The TyandNat Christensen's have really enjoyed the Christmas holiday break. I took all of last week off as well as New Year's day. It has been really nice being able to spend so much time as a family. We haven't done a lot of really exciting stuff but it's been nice to be together.
For New Year's Eve we went to the Lee's and played games. It was so fun that we through out the rulebook and let Eli stay up with us til nearly midnight. We thought that would totally wipe him out and he'd be intolerable for the next few days, but we were wrong. Yesterday (New Year's) Eli was in great spirits, although he did refuse to take a nap. We were really nervous about that... but as he was watching The Polar Express last night he fell asleep on the couch. While I changed him and got his pajamas on he didn't even stir he was so tired. We put him to bed at 7:00 (about two hours earlier than he has been retiring lately) and he slept for nearly 14 hours and woke up at 8:45 this morning. It was so wonderful, or it would have been...
If we only had one child. :) Sharon didn't do too well adjusting to the strange sleeping schedule, even though it didn't really affect her--she slept well at the Lees. Anyhow, yesterday she took a nap from 3-4 and then didn't fall asleep again until 3:00 this morning. Last night was possibly the longest night of my life. I normally wouldn't mind too much staying up so late--if I was doing something that I enjoyed, but rocking a baby for 4-5 hours just isn't my idea of fun. Starting at midnight I took her for 90 minutes while Natalie napped and then she did the same for me. Sharon finally did settle in and has slept well today to make up for not sleeping last night. We'll getting this sleeping thing figured out eventually.
In other news... let me tell you a little about our break. Christmas morning was a ton of fun. Eli "gets" presents now and had a ball unwrapping all of his, as well as all of ours (he was a little disappointed that our presents weren't cooler than they were). He has really loved his new "bus" bed (it's actually a car), and goes to it at all times of the day to take "a nap." That usually means he'll lie in it and pull the covers up over him and just take it easy for a while. He does this on his own but prefers one of us to be there to simply hang with him while he rests. It's kind of ironic that he spends so much time in the bed because he's actually taking significantly fewer real naps.
As mentioned earlier Sharon has had a very difficult time sleeping these last few weeks. If she keeps it up she will have to be content to not have any more siblings. Natalie and I both have been pushed to our limits with her. To keep from being thrown out she has started smiling, quite a bit actually. She will smile at you all day (and night) if you are giving her all your attention. She has a beautiful smile (just like Nat's but with a really cool side smile thing) and Eli continues to dote on her.
We've now taken down decorations and done some deep cleaning so things are pretty much back to normal. We didn't have a great turn out for New Year's basketball (too many friends are out of town) but did get some exercise and are happy to announce than neither Natalie or I gained too much holiday weight (maybe a pound or two).
We're starting a new "Biggest Loser" contest. After Eli she lost more than me so I'm determined to win this time. We have 25 weeks to lose 10% of our body weight--that's 15 lbs. for Nat and 20 lbs for me. We have become much more active these last couple years and are pleased that our lifestyle is improving. Just a little more and we should be in good shape.
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