2008 went by so fast. i guess i've been in some sort of baby mama fog for most of the year because dang if i remember much of it. thank goodness for this blog... i can go back and read what i've written through this year as a refresher, though i'm not sure how i was ever lucid enough to write half of it.
this christmas felt a little off to me. not sure why? maybe i'm just tired because ozzy is still waking frequently to feed and my milk supply has been decreasing...could be because he's waking to feed but only snacking, and hence lowering my supply because he's not emptying the breasts. he's also not a very considerate co-sleeper. mimi used to be able to sleep in the middle of my bed and give me my space, but no matter how many times i keep scooting ozzy away, he scoots right back to me forcing me to edge away bit by bit until i'm literally sleeping on the edge of the bed with my butt hanging off the mattress and finger tips desperately gripping the bedsheets, every muscle fiber working to keep from falling off that tenuous edge. not conducive to the best sleep...i dont recommend it.
or maybe it was because my sister woo didnt make it out to join the family for christmas b/c her husband calls from indy shortly after she arrives in virginia, saying he had to admit himself to ER for severe abdominal pains and so she gets back in the car and drives back to indy before christmas day.
or maybe it was just the general lack of gifts. other than the usual fruit for the aunts/uncles, there were really not a whole lot of gift exchanging...not even 'dirty santa' this year. even mimi didnt get her usual deluge of gifts. she did get the air hockey table she wanted, though.
whatever the reason, it was a rather uneventful holiday. dont get me wrong, i loved being with my family for the holidays. it just sort of seem lackluster. it was still good fun though. this year we got to see cousins jean and charlie and their sig o's. and we were glad that cousin Do was not harmed when his hotel room got robbed while in panema. and were pleasantly surprised to see my 95 year old granny sitting up and quite alert when she had been bedridden and ailing for so long.
so not a bad holiday, but not a stand out one either. our new year's eve was also unremarkable. rob and i spent the evening watching t.v. i do have to admit that quiet time without the kids was nice, though. then mimi woke up just before midnight, on her own, saying she didnt wish to sleep by herself and didnt she tell us NOT to turn off the hallway light, so who turned it off then? rob appologized saying he'd forgotten. and since she was up anyway, and it was just 5 more minutes before the ball drop, i called her downstairs to come cuddle on the couch w/us and see the ball drop. we did the count down from 10 together and the ball came down, but mimi was literally looking to see a ball DROP and kept saying she didnt see it! she couldnt see a ball dropping anywhere! i think it was all very anticlimatic for her. all that to do with the count down and there was nothing especially spectacular that followed. after hugging and kissing, we wearily trudged upstairs to bed and wouldn't you know, ozzy woke up crying, so i had to hurry over and feed him. hello 2009.
this christmas felt a little off to me. not sure why? maybe i'm just tired because ozzy is still waking frequently to feed and my milk supply has been decreasing...could be because he's waking to feed but only snacking, and hence lowering my supply because he's not emptying the breasts. he's also not a very considerate co-sleeper. mimi used to be able to sleep in the middle of my bed and give me my space, but no matter how many times i keep scooting ozzy away, he scoots right back to me forcing me to edge away bit by bit until i'm literally sleeping on the edge of the bed with my butt hanging off the mattress and finger tips desperately gripping the bedsheets, every muscle fiber working to keep from falling off that tenuous edge. not conducive to the best sleep...i dont recommend it.
or maybe it was because my sister woo didnt make it out to join the family for christmas b/c her husband calls from indy shortly after she arrives in virginia, saying he had to admit himself to ER for severe abdominal pains and so she gets back in the car and drives back to indy before christmas day.
or maybe it was just the general lack of gifts. other than the usual fruit for the aunts/uncles, there were really not a whole lot of gift exchanging...not even 'dirty santa' this year. even mimi didnt get her usual deluge of gifts. she did get the air hockey table she wanted, though.
whatever the reason, it was a rather uneventful holiday. dont get me wrong, i loved being with my family for the holidays. it just sort of seem lackluster. it was still good fun though. this year we got to see cousins jean and charlie and their sig o's. and we were glad that cousin Do was not harmed when his hotel room got robbed while in panema. and were pleasantly surprised to see my 95 year old granny sitting up and quite alert when she had been bedridden and ailing for so long.
so not a bad holiday, but not a stand out one either. our new year's eve was also unremarkable. rob and i spent the evening watching t.v. i do have to admit that quiet time without the kids was nice, though. then mimi woke up just before midnight, on her own, saying she didnt wish to sleep by herself and didnt she tell us NOT to turn off the hallway light, so who turned it off then? rob appologized saying he'd forgotten. and since she was up anyway, and it was just 5 more minutes before the ball drop, i called her downstairs to come cuddle on the couch w/us and see the ball drop. we did the count down from 10 together and the ball came down, but mimi was literally looking to see a ball DROP and kept saying she didnt see it! she couldnt see a ball dropping anywhere! i think it was all very anticlimatic for her. all that to do with the count down and there was nothing especially spectacular that followed. after hugging and kissing, we wearily trudged upstairs to bed and wouldn't you know, ozzy woke up crying, so i had to hurry over and feed him. hello 2009.
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