St. Nick's night

Getting in for the first time!
Still in shock!

This is what our new car looks like (but blue, obviously!)

Yesterday, all of the Dietrichs got together to celebrate St. Nick's Night, as the official start to the Christmas season. We were told that the night would be full of surprises, so we were all excited. When we got over to Ray and Angela's, Anthony and Ray Sr. went out to get groceries for dinner and to "run an errand". I knew that the errand had to do with Christmas, so I didn't press to hard.

Nearly three hours later, I was getting quite impatient (as hungry pregnant women do), so I was relieved when I heard all the dogs barking, signalling the boys' return. I was upstairs waking Connor from a nap, so everyone went outside before me. I walked out, and everyone turned to look at me. I didn't know what was going on, then Anthony said, "Merry Christmas, Carolyn!" and pointed to the brand new car sitting right in front of me! We'd been talking since last year about getting a bigger car, and we knew it would be a either a van or a suburban, but a suburban won't fit in our garage. Anthony said that this has been in the works for quite some time, and that all the fuss he'd been putting up about not wanting to be a mini-van owner was all for show!