So, as most of you now know, I’M GETTING ANOTHER NIECE! Of course this is good news, except for Ellie. Now she won’t get to refer to “my cousin Vinny”. But what can ya do?

Can you believe it’s a week til Christmas? No, me neither, when the temperature is in the *&#@ 80s. Ah well. Who cares what the weather’s like, because Ellie will be here in six days!

Had quite the family-oriented weekend. Friday, I had dinner with cousin Monica and her son Max. Max is so cute. He calls me “Aunt Pam” and climbed on my lap and asked me if I was happy (yes, how could I not be, with you being so sweet?) and we had lots of fun playing with his toys after dinner.

On Saturday, I went to Baton Rouge and Mom and I had dinner with some of her siblings. It was Mom’s birthday-eve. I probably shouldn’t mention numbers, in case Mom is reading. Let’s face it, Christmas is coming and it’s not too late to return my presents.

On Sunday, Mom’s actual birthday, we went to brunch (mmmm, eggs sardou) and then did some Christmas shopping. Well, she did anyway. It’s really hard to think of presents for my brother and brother-in-law. On the other hand, my brother owes me $50, so maybe I don’t have to find anything for him after all. Hmmph.

We also got Mom a Christmas tree and set up a web cam. We got to see Ellie on it, so the stress of dealing with a Windows computer was worth it, in the end.

And then I babysat Max last night. We had lots of fun watching Cars. Max was understandably upset when Mommy left, but he calmed down before too long and we were able to enjoy the antics of Lightning McQueen and Mater (my favorite.) Unfortunately, a massive cockroach decided HE wanted to have fun too, so we fled the room and played with Max’s toys for a while instead. And then Monica came home and killed the roach and all was well.

Hurrah!