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Weekly Randoms 12.26.16
mothernorth
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Sorry I'm late! It's been hectic 'round these here parts!
Re: Weekly Randoms 12.26.16
My in laws live 1.5 hours drive away, and my parents are about 15 mins. Unfortunately both families are set on getting together ON Christmas, so if we didn't go to both we would have missed out on seeing most people. We started the day opening gifts here at our place just the 3 of us- me, DH and LO. That was really nice except for being tired.... We were up by 7 and I think I slept 4 collective hours all night (6 wk growth spurt). Then we went to my parents 11-3 as planned, and my mom literally had NO FOOD to offer us or my sisters. I do think think it's weird to expect there would at least be some kind of edible anything? Even a cookie plate? I did ask if there was anything we could eat and she said "oh, we dont really have anything! I didn't think you'd be hungry!" ... umm ok? Just weird.
We drove out to the in laws, were there 430-830 as planned, and they had ham, roasted potatoes and a casserole which we'd brought, but there wasn't enough food for everyone, which was awkward. DH and I were STARVING when we got there and had about a half plate of food each. Of course LO was crying to be fed as soon as we sat down, even though he had just eaten... so on top of being exhausted i was starving the whole day and evening . we ended up getting McDonald's drive thru on the way home before collapsing from sheer exhaustion. I don't think I have ever felt SO tired in my entire life as I did Sunday night!
I knkw its all kind of first world problems or whatever, butI'm just so sad about it. we worked so hard to make sure our day was split up evenly and we drove all around the effing city to make sure everyone got time with DS, that we both ended up exhausted, kinda stressed, absolutely starving and of course I was paranoid about DS being passed around to 16 different people. Rant over.
How was everyone else's Christmas?
She and her husband have a large home, so she was able to invite a lot of family that I'm not usually able to squeeze into my little place, so it was great to see everyone!
We've been saving up every spare penny we could to make sure the kids got everything they asked for, and we were able to make that happen so that made us feel pretty awesome. The only thing I would change is having Addy and Mikey there too so they could have spent their baby brother's first Christmas with him. Not like he's going to remember or even care in the long run really though, right? It was really nice regardless, and we all enjoyed ourselves for once, it's the first year I haven't hosted in three years so I had forgotten holidays are actually fun when the stress isn't on YOUR shoulders haha
Jimmy with his favorite gift, a ball pit!
And Johnny with his cousin Zoe, they are only three days apart ♡ I love how close they are!
This is my sweet Austin with Santa... my heart melts!!!!
Little Austin looks so precious ♡
How frequently is your LO eating? The general rule is 24 ounces in 24 hours.
Me: 32 & DH: 37
BFP #2: 2/8/16 - EDD 10/20/16
IT'S A BOY!!!!
DS Born 10/16/16
I DO know that I'm better now at week 8 than I was the first 2 weeks we had him home. Something that's helped is that when i start to feel scared from not having heard him stir for a while, I tell myself to just be patient and wait, he will stir again in a minute. It helps me calm down and stay in bed until I inevitably hear him move or breathe again. I know it's easier said than done!