Neighborhood Christmas Party

So... I hosted the neighborhood Christmas party on Saturday night. It was quite the undertaking. Nate ended up being called into work from being on home call all day, and actually ended up missing the whole party. He came home close to 10. I made a honey baked ham with rolls, homemade spinach/artichoke dip, and prosciutto/provolone pinwheels. I felt so domestic. Abbie was such a trooper. I felt like I neglected her all day because I was cooking and cleaning. She tried to "help" by sweeping, and stirring some of the ingredients in, although I'm not super sure I'd call it "helping". = ) I have more pictures of her in her cute Christmas dress, which I haven't downloaded yet, I'll post them asap. Actually the dress was given to her by Auntie Wendy Kerr when she was BORN, and I finally got to put in on her!! She looked SO sweet! Thanks Auntie Wendy! = ) All the adults took turns checking on the kids downstairs in the basement who were watching a Christmas movie, and then playing around. We were all upstairs enjoying a TON of food and drinks, me with my trusty Diet Coke in hand. The kids were very well behaved. Abbie LOVED having all the kids over, she was laughing and smiling the whole time. She even stayed up until about 9:30 with NO tears, and definitely a second wind. She did NOT want to go to bed, she was having so much fun. More pics to follow.... = ) (Click on the picture if you'd like to see it enlarged slightly.)