Sunday, December 26, 2010

Bring it on!

All the Christmas decorations are put away this evening, thanks to the help of the hubs.  We had a wonderful Christmas, had a great time with our families, but I'm glad it's over and past. One thing is still left behind though - SNOW! We actually had a white Christmas this year.  I can only remember a hand full of times we actually had snow on Christmas.

Really,  I was kind of numb through a lot of it.  I'm glad Taylor had a great Christmas though.  She was given this basketball goal, which Mike set up in our garage this evening! Yeah, I thought it was a crazy idea too, but we ended up shooting hoops for about 30 minutes out there!  It was fun, cold but fun! :)

So yeah,  Christmas is over, deco is put up, and I'm ready to move on to 2011!  I've got a lot to do to get ready for Aiden to come home.  I've cleaned upstairs and vacuumed under everything, so I can at least cross that off the list!  The carpets need to be cleaned downstairs plus the kitchen floor needs scrubbing. I'm a neat freak, so I love a clean house!  My work picks back up on January 3rd in full force, so cleaning carpets is my next task this week.  There's still lots to do around here and I still need some more things for Aiden -  gate for our stairs, another car seat, clothes, bottles, omgosh I could go on! (Really, I'm a just in case kind of person, so I'm sure I'm over thinking it,  but I still say I need them!)

Okay,  I'm getting a little nervous now.  But this is something I've been waiting on for a very very long time.  Taylor's birthday is Thursday December 30th.  She'll be 10 years old!!  OMGosh they grow up so fast!  She's entering double digits - 10!  So I'm really wanting her to have a great birthday.  Hoping to have a fun girlie day - manicures! She's never had one, so I thought that would be a real treat for her and her friends.  I'm really going to try and make this a birthday she'll never forget.

I'm so ready for 2011!  I've been ready for 2011 since October!  We were so close to being submitted for our Emigration Permit this year but did not make the cut. I'm really hoping we'll be submitted the first of January 2011!   So BRING. IT. ON!! Let's get this going again!! :)