I am so glad we decided to go a day earlier (had originally planned going Wed and went Tues night instead) b/c I woke up Wed with the flu Morgan had had Sunday night. Thankfully it wasn't the vomiting kind (or my stomach was stronger than hers or something) but it had me down and out most of the day. We went up to Steph & Patt's after discussion and feeling better (I hope they never got it) and had a nice time. Christmas #1, check.
Thursday (I have to check the #/date...oh my) we didn't have much going on that day. Adam took his turn with the flu and I went to my mom's to bake and decorate cookies while the two of them slept. It was a really nice time and I loved it. I hate missing time with my mom...it happens too much. That night we did something...waiting until Adam gets home to ask/remind. He told me we just sat and didn't do much. If we did something with you, I'm terribly sorry it slipped our minds.
Friday - We had a LOVELY brunch with my family (Dad & Susie) at Ross & Kristen's house outside of Valders. Morgan and her cousins got these creepy Sing-a-majigs which are actually quite funny. After some serious X-Box skills were displayed, we went to church (holy moving child - we sat in the way back and Adam found a tiny chair during one of their walks that saved us the rest of the service). We then headed to Schmidts' for Christmas eve night and had another lovely time with wonderful gifts.
Saturday - We had Christmas morning with Adam's parents and brother/gf before heading to Appleton for the Seefeldt family Christmas. Another good time was had and back to Adam's parents we went for more fun, food, and festivities. Morgan's gift pile by now had accumulated to a small mountain.
Sunday - Another lazy-ish day before heading to my mom's that evening for dinner and gifts. We had a really good time and awesome "mom's lasagna." Seriously none better (although my version of hers might be winning soon).
Monday - No morning nap for our little diva. :( She was supposed to nap on our way to Chuckie Cheese but failed miserably. She was more into mommy & daddy's McDonald's breakfast (she had her own earlier before leaving, don't worry) so she ate a good portion of my sandwich and then just had too much to see to sleep. We had a great time at CC with Adam's family and Morgan thoroughly enjoyed the cars to ride in and skeeball (sp?). We headed home for a nap (which of course was only 40 minutes long that day) before going to Smith (my step-moms side) Christmas that evening. YUM - the fettuccine alfredo that we always have was again a huge hit; especially with Morgan who ate almost as much as I did - I'm not even lying. More gifts and up until 1.5 hours past her bedtime...on a single 40 min nap...holy trooper of a kid. She had a few "moments" but they were short-lived and manageable. Part of this is her age...boy oh boy she's starting to have some lovely fits.
Tuesday - Breakfast with Adam's family, Morgan's nap, quick lunch, and the road we hit. We had SUCH a great time with all of our family but it's always good to be home in one's own bed and surroundings. I think I've got a handle on where all the new toys and things are going to go...but we left 1/2 of it in WI for lack of space and will be bringing that back with us on an impromptu trip to WI Jan. 13th. Sigh. More space to find...
So that was our trip home to WI. Again, it was great to have so much time there. It makes me excited for my trip back this summer sometime for a week with Morgan while Adam travels somewhere. :)
In other news:
- Morgan took a giant header into a door jam today with her face. No more slippery jammies and running on hard wood floors past 9am. Poor baby...it was awful. I almost cried it looked like it hurt so much.
- Morgan answers "no" for almost everything but has random appropriate "dess"es in there too. She gets really proud of herself when she says yes. Silly child.
- She's growing again. She is now full-fledged 18-month clothes and pretty soon will be in 24 month ones. :( My baby...where are you going??
- She's imitating tons nowadays. Today she kept saying "up!" when going up the stairs for her slide in the basement. I responded 'yes, you're going up the steps' to which she replied "deps!" SO cute esp given my SLP background... ;-)
- Over break we've been working on using the potty...she's pretty good with her own potty chairs (little and soft insert one) but not so much with me holding her (although sometimes there too). I'm going to try to convince Mary that Morgan can bring her own potty seat since Mary usually just holds the little ones which is why, I think, that Morgan decided to be done with it (or less reliable) after Thanksgiving break. Today she's gone in the potty all but once. Sweet. We are not pushing her hard but ask her often and she rolls with it. Sometimes she goes into the bathroom and yells. In WI she'd sometimes take her potty chair insert to the bathroom door (closed for puppy repelling) and yell more. She's on her way foh sho.
- Speaking of potty things, she's back to cloth diapers. LOTS of leaks yesterday. Hmm.
- Tomorrow night we host our annual New Year's Eve bash...but this year it's kid-friendly and there is a pack-n-play set up in the guest bedroom instead of actual beds (although those are there too). Things are a'changing, folks. :)
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