Thursday, December 29, 2005
Week 25
We survived another week in the strange land of pregnancy.
Last week was the happiest time of year--Christmas. We headed up to Northbrook on Friday, had a wonderful tenderloin dinner and went to church on Christmas Eve, and then went back to open presents a little early. Santa paid his yearly visit to the Craig house and left some goodies for us (mostly Anika) to open on Christmas morning.
Moon's take this Christmas was largely Sammy related (he even got his first stocking-ful of gifts this year). Lots of clothes and accessories, with still much to come in the future I'm sure.
We then went to Carthage on Christmas morning. Molly was nice enough to drive our car (more info below). It was a great party this year and seemed to go a lot later than normal. I guess that we started later, though. We ate, visited, and then the ladies through Moon a baby shower. She was a little surprised. I hadn't told her that it was going to happen. This was our first introduction to baby showers and it went over quite well. Marcey was even able to join us via Webcam :)
We finished off the weekend at the Double Duce for breakfast Monday morning. It was to celebrate Matt and Becky's 25th anniversary. Time flies when you're having fun :)
Tis' the season to be jolly, but the travel wasn't anything to be jolly about. Due to a slight oversight on my part, I realized that my license had expired just before leaving town last week. This meant that Moon was going to bear the brunt of the driving on this trip.
Let me back up a bit and give you context (especially if you're not in the family). I have a big extented family. Each side has strong Christmas traditions and, thus, their own party. This year we were lucky (somewhat) that they were all bunched together. The Craig Christmas was the weekend before Christmas, my immediate family Christmas was on Christmas Eve (spilling over slightly to Christmas morning), and the Dickinson Christmas was on Christmas Day. This means that we had to drive to Chicago and back last week, then from Indianapolis to Chicago to Carthage, IL (look it up) back to Indianapolis Christmas weekend. Needless to say, a good deal of driving in a few days.
All of this driving made us realize that this is probably the last time that we are going to do any significant travel until after the baby comes. Moon's back was killing her and we had to stop quite often for bathroom breaks. Those confined spaces are just getting more and more confined for her.
Last week was the happiest time of year--Christmas. We headed up to Northbrook on Friday, had a wonderful tenderloin dinner and went to church on Christmas Eve, and then went back to open presents a little early. Santa paid his yearly visit to the Craig house and left some goodies for us (mostly Anika) to open on Christmas morning.
Moon's take this Christmas was largely Sammy related (he even got his first stocking-ful of gifts this year). Lots of clothes and accessories, with still much to come in the future I'm sure.
We then went to Carthage on Christmas morning. Molly was nice enough to drive our car (more info below). It was a great party this year and seemed to go a lot later than normal. I guess that we started later, though. We ate, visited, and then the ladies through Moon a baby shower. She was a little surprised. I hadn't told her that it was going to happen. This was our first introduction to baby showers and it went over quite well. Marcey was even able to join us via Webcam :)We finished off the weekend at the Double Duce for breakfast Monday morning. It was to celebrate Matt and Becky's 25th anniversary. Time flies when you're having fun :)
Tis' the season to be jolly, but the travel wasn't anything to be jolly about. Due to a slight oversight on my part, I realized that my license had expired just before leaving town last week. This meant that Moon was going to bear the brunt of the driving on this trip.
Let me back up a bit and give you context (especially if you're not in the family). I have a big extented family. Each side has strong Christmas traditions and, thus, their own party. This year we were lucky (somewhat) that they were all bunched together. The Craig Christmas was the weekend before Christmas, my immediate family Christmas was on Christmas Eve (spilling over slightly to Christmas morning), and the Dickinson Christmas was on Christmas Day. This means that we had to drive to Chicago and back last week, then from Indianapolis to Chicago to Carthage, IL (look it up) back to Indianapolis Christmas weekend. Needless to say, a good deal of driving in a few days.All of this driving made us realize that this is probably the last time that we are going to do any significant travel until after the baby comes. Moon's back was killing her and we had to stop quite often for bathroom breaks. Those confined spaces are just getting more and more confined for her.
