the Episcopal Christmas Eve services better than the Methodist ones! shh! Don't tell Jim Savage!). After THAT, we're heading to Nat's to help Santa put outKemp's toys!!!! Brad won't be home till the WEE hours b/c he has to stay till the midnight Christmas Eve service is over, plus, he has to make sure everything is o.k. at the church before leaving! So, we hate leaving Nat alone the whole night! So, guess we'll hang with them awhile! At least Pat Pat will be there, he loves helping Santa! So does JON but he might be BABYSITTING a sick Katie! Poor Katie, praying she will feel better when she wakes up!........All in all, a typical  crazy Christmas Eve . What can one expect with so many in a family? There HAS to be some mishaps or we wouldn't have anything to laugh about in the coming year! HAHHAHA!.....MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope to post again before bedtime! Tomorrow our schedule looks like this:

CHRISTMAS DAY 2007:

Christmas early morning: Open gifts with Terry and Katie!

Christmas mid morning: Brunch with Kadie/Michael and Lily (and whoever else shows up!_

Christmas lunch; Still at M/K's? open gifts with them!

Christmas afternoon: Open gifts with Pat Pat (who will just have gotten up!) and have Christmas with Nat/Brad/Kemp/Daisy

Christmas dinner: Eat with Charles/Michael and get to see POWELL!

SOUNDS LIKE A BUSY DAY AHEAD TOMORROW Guess I'd better go take a nap like BIG T is doing right now! I hear him SNORING! HAHAHAHAHA