Preparing for the Holidays

Did decorations get put up last night?  Nope.  Did baking get done?  Nope.  But we did have a nice time hanging out together and playing games like Let's Go Fishing and Candyland.  I <3 our family!

I got this game as a kid for my birthday, and I LOVED playing it.  My parents even have similar pictures of Kristin & me or my dad & me playing on the living room floor.

On a separate note: I've been working with Eli a lot lately on "Soooo BIG" and kisses.  He has yet to catch on to so big, although he does love a good game of peekaboo.  However, last night, he was SO excited to give me kisses....big, drooly, open-mouth baby kisses on my chin.  I love those kisses!

They help to make up for the fact that no one is sleeping at our house.  We haven't for the last week.  Is it that I'm trying to get Eli to sleep through the night without feeding him?  Yep, probably.  Is he teething?  Possibly that too since Tylenol does help.  Is Ella having bad dreams?  Yep.  Is Nick sleeping on the couch to avoid waking up and not getting back to sleep?  Yep, that too. :(  Do you know that sleep deprivation can make one nearly go crazy?  After 5 nights of no sleep, I'm really getting close!  At least the kids are cute enough to make up for it. :)

That's all for now I guess...until next time....