Home from the Holidays - Just in time to leave again

Well, we had a successful holiday weekend. We were hoping that this time Olivia's sleeping went better than last time we were at my parents. Good news is that she was a much better sleeper this time around. We had a good time with the relatives and Olivia of course had to put on a show. She did so quite well and was quite good entertainment.

The weekend was spend visiting my older relatives in Huron we don't get to see too often. We also got to take in the auction and following that had an experiment with Olivia taking a nap and going to sleep for the night while we were at the auction. Both experiments proved to be a success! We were able to get her to sleep through the entire night by letting her ride in the vehicle. Once we got home though, the bad news rolled in. My parents ended up sick. That means that the three of us were exposed too. Heather didn't feel real well through today, but she was able to battle back and is doing ok.

Olivia has a few new tricks. She was taught patty cake over the weekend by Grandma. She also got a tooth! It's barely starting to poke through, and she hasn't been too cranky, so that's good! She's also starting to walk with slightly more consistency. She knows when she wants to walk, and she'll make a couple three steps on her way to where she's going. We'll be chasing her all over by Christmas.

Well, the middle of the week sends me back out on the road. I'm going to Virginia again for a long trip. I'll actually be gone for 10 days. That's going to be rough on both me and the family. I didn't want to leave them last time, but this time will be even worse! But, we will survive. I'll be back around December 10, so then we'll really be good for the Christmas holiday as we'll be wrapping up the project that we're currently working on. Well, bedtime is soon, plus we have lots of Christmas decorations to get put up. Oh, and the good news for Olivia is that we're putting them up when she's asleep. She went over to the partially assembled Christmas tree, and she is not a fan whatsoever! And that makes Heather and I happy!!