It's been a while! Christmas went by in a flash, as I knew it would. I pushed way too hard and got way too little sleep, but it was well worth it.
We kicked off the season with the live Nativity scene in Bethlehem. The boys were shepherds, watching their flock. Mim came and watched the play, well, Mim came and we took turns wrestling Ivey during the play. The next day, we headed to Mim and Papa's for the Eve Eve party. As always, it was fabulous. I felt bad that I was no help at all this year... between Ivey and my contracting belly I ended up just showing up in time for the festivities, which felt totally bizarre! This year, there was a very big surprise as Santa showed up and talked to all fo the kids! It was absolutely awesome. Santa had the adults just as mesmerized as the kids... all the kids but Ivey, that is. She wasn't amused! The party was great, but it was MUCH better after Ivey's bedtime, where I was able to come down from my frenzy and actually enjoy myself.
As tradition, we spent the first half of the day at Mom and Roland's and then went to church and dinner with Randy and Linda. Of course, we had our late night drive back home to wait for Santa. Three kids on Christmas morning. Good grief! It was wild at times, but luckily Ivey slept in. The boys were able to come and see their gifts and play for a couple hours before the little imp came downstairs. She loved her "car" and her magnets, but mainly loved the chaos of the morning. I just stood back and wondered just how crazy things will be next Christmas, when we have two 7 year olds, a 2 year old, and a 9 month old crawling around!! I'll need to really rest up for that one.
We had Christmas Day supper at our house, which I loved. It was great having everyone over to eat, even if I was exhausted! Three days after Christmas, my exhaustion led to a nasty cold. I'm still getting over it. Everyone else trucked on through with a stuffy nose, but my pregnant self ended up with a chest infection and needed antibiotics. I also coughed so hard for so long that I seriously injured myself, it's either my ab that is pulled or something up with my rib. Either way, I keep re-injuring myself each time I lift Ivey, which happens daily. Ouch. Not good.
We are back into the swing of things now. Asa and Addison started a science class at the Athens Botanical Gardens, learning about different ecosystems. That is where they are now. They LOVE IT. They will be going for two hours a day, one day a week for 8 weeks. I think I need to find more outlets like this! They are eating it up. In Addison's words, "I loved this class because on the first day we really learned something instead of just 'visiting'!". That's my boy!
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