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christmas eve was jam-packed with festivities. in addition to a brazilian churaschuria christmas evefeast prepared by a japanese brazilian man and his half japanese/half italian daughter, we had a co-ed baby shower with 30 of my relatives!

quite a hodgepodge of a night.

my cousin esther organized fun baby games and requested that each guest bring their favorite children's book for nugget. each person wrote a little note for nugget in the book they brought. and now her library is ready for action! nugget also got alot of clothes, blankets, and a diaper bag from momma lam. note: everyone seemed to thing nugget was going to be a boy because of the way i was "carrying". but have no fear, my most recent january '09 sonogram confirmed that she is still indeed a girl!

as to make sure matt didn't feel left out, he got a gift too. here's his gift from the spa at willow bend: