Glancing at the ole blog roll, I notice posts dedicated to all things Christmas, and well, I took a gazillion pictures throughout our fun Christmas festivities that tell the story, so if you're interested, here's the run-down:
Had Christmas in Crossett with Jason's family the few days leading up to Christmas Eve (told in pictures here)
Drove home Christmas Eve and woke up in our cozy home to have Christmas morning with just our family of four, 2 dogs, and the traditional monkey bread; then headed to my parents house (who live relatively close) to celebrate the birth of Jesus with them - accompanied by more food, more presents, and of course, more fun. That story can be shared in pictures here.
Don't get me wrong - it was SO much fun, but there were a lot of things that went on and writing a blog post about it all in detail will probably be boring to you, and it wears me out just thinking about writing it.
All my decorations came down yesterday and the house returned to normal, so I'm now officially moving on from Christmas.
There. Done and done.
NOW - I wanted to mention something about BABY SLEEP.
As I've blogged about before, we moved Lincoln to a big boy bed about 3 months ago. He's had his ups and downs...the extent of the downs being that if he happens to wake up in the middle of the night, he must run into our room and jump into bed versus putting himself back to sleep.
On Christmas Eve, we decided to put him to sleep in the crib so that he wouldn't catch Santa. :)
Him and Noah had to be woken up at 9:30am the next morning.
The next night, we were exhausted and needed sleep, so we did it again.
Him and Noah both slept until 9:30am...again.
Repeat the same routine the third night, and go the same results.
Lincoln pretty much sealed his fate that night.
Also enter a random email from Baby Center about toddlers sleep that said a toddler should not be moved out of their crib until 3 years old because that is the age they can fully comprehend staying in their bed.
Further sealed Lincoln's fate.
Then this morning, they BOTH slept until 10:30!
So, I have the comfort of knowing that if need be (like, say at grandma's house over christmas where he did wonderful sleeping in a big bed!), he can do it, but for now - Lincoln's back in his crib and the house doesn't stir until 9:30am. It's been NICE.
Now the big question is whether or not all this good sleeping is attributed to being in the crib or sheer exhaustion from Christmas....?
I'll keep ya posted.
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