The last few days were quite busy and hectic. I spent a large portion of them sewing, shopping and wrapping. And otherwise spending time with the hubs (when he wasn't working) and the kids. Christmas Eve he took the kids sledding while I cross-stitched a present. (Still not entirely finished, unfortunately) Due to the busy-ness, the kids did not take naps. For Moose that was okay, but for Monkey not so much. We stayed up late Christmas Eve with a big family dinner, and other Christmas Eve traditions.
Christmas morning was great. The kids got up at 7. Monkey was grouchy, unfortunately, but we dealt with it best we could. We opened stockings, ate breakfast and then slowly opened presents for over an hour. The kids would open one and want to play, so we'd open them up and let them play. Then we'd open some more. It was nice. We had one hiatus while the hubs put Monkey back to bed. She didn't ultimately stay there, but it let her know we were serious about dealing with her serious grouchiness. After we were all done at home, we went to a family member's house for more present opening and lunch. We got back by 2, and Monkey had conked out in the car. But unfortunately she wouldn't nap. I had her asleep all the way in the house and laying her down. But in the last minute she woke up and wouldn't sleep. We took her out of the room since Moose was in there and we didn't want her to wake him.
After he woke up we went to another family member's house and hung out til dinner time. We got home a little late that night and the kids were in bed around 8:30. Monkey fell asleep on the hubs while he sang her songs. She slept in til about 8 this morning (yay!) and took a nap today (double yay!), so hopefully she's on the mend.
We managed to organize toys a bit today. It's amazing how much you end with. We have such generous family, we're always taken back by how much they give. The kids have tons of new things to keep them busy and happy. I'm amazing we've found homes for most of it.
This next week should be slightly less crazy since the holiday is past. We still have a decent amount of things going on, but we're hoping it feels slightly more vacation-y. It's hard to believe Christmas is over. But I'm glad it's come and gone. There's so much work that goes into it, I'm okay with it being over. But I love the feel of Christmas, and we'll try and make that last a little bit longer. At least through this next week before the hubs goes back to his normal job. (He's still working some random days in his holiday/summer/weekend job, including tomorrow.)
So I realize I haven't mentioned much about the pregnancy or our little bun. Perhaps tomorrow. I've got a sweet baby bump, which I love, and 3 more months to go (more or less. Mostly more.) I hope everyone out there was able to have a great Christmas, and remember what it's really about. I know we did. :)
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