It's almost Christmas!

Where has the time gone? Can't believe I'm so far behind on updating the 'ol blog. Well it's getting late, so I'll make it short. My mom arrived safely on Friday. Inara couldn't wait to get out of the stroller and hug Grandma NeeNee. They've been having a great time playing. I've loved showing my mom all the new things Inara does and I know my mom's been enjoying every minute with her angel as she calls Inara. Well except maybe for Monday when we went for Inara's 15 month checkup. She's doing great. She's 22 pounds, which puts her in the 45th percentile, so she's not overweight even though she eats non-stop. The doctor said not to worry about her eating unless her height and weight suddenly get totally disproportionate. She's actually the perfect weight for her height, 45th percentile for both. Her head circumference is still in the 85th percentile. She's always gonna have a big noggin. The bad part of the visit was Inara pretty much screamed most of the time we were there. When I tried to lay her down to take her clothes off, she screamed. When the nurse weighed and measured her, she screamed. When the doctor listened to her heart, checked her eyes/ears/throat, she screamed. And when she got all her shots, she really screamed. Poor thing. My mom had to console both of us. I swear Shawn's taking Inara for her next checkup.

I've been scrambling around getting last minute Christmas stuff done and other projects I hoped to work on while mom was here. How does a week go by so darn fast? I haven't gotten half the things done I had hoped to. Guess mom's gonna have to start staying for two weeks or have both my parents here for a week. Then I'd put Pop to work and we'd get more accomplished. Ha ha. At least I got the shelf in the kitchen hung up, clothes Inara's outgrown packed away, Monster Cookies baked, and all my Christmas projects completed.

For holiday fun, tonight we drove around and looked at Christmas lights. A friend had told me about one insane house, so we went and checked that one out. Wow! Shawn sure has a lot to live up to if he's gonna try to keep up with this neighbor. They had a ski lift with stuffed bears in the chairs, a roller coaster, a ferris wheel, and Santa and his reindeer circling a pole. That's one heck of a job, but it was so beautiful to see. We saw some other nice ones, but nothing compared to this one.

Well, tomorrow Mom and I are taking Inara to see Santa and hope to get a good pic of her first Santa visit. She's been a bit out of sorts since Monday's doc visit, so cross my fingers she'll be ok tomorrow. Then we get together with the Tomlinson's for Christmas Eve snacks, do our own thing Christmas morning, and reconvene with the Tomlinson fam for Christmas dinner. I'll try to post more stories this weekend. I hope everyone has an amazing Christmas. I love you all very much and miss all my California friends and family soooo much!!! Hugs to all!!!