Spending Christmas with my family was wonderful! Despite having to wait five days after I got done with work to fly out, and having the flu on Christmas day, it was great to be home and just be with family. It was also the first Christmas that the boys in the family out-numbered the girls!
We got there Wednesday late morning (after a VERY early morning in Wichita!) and announced to our family that we were having a baby. My dad loves his crocs and has even been known to wear them to church, so we bought a baby pair and wrapped them up. Of course there were many tears (the women in my family are all criers!) and lots of hugs. We were excited that they were excited for us. We were also relieved because we had waited more than a month and a half to tell them!
Christmas Eve consisted of the traditional Bateman/Peterson get together, complete with a few new husbands this year. We ate soup in breadbowls, and chatted and Taylor had the honor of reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Although he was nervous (who wouldn't be in a crowd that size) he did a great job!
The rest of vacation consisted of skiing (not for me!), making chocolate covered pretezels, taking two naps a day (that was me!), going to hockey and basketball games, playing board games and Apples to Apples, and just relaxing. It was very hard to come back to the real world.
It has been hard because a) I was dreading coming back to work, having to deal with some "problems", but they suprised me and Monday and Tuesday were awesome days! Today is already in a downhill slide, but we will see if we can fix that before lunch! It doesn't help that they haven't gone out for recess in a few weeks because of this ridiculous cold weather! And b) I had to take Taylor to the airport very early on Tuesday morning. He is in Utah visiting his brothers and family. He doesn't start school until the 19th, so he gets to have a little extra vacation. I must say, it has been very hard on me. Sometimes I wonder how I lived alone for all those years! I can't wait till he comes home!
Other than that I am just trying to survive the freezing cold here in KS, and not get frostbite! Oh, and I already decided that since Tay is gone, I'm going to treat myself (and my silly cravings) to a few of my favorite things this week!
2 comments:
Wow I can't believe you wanted that long to tell your parents!! I am impressed. It sounded like it was worth it. Take care of yourself while Taylor is gone, lots of treats:)
I'm so pleased to find your blog not private-- I thought it was all this time and had neglected to ask you to email me an invite...
CONGRATULATIONS first and foremost!
I was thinking a few weeks ago actually, about you, because I had the epiphany that I kind of hate 4-8 year olds. I find them mostly annoying and overly dramatic... and my thought was, "Lindsay must be a better woman than I am" as you teach that age group!
So... my hat is off to you dealing with so many of them every day!
I'll take the 2-year olds any day of the week!
Take good care of yourself!
*Appropriately, my word verif is "cooty"... ah, elementary humor.
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