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December 21, 1999

Well -- we're down to the wire.... Looks like this baby isn't going to come without an official eviction notice. We'll be reporting to the hospital at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow for induction !

Mike took the week off work and seems to be going through his own "nesting" this time. He's out in the workshop cleaning -- vacuuming up a storm. Both boys have their bags packed. Mike's dad should be here a little later to take Nicholas to his house for the next few days. Last Friday was his holiday party at school. Last night he spent a couple hours tinkering at the computer. We found a HotWheels game online that he really likes. Then of course he had to play his Elmo games. "Tickle Me Elmo" has also been subjected to wearing a diaper and sleeping in the bassinet or car seat the past couple days.

Sunday afternoon, Mike's dad picked Matthew up and took him to visit with his Great Grandmother. Nick occasionally goes there for the day when he doesn't have preschool, but Matt hadn't been there for a long visit alone since school started. They usually enjoy doing projects together when he visits. Matthew took an old pillow which we'd always kept in my SUV for when the boys fell asleep. Time and sun had dry rotted it. Well, when he came home he had a "new" pillow they'd stitched using only the stuffing from the original -- complete with its own custom pillow case. Great Grandma still uses an old treadle-style Singer, so I imagine the whole thing was a quite memorable production. She turned 85 last Spring and our baby will be her 15th great-grandchild. Matt has also been chattering about how he got to explore the basement of her house and look at some old memorabilia that was her husband's (his namesake).

Matthew is excited about the baby but also his 10 days off school. My mom will be covering for me at the school party tomorrow. I also usually do all the videoptaping for the PTO archives of all the school event so she'll hopefully handle that as well. Matt is also looking forward to that pinewood derby project with Mike as well as an upcoming trip to the ski resort nearby for an innertubing outing with the Scouts.(Actually, I'm sorry to miss that but it will be too soon to attempt something so vigorous after the baby for me!)

They're predicting a White Christmas here with temperatures not rising above 31 degrees Fahrenheit for the next week. Looks like we'll be cuddling in here at home and enjoying some quiet time. The boys are both hoping for some good snowball fights with dad and some sledding!

Happy Holidays!

Suzi

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