Monday, December 24, 2012

7a.m.

The nurse said Aubrey had an excellent night.  She stayed on room air and didn't have an episode, and she was more like her normal awake and wiggly self.  She's still at 3lb 9oz, but she lost 10 grams...the nurse said after the 2 diaper blowouts Aubrey had, she thought Aubrey would've lost half her body weight. ;) 

Today and tomorrow aren't going to be exactly fun for me.  I know, another pity party, table for one.  I just usually love Christmas, and I'm having a tough time with it this year.  We've gotten to do none of the usual fun things we do each year.  The house isn't decorated and we didn't get to help my parents decorate their house. We didn't get to go to church Christmas dinner, or go see the lights at the gardens where we got engaged; we didn't get to drive around and look at tacky light displays on people's houses, or go on the hayride through Jesus's life like we usually do.  The 7th anniversary of our first date is today--we usually go to breakfast at the same place we went that first day to celebrate.  Well, Adam's still not feeling well and needs to sleep since he has to work tonight, so we didn't go.  Then he'll have to sleep all day tomorrow and work again Christmas night.  Bah humbug.

I'm trying to work out seeing my family around going to the hospital to spend some time with Aubrey on her first Christmas.  I of course had totally different expectations about what her first Christmas would be like; it was supposed to be 2013 and she was supposed to be almost 11 months old.  I guess since she doesn't know about Christmas yet, I shouldn't be worried about her spending it in a plastic container, but it still bothers me.  We'll be doing Christmas up right next year.

-Keli

footprint card the nurses and Aubrey made for us

5p.m.




I got to snuggle with my sweet pea for a good long time today.  I don't know about Aubrey, but Aubrey's mama sure needed it.  That put me in a better mood than just about anything else could have.  We also had a string of visitors while we were kangarooing--my parents, Adam's dad, my brother, my good friend who's in town for Christmas from St. Louis and her mom.  It's funny--people that don't see her often have the same reaction that we do every time we see her: she's mesmerizing!  They just want to sit and stare at her, even if she's just sleeping (which she did the whole time she was on me).  Then the nurse helped me get her into her "first Christmas" stocking and hat to get some pictures.  She had a great day over all. :)

sweet little elf in her stocking and hat