Normally on New Year's eve, Lynn and I are hard pressed to stay awake and watch the ball drop in Times Square. So, I figured it was a given that we would be sound asleep by 11pm. We went to our neighbor's Nick and Kristi's for dinner. We put Claire down in her pack and play at N & K's. Around 10:30pm, Claire wakes up and starts talking. Lynn gets her and she stays up with us until 12am!!! I should also note that Claire was sick, with congestion in her nose and chest.
Amazingly, Claire was pretty good on January 1, considering she was sick and her sleeping pattern was out of wack. We took her over to Kelli and Wendell's (next door neighbors) for a wonderful lunch, followed by hockey and football on TV. It was cute watching the boys next door (Zach, 7 and Alex, 5) "look after" Claire. They would put their arm around her as she sat on the floor and would crawl with her as she moved around the livingroom. Of course Wendell, is certain that Claire will end up as his daughter in law. He'll have to wait until she is at least 30.
Today, Claire is still sick, coughing, runny nose, whiny, tired. Hopefully she will sleep today and wake up feeling better.
I am going back to work on Monday. I haven't worked since April 25. That's 8 months. Well, looking after Claire is not what I consider work. Lynn teaches on Mondays and Wednesdays, and I teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so we won't need to put Claire in daycare. But it does mean that we will each have to squeeze an entire workweek into 2 days. And we are picking our travel schedule.
Our road to parenthood has been a wonderful adventure this past year. Thanks for joining us along our travels. I hope you, dear reader, will join us this year and see where the road takes us.
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