Well now that the Christmas Crazies are over and things are starting to get back to normal, we are hit with the realization that in under 2 months we will again be transformed into mindless, sleepless zombies. Between the horrible heartburn and getting up at 5:00 am I'm starting to remember what those first couple months were like. On the plus side I only have to deal with a super Christmas Crazy 3 year old!!
Alexandria had such a wonderful Christmas. She was so excited about everything! She got to spend lots of time with each of her grandparents and was of course spoiled rotten by them and all her aunts and uncles. But according to Alex the best thing about Christmas this year was her fish Rudolf. Santa was ever so nice and brought her a deep orange Betta (Chinese fighting fish) and a purple fish pool, that's what Alex calls a fish tank. Alex loves fish and up until the summer Pat and I have always had a tank of them. But we were so busy and they are allot of work, so we shipped our 2 fish out to the farm. Martine had bought a smaller fish pond and it was Alex's favorite chore to feed the fish when she was there. So we decided that we could probably handle cleaning a 4 gallon tank, compared to a 40 gallon one its pretty easy. Plus Betta's aren't a really dirty fish, where are most of the others ones are.
So we decided to get Alex a fish for Christmas and it seemed like a good present for Santa to bring so I told her over a month ago she should ask Santa for a fish and a fish tank. It only took one little suggestion and her mind was made up. She never asked for anything else, which many of the other mom's at dance found odd lol. And when someone asked her what Santa was bringing for her she would reply, very confidently, "a fish and a fish pool!" So Christmas morning came and the fish was waiting very patiently for her. She was very happy to see him swimming in his tank and promptly named him Rudolf. I asked if we could call him Rudy for short but I was quickly informed that "his name is Rudolf Mom!!"
We had a very busy Christmas, as usual. There was lots of places to visit and lots of people to see and by boxing day I was toast. My back is getting so bad that sitting in the vehicle for longer than 20 minutes is pure torture. But we did it and its over and I'm looking forward to not going anywhere for a long time!
I had my monthly prenatal appointment on Christmas eve and I'm very happy to say that SJ (Smokin' Joe) is head down!! I also gained 4 pounds and my tummy is measuring 31cm. Two weeks behind where I should be but Dr. Keller said that's normal when babies go from breach to vertex. I've been having problems with my back for about 3 months now and since massage isn't quite doing the trick I get to go to physio! I have a million pinched nerves in my should blades, from sleeping on my side (I'm normally a back sleeper) and one of the nerves being pinched is creating a numb area on the top, left side of my stomach. The exact same thing happened with Alex in the same spot, only on the opposite side. But enough of my complaining ;)
We are almost done SJ's room! All that is left is to drywall, mud, sand and paint! Pat worked so hard 2 weekends ago and completely framed the closet and linen closet. He even got fancy and build some cubbies for inside of SJ's room. So only the finishing work is left and we are going to finish that on New Years day. No last minute partying for us, just drywall lol. I have lots of pictures of the reno (so far), Christmas, baby shower, and even some Halloween that I have "forgotten" to post. Hopefully by next weekend we will have completed baby room pics for you too see!
Have a safe and happy New Year!
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