1/6/07 - Christmas 2006

Christmas was better than I expected, considering how nauseated I’ve been. We went to Grandma's house and my Aunt Gayle cooked a fantastic Christmas dinner, (dare I say it), even better than Grandma's. This was our first Christmas without my grandparents, and we missed having them there, but it was still enjoyable. Grandma used to be always stressed and barking at people during the holidays because she was a perfectionist and wanted everything to be perfect, so we were laughing about how we were doing everything differently (i.e. “wrong”) and how she would roll over in her grave if she could see us now. I stayed out of the kitchen mostly because the smells made me sick, but had a good time anyway. Aunt Gayle gave Eva a cabbage patch doll that she carried around and played with all day, shouting "baby!" and showing it to everyone.