The Friday before Xmas, Gabriel and I both had to make a trip in to the doctor's office. Turns out Gabriel had a sinus infection and I had an ear infection. We're both on antibiotics. His seems to be clearing up very well. Mine... not so much.

The day before Xmas (Saturday) we headed to the Fresh Market to pick up the dinner we would be cooking on Xmas day. This included a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, rolls, cranberry relish, carrots, and green beans. Also, a pumpkin pie. After the fact that they lost our order last Thanksgiving, we knew for certain that this one would be ready. In fact, when Rob turned the order in he turned it in to one of the managers who said he was going to enter it into his system right then. So, it should have been easy, right? Wrong. Guess what? They lost our order again. The second time in a row. While we did end up coming out of there with what we ordered, it took forever because they had to put it together and no one other than the store manager seemed to have the brains to understand what it was we ordered.

My mom was already at our place by the time we got back with the food. We all got dressed and ready and headed out to Fleming's for Xmas eve dinner. The food and wine were amazing, as usual. I love that place and wish I could eat there more than once a year, but damn, it's expensive.

The rest of Xmas eve Gabriel spent doing nothing but insisting he open every single one of the presents right then and there. So yeah, the rest of that night was crazy.

Xmas went well. Everyone seemed to like what they received. Gabriel's favorite present was his Fijit Friend that Santa sent him. He also got Squishables, books, toys, etc. I'm shocked that one of the things Gabriel wanted were books - The Scardey Squirrel series, the Fly Guy series, and some Mameshiba books. I'm also super impressed that my five year old wanted books!

We cooked our dinner and it turned out very well. Spent the rest of the day watching a Face Off marathon on ScyFy (it's a show my mom likes - a reality show competition with make up artists) and then watched part of the Merlin marathon while we played some Littlest Pet Shop go fish. Never take my mom's piggies.

Mom headed out on Monday and today Rob is back to work. I have Gabriel this week since he's on winter break.