Our Christmases in Michigan were enjoyable. Elise had a great time opening her presents (and everyone else's). Julia loved playing with the wrapping paper and packaging, and benefited from a lot of fun toys. We had a great time seeing our families and Elise had a blast playing with her cousin Libby, as well as her extended cousins from Uncle Jon's family. Julia mostly went along with whatever the rest of us were doing, but she too seemed to like 'playing' with her cousins Kendra and Reagan.
When we returned to Illinois late on the 26th, we decided that it was time to reclaim our bedroom closet and move Julia up to Elise's room (closet). I was a bit concerned that they would wake each other up, especially when we let Julia cry herself back to sleep, but so far we've been pleasantly surprised. The first night she cried for about an hour at 3a, but Elise slept right through it. After almost 8 months of interrupted sleep, Julia finally, yes finally, slept through the night (7p to 8a) on Sunday!! 2008 is looking better already!
We had hoped to take Elise bumper bowling on New Year's Eve, something our church sets up with a local bowling alley. Sunday night she came down with an eye infection (red, blood-shot eyes and goop). I thought maybe it wasn't such a good idea to share this with other kids, so we stayed home. Elise and Julia were both in bed by 8, fast asleep. Paul and I enjoyed the evening together, celebrating the east coast New Year at Times Square. We then watched the Chicago broadcast....did anyone else watch? Talk about a sad, sad celebration. You'd think for a big city they could do a little better. Anyway, Happy 2008!
We started to take down the Christmas decorations yesterday. Sadly, the house looks so bare now. Back to the boring white walls. And while the Christmas celebrations are over, it's nice to have a little time to kick back and not go anywhere.
Next on the agenda is preschool. Stay tuned....
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