We are ready…bring on the family and festivities! Well, we’ll be more ready tomorrow as the first wave arrives. Maeve and I stayed in today nursing our colds. I consider ourselves really fortunate that Maeve is going to be 27 months old this week and this is her first major cold – and by that I mean just a heavy cough with congestion and a slight fever. She is basically herself though with just a little less energy this morning (no complaints here about the sleeping in or the extra snuggling). After nap I asked her if she felt sick and she said “No, feel happy,” so I think she’s on the mend!
We had a busy and fun weekend last weekend, with a friend’s birthday party at Pump-it-Up (a big indoor play place filled with inflatables like bouncy houses and slides), then Mommy had some much-needed girl time with April, and Karen, Mike and Sierra joined us for a visit on Sunday! In between all that, Mommy also go to enjoy tea at the Drake for her friend Georgia’s birthday – it was so festive and she even made a new friend.
We’ve been doing lots of reading with Maeve and enjoyed going to story time at the library on Monday. We checked out Clifford and Thomas the Train books after reading some Christmas stories and singing carols. Maeve is pointing out the letters in her books and lining up the magnets on the fridge, saying “that spells” something. Usually she says something random – “W-N-P-Q-D, that spells Mommy,” but she has correctly identified her name, dog and cat. She really surprised Daddy with “P-A-N-D-A, that spells Panda” the other night when they were reading her Panda the Train Engineer book! Her new interest in the show Super Why shows lots of letters and spells out words, so I think that is helping too.
We got lots more snow yesterday and there is more coming – hopefully we’ll be feeling better to go out and play in it this weekend. We are wishing safe and happy holiday travels to all, and can’t wait to see many of you in the next couple of weeks. The Baby A. and Christmas excitement are building, so we can’t wait to welcome the next events!