Our Christmas Weekend

So my boss let us all off at 1pm on Friday. That was nice. Alex and I decided to go to the mall to do a little last minute shopping. We were in a store when I felt Solomon poop. He was in the body carrier, so I just told Alex, let's go ahead and buy the shirt (he was going to try on) and then we'll go change him...Just then, I was holding onto his legs and thought he had drooled on his right leg.. Okay, NOT drool and now it was on my hand. We booked it out of there and to the unisex bathroom. We had to wait to get in but it was worth it to have two sets of hands instead of one. We cleaned him up and it took a while. He was gross and the bathroom, as most public restrooms are, was gross. The only outfit I had in the bag to change him into was a Halloween themed one. I keep it in there so if he gets messy at daycare they'll have something, but I won't miss it around the house. So, we were walking him around the mall at X-mas time in a Halloween outfit! Then, we went to Dillard's. As we were buying something, he had another loud blowout. The cashier said, "It sounds like someone had Mexican last night!" :)

After going home and relaxing for a minute, we went out to meet up with Lindi, Molly and Dan. It was SO GREAT to see them and we laughed a lot. I'm hoping to get to see Lindi's daughters before she goes home. Molly looks great pregnant.

Saturday, we (my sister, her fiance, Zoe, me, Alex and Solomon) all met up at my parents' house to head to my uncle's house. He lives in NE Kansas. The drive there wasn't so bad.. just sleeting a bit and raining. We ate too much there and in the early evening began to head home. The drive home sucked. The snow wasn't as thick as the wind was blowing initially. Then, the traffic started to really back-up b/c of the snow plows and people having to go a little slow in general. It took us about twice as long as normal to drive back. My dad was driving us, so we were able to keep Solomon occupied at least. needless to say, we were all really tired when we got home and Solomon slept really well.

Yesterday, we woke up with Solomon but when he went back to sleep we slept in as well. Then, we got up and shoveled the driveway. I have a feeling it will be a while until our cul-de-sac is snow free. It is really thick with snow. We pretty much vegged out the rest of the day and we cleaned up a little.

The biggest event for me of yesterday/today was (drum roll please), Solomon slept through the night officially for the first time. He went to bed after a big bottle (6oz.) and slept from about 9:30pm - 6:00am!!!! I was so excited. Plus, I just fed him and played with him a bit and he went back to sleep. I think he was just so tired again from playing with us all day yesterday and the crazy day before. Hopefully, it continues, but I am trying not to expect it.

Alex and I went to workout this morning and are planning to go to church with my parents this evening. Solomon is sacked out for his afternoon nap. He has on his special Reindeer outfit that Grandma bought him. It has matching shoes that are pretty cute.

Tomorrow, we plan to head to my parents' house and do the Christmas morning/presents thing. Last night, Alex and I exchanged presents. He bought me a small flat panel TV for the kitchen. That is a great gift for me b/c I always feel torn when it comes to making dinner b/c I want to watch something like a KU game more. I bought Alex an ILap. It's a thing you put on your lap and put your laptop Mac on it. They get hotter than most laptops.

Merry Christmas everyone!