23Dec2008: Day 211: Christmas Eve's Eve Party

Today brought...more shopping. I went out to buy a few more things, mainly for Makenna and myself and some groceries for our upcoming family dinner on Friday and for a party tonight. Christmas day we usually see my dad and then go to Chris's parents. Then tradition was that usually my mom and brothers would come to my house on Christmas Eve but this year we decided to do it the day after Christmas as more family could attend. I also got all the wrapping of gifts done today. Except for those that I'm still praying show up on time that we ordered from the Internet.

We have a friend that usually holds what he calls the "Christmas Eve's Eve" party. This is a great chance for all those in town of our friends and their kids to meet. This year, another friend decided to hold the party but it was just as entertaining to say the least. We got to meet the newest addition to our group of friends...Declan Perry...if you follow the blog we wrote about him back in November when he made his appearance. He, being only a few weeks old, was able to put out a very good family Christmas letter. We got to see some other friends and catch up on all their latest happenings and tell them about some of our adventures in England. We even have a couple of people saying they'll come visit us in the new year. The night ended...well...let's just say that to protect the innocent, we'll leave it to your imagination.

Makenna fell asleep at some point at the party and we finally left after 1 A.M. It's hard to believe we can still stay out that late. Luckily I remembered to bring her pj's so that we didn't have to worry about changing her into them when we got home.