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Christmas is over, and I for one am glad. I'm sure that sounds awful--we had a great time with our families, and really enjoyed ourselves, but tonight we three are alone in the house and it feels good. It was nice to put Ev to bed at a reasonable hour, to have Mike watching tv downstairs and me here on the computer just relaxing. Tomorrow is for putting the house back together, and tonight is for recovery, as I'm sure this weekend will bring more craziness for New Year's.
Evan got a great haul for Christmas as usual. He's really happy with his new toys, and I'm really happy that everything he got was either educational or an add-on to toys we already have, so that cuts down on the unnecessary clutter. Mike and I got some pretty great gifts as well--I'm excited about all the Lush I got, as well as some cute maternity stuff. Some family also donated money in our name to several worthy causes, and that's always appreciated.
The only difficult spot over the holiday was Ev's behavior. He was prone to screaming fits that wouldn't end until we would take him upstairs and lay with him. It wasn't always clear what caused the fits--sometimes they happened if he had to share a toy, or if something didn't get done exactly the way he wanted, or if someone looked at him sideways. My guess is that it was a combination of having not enough sleep and a lack of routine. Our little guy needs things a certain way, and when there's disruption I think it's tough for him to cope. Hopefully he'll be back to himself tomorrow.
In other news, we had our 16 week doctor's appointment today. Everything's fine--strong baby hearbeat, good blood pressure, and I'm still feeling well. I gained back the pound I lost last month, so I'm back where I started before I got pregnant, and that's good. Hopefully things will continue that way. Our next appointment is January 25th--we'll have our usual check and a sonogram to check that all is growing as it should. With any luck we'll find out the baby's sex that day too. Beth had me do the Drano Test last week and that said girl, but it will be nice to know (maybe) for sure.
