No pics today…too tired to upload any and not enough time to take many! I was planning on “whoring my loot” with a bunch of of other great internet folks and I had big photoshopping plans, but instead you get a list. Later. Down at the bottom of this post because I’m too lazy to schedule it for tomorrow and I don’t want to turn the computer on again this week. Once is enough over Christmas week, don’t you think?

We, as you know, have a baby due in 3 days so the whole family came here for Christmas and it was, dare I say, fabulous? We had my parents, my husband’s grandma, sister, mom and husband, dad and wife, my brother and his two girls (his wife had to work…she’s a nurse and that’s the way it goes) and our house was lively, crazy and tons of fun. The boy has never had so many Grandpa’s and Grandma’s in the same room and he milked every second of it. And speaking of “whoring loot?” Holy crap, did that kid score. He’s still got 5 or 6 gifts under the tree that aren’t opened because he just didn’t need any more. We’re spreading them out over the week. Thank God we have a nice family and nobody’s offended and/or cares if they see him open his gifts or not. He’s loving opening a gift or two every few hours this week!

On with the whoring…

My darling big guy got me
*a new 70-300 lens for my DSLR
*an Extreme III 4 GB memory card
*the newest Harry Potter movie in HD so I can watch it (for the first time, what a pathetic fan I am…) on our brand spankin’ new huge high def TV in our newly almost finished basement.

We got money from my parents, both sets of in laws and my grandma-in-law (best gift ever!) with which we bought the boy a new dresser, a double stroller for the kidlets, and three dates (gift certificates for two dinners and one movie so we don’t have to have money to go out over the next few months when a Grandma comes for a sleepover). We split the leftover money to buy things for ourselves so I got a fancy schmancy new tripod today super cheap. And, being the mom, I spent the rest on other people. The boy got a Flames jersey, five outfits for next winter and a snowsuit for next winter with hat, scarf & mittens. I also got a few things for the BG for next Christmas and a whole crapload of batteries for all of the boy’s new toys. The BG, being the man, will get stuff that’s for him.

I got a beautiful silver locket from my sister in law. How do you get pictures small enough for those things? Anyone?

I also got a book full of stain removal techniques which is totally appropriate for me because I’m a slob. I got Paderno salad servers, a Paderno frying pan, a pewter spoon rest, a sports watch…hmmmmm…tons of my favourite athletic socks and some dress socks, lots of food, a pottery bowl, a scarf, a toque, some gloves, a bracelet, bath stuff…hmmmmmmm…I’m spoiled. Lots of this stuff was in my stocking, which is our family’s favourite part of the gift opening extravaganza.

I wonder if whoring other people’s stuff is allowed?

I especially love watching other people open gifts so I’ll tell you the main gifts we bought for some other folks, since this is my blog and I can do whatever I want…

My mom: a digital photo frame onto which I pre-loaded the internal memory with all pics of her family, a grandchild calendar that I made and had bound. The digital photo frame was the “peed on item.” Incidentally, I think it may have been our cat. We’re still working on the detective work. It’s a good thing we’re not actually detectives or we’d totally get fired.

My dad: a Slanket, a digital photo keychain, a grandchild calendar that I made and had bound.

My parents together: a “Grandkids” picture frame filled with pics of their 3.95 grandchildren that made my mom cry. It was a success.

I bought the BG a new housecoat (the luxuriously soft daydreamer robe), some leather moccasin style slippers, a digital photo keychain, several tools and a bunch of stocking stuffers to help out Santa.

We got the BG’s parents/spouses, sister and grandma cool stuff too but since this is my blog and not his I’m not going to list it all. Plus, I’m tired. Same goes for my brother’s family. Plus, I’m lazy.

The boy? Holy crap. As I mentioned, he’s still not done. To give you an idea though, he got a Little Tykes easel, several outfits and clothing items, cars (remote control, noisy and plain), a small town zipbin, Creanimauc, puzzles, cool leather bookends, about a hundred books, 4 sets of blocks/puzzles/toys from Melissa & Doug, a child size cleaning set (because he loves to sweep & mop but just about takes my eye out when he uses my big stuff), a drum filled with all sorts of instruments – a tambourine, a maraca, a xylophone etc. I could go on. It’s insanity. It’s a good thing I gave lots to charity before Christmas or we wouldn’t have an inch of floor space left. And it’s a good thing I donated so many gifts to local needy families this year or I’d feel like a huge piece of crap. Even baby already got spoiled with clothes and toys and s/he’s not even here yet.

I’m due in three days and there’s no sign of anything. Unless you count the purple legs, hugely fat feet & hands and the lovely varicose vein that exploded under my knee and left a nice bruise. I’m so sexy.

I hope you all had as amazing a Christmas as we did. It had nothing to do with the gifts. It’s all about the family and we are so fortunate to have a wonderful one.

I’m about to roll off to bed because with all the food I’ve eaten and the swelling on top of it, that’s the only way I can move.

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