We've had an eventful couple of weeks lately with a handful of trips for work and the holiday season upon us. I had some meetings in Baltimore the week of Thanksgiving so ended up flying down there on Sunday afternoon with Maeve. Ryan drove down to meet us on Tuesday night after work. So Maeve got a couple extra days of time spent with her grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. I was pretty nervous about trip because she was pretty terrible when we flew to Chicago in March, but the girl continues to surprise me. She was excellent and really taking everything in. Plus stickers and snacks worked wonders.
Thanksgiving in Baltimore was alot of fun. I'm starting to realize that the decibel level in our house will continue to rise with each additional kid. With that many people, it was madness at times, but very fun. It was highly enjoyable to have a couple days off as well. Ryan and I got to take Maeve to the aquarium, which was fun for all. We ended up driving home Friday night to avoid traffic and drive while Maeve was sleeping the majority of the time. Ended up the right move and we had 2 full days to relax and get house back to normal.
Unfortunately that ended abruptly on Sunday night. No changes from our normal routine: nap, play, dinner, tub but on Maeve's return trip from the tub she was running from bottom of stairs over to Ryan on the couch and tripped and bumped her head on the coffee table. Since the cut was pretty deep and on her face, we headed to emergency room to get it checked out just in case she needed stitches. Fortunately, she didn't and just got steri strips but nothing like alittle excitement on a Sunday night for us.
Pre-emergency room, we did pop over to a children's holiday party that M&T hosts for employees and their families. Here was Maeve on Santa's lap. A little hesitant to say the least, but we made it through with no tears. We met the reindeer, rode a couple rides and capped it off with an ice cream sundae.
The rest of our weeks have been busy with decorating for the holidays, baking cookies, buying/wrapping presents, as well as spending time with our house guests. Our friends Tim, Courtney, and their son George have been visiting from Denver for the last week or so staying with us. It's been fun catching up and great to see George and Maeve play together since Ryan and Tim have been friends since grade school. George is 9 months so not too much direct play, but Maeve has been sharing toys and generally very nice to him so good sign for new baby I'm hoping. We've been getting snow pretty much daily and it's been cold so we've been spending lots of time indoors. Maeve had a sleepover with Aunt Michelle on Friday night as we had a holiday party. I ended up taking advantage of babysitter and ended up getting a couple of hours of shopping in to wrap up. Unfortunately, I forgot one stop so Ryan headed back out in afternoon but ended up getting into an accident on way home. He wasn't hurt thank goodness, but a car coming in opposite direction crossed yellow line and spun out in front of him. There ended up being 3 cars in accident and a man getting his mail got clipped but no major injuries just damage all around. All cars got towed so we're waiting until Monday to figure out timing of how long it will take for my car to get fixed. Nothing like a little excitement to add to madness of the holiday season. Hopefully I'll see most of you over the next couple weeks, but if not, have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful time with your family and friends!
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