Christmas prep weekend

We had a fantastic weekend with my sister, Kristen, and her family. They arrived Friday night and stayed til Sunday afternoon. We decorated the tree, made tons of cookies, made 3 beautiful wreathes, listened to a LOT of Christmas music and watched The Grinch; Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown; Olive the other Reindeer and Rudolph. Oh yeah, it was festive. The only snag came when after detangling a ridiculous nest of lights, for which my family gets lots of credit, most of them didn't work and we had to start over with a whole new light collection. Usually I put the lights on the tree but this year, there was no chance. I'm too big to get close enough and no one was letting me up on the footstool to reach the high parts. So Kristen did a beautiful job, up to my picky standards.

Since then I have wrapped and purchased a few more Christmas presents. We finally have some under the tree, too! Most of the baby stuff is taken care of at this point, so the only thing I have been doing to prepare is some cleaning. Not any manic nesting like they speak of, but definitely getting things clean in case today is the day.

I did buy another baby item. On the recommendation of a new mom, I bought a Slumber Bear. It is motion and sound activated to play womb sounds. Could be good.

I'm working hard to stay relaxed and not get impatient. He will arrive when he arrives and in the mean time, I'm trying to enjoy the free time and the quiet. I'm fairly uncomfortable, but I manage enough. I take the dog out sometimes and play with him. I walk up and down the stairs as much as necessary - sometimes I still ask D to bring me stuff - but mostly I'm embracing the idea that being active will bring on the process.