The past month has been very busy for our little family. I have started back at work, Simon went away for two weeks, Kai started at a dayhome, and don't even get me started about Christmas.
I have gone back to work (damn you lottery) which means that Kai has started going to a dayhome. The family is lovely and they have a little boy who is about one week older that Kai. He seems to really enjoy going there. I am slowly getting back into the work groove. I was really hoping to win the lottery but no such luck. I feel about as exhausted as I did when Kai was just born. It is hard to be a working mom.
Simon got to go on a trip to Pennsylvania for work in the beginning of December. He really enjoyed himself even though he missed us terribly. He got to check out a hockey game and make to New York to visit some friends. Our little fella missed his dad a lot. He would go looking for him and sit by the door waiting for him to come home. Big thanks to our parents who help me out while Simon was gone. Again...damn you lottery.
December brought out with it the holiday parties.
Kai got to go to his first kid's Christmas party hosted by Grandpa's work. He had a lot of fun and got to see Santa again. He was great and did not cry. Santa gave Kai an old school telephone which he loves.
We had a great time celebrating St Nicholas Day with my family. Auntie Mich and Uncle Michael hosted the event. All the kids had fun and thanks to the chocolate fountain they had lots of energy. Kai got to spend time with his aunts, uncle, cousins and Opa.
We had the next family gathering at my parents house the Saturday before Christmas. It was a lot of fun and again very exciting for Kai. All the aunts and uncles were there as well as all his cousins. He did very well despite all the people.
We had a nice Christmas morning just the three of us. I was spoiled and so were my fellas. Kai was more interested in playing with the Tupperware then opening his gifts but what can you do. He has since noticed that there are new toys and loves pulling them all out. I think the current favs are the trains that he got. He is into Thomas the Tank Engine right now. We also got him a Fisher Price Little Peoples Train Set. Simon keeps threatening to take out the batteries because Kai loves to hear the two songs that it plays over and over and over and over again. We spend the afternoon of Christmas dad with Simon's family and we were all spoiled again. I am hoping that next year Kai will really get into opening his gifts. He really had no desire to rip the paper or anything.
New Years Eve found us at the Opalinsky's, which was a lot of fun. The Woodroffes were there as well. It was nice and low key which is perfect when you have kids. Kai and Hailey had a lot of fun playing with each other. Hailey was so great with Kai even though he kept taking the pink stroller she wanted to play with. Us adults rocked it out playing rock band which I totally suck at. It was awesome.
I must say that I am glad that the holiday season is over. We all need some sleep. All the partying has effected our little man's sleep. Well in all fairness, he is teething AGAIN.
