After a wonderful two week hiatus from work, we jumped back into the swing of things full force this week. I started back to work on Monday, which means waking at 4am to put my hours in before Dan gets ready for work at 8am. Since Brayden is still not the most consistent napper, it is the only guaranteed work time that I have each day! Not the ideal situation, but it is working for us for now. I must say that Monday was a little depressing as I started back to work...plus it is just Brayden and I at home during the day now. I am definitely enjoying the one on one / quite time with the little one, but believe it or not, I also miss the commotion of Christmas and a full house.
Since my parents still live in Illinois (hopefully not for too much longer), they made the drive east to stay with Dan, Brayden, and I for 10 days over Christmas. It was so nice having them here and we loved spending the holidays and Brayden's first Christmas with them! Christmas Eve we kept to our 18-year tradition and went to the DiNuzzo's (my parents old neighbor's) house for dinner and the evening. Everyone loved seeing and meeting Brayden and he handled the late night better than Dan and I could ever have expected! Christmas Day was spent hanging out at our house, relaxing and enjoying the time as a family. My brother came over in the morning for breakfast and to open gifts with my parents, Dan, Brayden and I. Then in the afternoon, Dan's parents and brother came up to visit and open gifts with us. We had a wonderful first Christmas with Brayden and have lots of pictures and videos to look back on.
New Year's Eve was low key this year as well. My parents had left the day before and I was feeling a little down. So for New Years we had friends of ours up for dinner and drinks. Nothing fancy, just some appetizers, pizza, veggies and dip, and homemade cupcakes that they brought. Yummy!! Brayden again did better than we could have expected that evening and even slept a little later for us on New Years Day as Dan and I were both struggling. We are not used to staying up that late anymore.
So another year has now come and gone. As we have done in the years past, Dan and I sat down New Years day to reflect on the past year and make some goals and plans for the New Year. This year we have sooo many blessing to be thankful for, including our healthy baby boy who has completely changed our lives for the better!! We are also very grateful that I have had the opportunity to work from home while raising Brayden. It has been challenging to say the least, but we would not have it any other way. We hope that 2011 continues to bless our family and we are very optimistic about what this year will bring. We look forward to watching Brayden grow this year and to accomplishing the goals that we have set, which hopefully I will be able to reveal as they come true.
Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
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