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Today I am thankful that someone is actually coming to look at our house tomorrow. A few people asked what was going on with our house being on the market and the answer has been nothing. A whole lotta nothing. It has been on the market for a long time - 10 months with little activity - especially in the past 3-4 months. No one ever even comes to look at it. There are so many houses in our neighborhood that are being given away, and we are not going to give our house away because we can afford to wait out this down market. We have lowered the price several times, but we are at our rock bottom that we are willing to list it for, so if it doesn't sell soon, we will just take it off the market for a while. Having said all of this, I predicted this summer that nothing would happen with our house until I put up all of our Christmas decorations and then someone would want it - making a whole lot more work for us all during an already hectic time. So, I told Justin today that I am fully prepared for these people to make an offer on the house. We'll see. I hope they do, but I hope that they don't want to close until mid-January!! Wouldn't that be crazy if it did happen though?!?!

We took the girls to Santa today. Lucy has been talking big that she was going to not cry this year and that she had several questions for Santa. First, she wanted to make it very clear that she wants a Leapster and a football from him. Second, she wanted to know where in the world the reindeer were if he was at the mall. Third, she wanted to know what kind of cookies he wanted her to leave him. And finally, she wanted to make it clear that she thought a doll would be the best gift for Annie. Pretty impressive list of things that she came up with on her own to discuss. Justin and I both for sure thought she would end up crying and not want to talk to Santa. We were so wrong. She marched right up there, got in his lap, and very quietly talked with him. It was so cute. I knew there was no way Annie would even consider sitting on his lap and she started crying when we walked Lucy up, so I didn't put her through the torture of sitting with him. She watched from a distance. This was a big deal for Lucy to be so brave, so Justin and I are extremely proud of her. We have the best Santa at our mall ever and it is always a huge ordeal to get in to see him, so we did it early this year and I am so thankful that we did.

I have a maternity session in the morning and then one more session the next week and then I am all done. Yipppppeeee! I still have a few more orders to come in, but I really am almost done. What a great feeling that is!



Santa had to listen very closely because she was talking so quietly.