Happy Holidays!

Look who I caught under the sheets together! :) Better not find them like this later. hahah!

Being a momma made me sensitive!

Before I had Jacen, I barely cried. Especially at a movie!

Tonight, both my boys went to bed early so I had me a little 'alone time'! Whoohoo! I decided to watch a movie (and eat chips). It's been a while since I've watched a movie all by myself without any interruptions.

I watched The Help, starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis. This isn't necessarily a sad movie. But for some reason, I found myself teary-eyed or crying during parts of the movie, which I'm sure I wouldn't have cried at regularly!

Once the movie ended (and I got myself together), I realized what it was! I now cry at all the parts involving mothers or babies or children. Geez! What the?!?!?

All in all, this was a wonderful movie. I really liked it despite all the tears. I even want to read the book! Anyone have a copy I can borrow?? :)

Meeting Tessa!

My brother and I headed to Markville mall today for some Christmas shopping and bumped into my good old friend Freddie! He was there to meet his wife Yolanda and baby Tessa, who I had yet to meet! Freddie and family also got to meet Jacen, which was great! The last time I saw Freddie and Yolanda, we were both preggo so it was nice to exchange stories with one another.

Tessa is only two months younger than Jacen and she was the same size as him! What a cutie! It was nice meeting you baby girl. Hopefully we'll have more play dates together in the new year.

Meeting up with the GCM crew!

Tonight I met up with the GCM crew: Di, Ev, Ken and Huddy for dinner and drinks at Joey. The girls all shared a bunch of appetizers for dinner, which were sooooo yummy!! We caught up with one another and had laughs all around. It's hard to believe I've known this group for 17 years (except you Di - almost 30 years with you girl-geez)! With all the merriment (Hud's drink from a dude and Di's bathroom incident), I forgot to take a group photo! It was just like ol' times... except at a nicer location and atmosphere. No more cafeteria food for this crew (not tonight anyway). Thanks for a fun night GCMers!

Meeting Miss Samara!

We finally got to meet little Miss Samara today! Di had us all over for a bake day (a tradition of baking holiday cookies) which we haven't done in a long time, and we all brought our kids! It was definitely harder to bake with all the kids there - Di actually did all the baking while the rest of us played with the kids and munched on cookies... my kind of baking! :)

Miss Samara is a sweetheart! She didn't cry once (I wanted to hear the cry of a tiny baby), but no such luck. She's so precious and we're so happy to have you here with us! Thanks for a fun day ladies!

Holiday partay!

Tonight was Ron's Holiday party, and with my sister Sarah babysitting .... we were off to a night out of good food and fun! This year, the company had a Casino theme which was different from the past years we'd gone. It was great!

After dinner we received play money and while Ron headed off to the Poker table, I played the slot machines and the Blackjack table! We played for tickets for a raffle prize draw throughout the night (prizes included a TV, iPods, e-readers and an iPad- we didn't win though) and when I finished all my $$, I headed off to the Crepe station, the Cookie bar, and the Chocolate fountain for some yummy treats!

It was a fun night, but I may have overdone it on the drinking. They also had a photo booth, so we took some photos (shown below). The woman on the right is my favourite wife of one of Ron's coworkers that I hang out with every year (Saads: doesn't she look a bit like Camilla?). Happy Holidays!