iMom - holidaze

Retail therapy worked! Hannah looks fabulous in her new jeans, tops and dress, and I feel infinitely better. It also helps that Hannah has been sleeping through the night again and Zoe slept from 12:30 am to 7:30 am last night. Zoe also rolled over twice yesterday and we captured the second time on video (Josh 'opened' our family Christmas present). Josh surprised us with a beautiful Christmas tree yesterday and trimmed it today while Hannah and I played.

It has started to rain. In the good 'ol days, that made us think SNOW in Tahoe but now it's how can we entertain Hannah indoors? Fortunately, Melissa and Chris hosted their annual Soul Food Brunch today and Hannah ate some ungodly amount of grits, nibbled on a nice piece of delicious ham and grabbed a handful of candied pecans on our way out. Hannah fell asleep on the way home and Josh succesfully transported her to her crib for a 2+ hour nap. Zoe also went down for a nice nap when we got home. Then, the biggest challenge of all for Josh - tyring to put me down for a nap. Success! I complained when I woke up because I hate that groggy feeling. He later made me admit in front of Eric how much better I felt. Eric's visit tonight made us miss him, Jenna and Samantha even more :-( It's hard to find good friends and we're sad for us they've moved back to Boston.

I can't believe the holidays are upon us. Sandy asked us what we will teach the girls about Christmas and Hanukkah. Shopping can lift spirits, sure. But with so much turmoil in our world, i look at the tree tonight and it reminds me that this is the season to love and to give - I think we start there.