Unit 34

1 - Amanda got home early and we went out to dinner before baby class.

2 - Helped decorate the church sanctuary for Christmas.

3 - Tasty leftovers for dinner.

4 - So many good things! Helped put up the tree at work, left early to drive a charter, had our annual Christmas-preparation sleepover.

5 - Snow! (A relatively manageable, pleasant snow.)

6 - Screwed down the last trim piece for the living room floor.

7 - Practiced putting cloth diapers on a baby doll. Was glad to provide Amanda with such entertainment.

8 - Amanda came home early because of a bad weather forecast, which was double-good for me, because I got to see her and she made dinner.

9 - Presents began to accumulate under the tree!

10 - Assembled our changing table.

11 - Carpooled to Waynesboro after work for the first of the weekend's four social events: A Christmas party at Amanda's office.

12 - Baby shower (lots of laughter), another Christmas party in downtown Charlottesville courtesy of Amanda's job.

13 - Cookie decorating after church, then some much-needed time at home.

14 - Naomi and Asher rode my bus!

15 - Last baby-prep class included a tour of the hospital.

16 - Leapfrogged the trolley on my bike all the way down West Main Street to choir: I started in front of it, it passed me, and I passed it at a bus stop. This cycle happened five times.

17 - I was running late on the way to work when a JAUNT driver happened by and whisked me the final few minutes down the hill. And Amanda and I made cookies out of crackers in the evening!

18 - Cookie exchange at work; snow! (Less manageable and more of a catastrophe, but still exciting.)

19 - Snow day! 18 inches and counting. Safely at home.

20 - Snow day 2.0! Got a lot of stuff done at home, including putting up curtains in the bedroom.
21 - Walked down to work for a few hours and heard all the scary stories about buses stranded in the snow.
22 - Got to drive across town in the slush to pick up 20 bags of salt. In the beefy Durango. And I never had to switch out of 2-wheel drive. Best part: I got to talk on the radio.
23 - Last day of work before the holidays!
24 - Kidnapped Amanda's grandma and took her downtown for lunch.
25 - Got up at 2 a.m. to look in our stocking and hear from the "little ones" what was in their stockings.
26 - Learned to play Spicy Farkel and experienced Trader Joe's for the first time.
27 - Installed our new slow-close toilet seat (a Christmas gift from Amanda).
28 - Free burger for my birthday.
29 - Todd and Amy stopped by and brought Pizza Hut. They got a free cheese pizza because the guy made the pizza they ordered wrong. They also helped us assemble our crib.
30 - Bought our stroller/car seat. it was more difficult to assemble than the crib, I think.
31 - New Year's Eve with family to finish off an interesting year.