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Ze Christmas Marathon!
OMG! The Christmas Marathon is OVER! *collapses*
This has been our schedule this Christmas:
23ed: Visiting![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
peting73's mom to meet up with his relatives, exchange gifts and hang out and celebrate a mini-Christmas. :-) The gifts exchanged there are only supposed to cost 30SEK (4,30USD), but I cheated a little so Alexandras and peting73s was a lil more expensive. I found some AWESOME bargains on Tradera.Com, though! I am SOOO shopping on said site again for birthdays and christmas next year! :-) Alexandra behaved great, until it was time to open the Christmas gifts... She freaked out at the sound of the ripping of wrapping paper! X-D So we had to take her out of the room... *lol* She got tons of gifts (of course) and grandma had cheated and bought her a few extra and more expensive ones (of course)... Was a great day!
When we got home we prepared and packed as much as possible for the next day...
24th: Pack up all off us in the car with packing and such (geez, you need a lot ot stuff to travel with a baby...), and drive to my aunts for Christmas Eve celebration. In Sweden, the main Christmas celebration is on Christmas Eve. So, TONS of food and candy was eaten. And we drank some serious amounts of Julmust... as always on Christmas. We also watched Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul on TV, as every year. An odd tradition in Sweden that was a bit hard to explain to one of my cousins friends from Estonia (I believe...) who was there visiting. It was wonderful though. All of it. :-)
Alexandra behaved great this time to! She took plenty naps and ate good all day, and didn't freak out QUITE as badly about the wrapping paper this time. *lol* We stayed there almost until midnight, playing games and talking and I don't even know what... Alexandra slept most of it, of course, but that is OK when you are only 4 ½ months old. :-)
And the biggest gift of all... To be able to hang out with EllaBella (Lifemattertome on Twitter), my darling cousin all day. She has changed so so much, and I couldn't be more proud. She has turned into a thinker and filosofer... a lover of culture and different people on the planet. And still, without losing that fun-loving party-girl that can have men at her feet if she wants. She is so beautiful and so strong... that woman. She is meant for great things. She gave us some lovely gifts to! Me andpeting73 got two books about Qatar, and Alexandra got some very pretty clothes she'd bought there and a soft toy: a dromedary (Arabian camel). How awesome ain't that???
Anyway! Onwards!
25th: We stayed at mom all nights, so we slept there and during Christmas Day... we didn't do a thing! *lol* We ate a ton of food and even more candy! (I've probably gained a ton in weight... and it doesn't help that we got a lot of candy as gifts to!) Alexandra was a good girl all day, even when being head-butted by moms HUGE cat Måns! X-D So we just lazed around, didn't do much at all. Earlier years we used to go watch a Disney-movie in the movie-theaters, but since Alexandra is so small we watched movies all day instead.
During the evening we watched an old favorite of mine: Lethal Weapon, the first one. And while sitting there, I got a sudden craving for slash between Riggs and Murtaugh.... *HUGE head-desk* I don't even know, people, but now I can't get it out of my head. So if you find any? Do let me know... *cough* I am a weirdo and it has finally been proved...
26th: Next Christmas-party... Yes, on Boxing Day my brother always have a Christmas party for my dads side of the family, and one can NOT miss this, of course! So off we went! It was GREAT fun! More gifts were exchanged! And hanging out with my brother who I've been talking to SOOO much lately on the phone was beyond awesome, really! I love him! He is the best, he just don't know it all the time... Good thing I am good at hitting him over the head with it to let him know he is.
Anyhow, my niece and nephew always get SOOO excited to meet Alexandra, they hardly left her alone a minute! *lol* Well, she got to take naps, of course, and they were almost fighting about whose bed she was to borrow... (She had plenty naps, both beds were used.) And during the Christmas gift exchange, she was actually quite calm during the ripping of wrapping paper. I guess she finally got used to it. *lol*
So that was a lot of fun! :-) We left said party and drove straight home during the late night, two hour drive. It went very well though, and Alexandra slept the whole way. :-)
Then yesterday, 27th, we were HOME!!! SO NICE! And just lazed about. I'd say we needed it.
But it is NOT over yet! *lol*
Since EllaBella will soon return to Qatar (soon moving to Oman), she wanted a gathering to meet all friends and family before leaving so...
28th, today: All three of us packed ourselfs into our car AGAIN to take the two hour drive back to my aunts to visit them AGAIN... *lol* And to see more relatives and friends of EllaBella. Before that though, we went to moms and checked out her new TV that she got during the after-Christmas-sale. A smart-TV... Don't know if I should be worried...
Anyway, meeting all them people was a lot of fun, because I so rarely get to do so. :-) Alexandra was really well-behaved to. For the most part. She ate and took naps and all... Until more and more people showed up, and things got a bit louder, since well it ended up being a lot of kids to. And the more kids you have in a room, the louder they get. Which ended up in a sort disaster...
I had gotten Alexandra to sleep in an empty room at my aunts... she slept find, peacefully. But then she woke up, and neither me norpeting73 got to her quick enough, so she panicked and then there was all the loud noise from the other kids... Basically my sweet baby Alexandra got hysterical. She could NOT stop crying or screaming! She wailed so much, she almost threw up. Only one thing to do then. Pack up and go home. So we did just that, took a quick goodbye to everyone and went on to drive home... When we'd driven for... 5-10 mins she was peacefully asleep, thank gawd. And we had no problems getting her to eat and sleep once we got home. Phew. That was not a pleasant experience for neither mom, dad or baby, let me tell you. As peting73 pointed out, you feel so helpless you just want to help her calm down and feel happy again... and when you can't, you almost get desperate. :-P
So today was a great day to, even if the ending was not so great... :-P
Now though, we won't do a bloody thing until New Years... that will be celebrated at home with an insane amoutn of Star Wars movies and a four-course dinner courtesy ofpeting73, hang around in soft-pants, and having spicehobbit over. No demands or "has to"s... Just us, movies, food and laziness. I approve of this plan. :-)
This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.
This has been our schedule this Christmas:
23ed: Visiting
peting73's mom to meet up with his relatives, exchange gifts and hang out and celebrate a mini-Christmas. :-) The gifts exchanged there are only supposed to cost 30SEK (4,30USD), but I cheated a little so Alexandras and peting73s was a lil more expensive. I found some AWESOME bargains on Tradera.Com, though! I am SOOO shopping on said site again for birthdays and christmas next year! :-) Alexandra behaved great, until it was time to open the Christmas gifts... She freaked out at the sound of the ripping of wrapping paper! X-D So we had to take her out of the room... *lol* She got tons of gifts (of course) and grandma had cheated and bought her a few extra and more expensive ones (of course)... Was a great day!When we got home we prepared and packed as much as possible for the next day...
24th: Pack up all off us in the car with packing and such (geez, you need a lot ot stuff to travel with a baby...), and drive to my aunts for Christmas Eve celebration. In Sweden, the main Christmas celebration is on Christmas Eve. So, TONS of food and candy was eaten. And we drank some serious amounts of Julmust... as always on Christmas. We also watched Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul on TV, as every year. An odd tradition in Sweden that was a bit hard to explain to one of my cousins friends from Estonia (I believe...) who was there visiting. It was wonderful though. All of it. :-)
Alexandra behaved great this time to! She took plenty naps and ate good all day, and didn't freak out QUITE as badly about the wrapping paper this time. *lol* We stayed there almost until midnight, playing games and talking and I don't even know what... Alexandra slept most of it, of course, but that is OK when you are only 4 ½ months old. :-)
And the biggest gift of all... To be able to hang out with EllaBella (Lifemattertome on Twitter), my darling cousin all day. She has changed so so much, and I couldn't be more proud. She has turned into a thinker and filosofer... a lover of culture and different people on the planet. And still, without losing that fun-loving party-girl that can have men at her feet if she wants. She is so beautiful and so strong... that woman. She is meant for great things. She gave us some lovely gifts to! Me and
peting73 got two books about Qatar, and Alexandra got some very pretty clothes she'd bought there and a soft toy: a dromedary (Arabian camel). How awesome ain't that??? Anyway! Onwards!
25th: We stayed at mom all nights, so we slept there and during Christmas Day... we didn't do a thing! *lol* We ate a ton of food and even more candy! (I've probably gained a ton in weight... and it doesn't help that we got a lot of candy as gifts to!) Alexandra was a good girl all day, even when being head-butted by moms HUGE cat Måns! X-D So we just lazed around, didn't do much at all. Earlier years we used to go watch a Disney-movie in the movie-theaters, but since Alexandra is so small we watched movies all day instead.
During the evening we watched an old favorite of mine: Lethal Weapon, the first one. And while sitting there, I got a sudden craving for slash between Riggs and Murtaugh.... *HUGE head-desk* I don't even know, people, but now I can't get it out of my head. So if you find any? Do let me know... *cough* I am a weirdo and it has finally been proved...
26th: Next Christmas-party... Yes, on Boxing Day my brother always have a Christmas party for my dads side of the family, and one can NOT miss this, of course! So off we went! It was GREAT fun! More gifts were exchanged! And hanging out with my brother who I've been talking to SOOO much lately on the phone was beyond awesome, really! I love him! He is the best, he just don't know it all the time... Good thing I am good at hitting him over the head with it to let him know he is.
Anyhow, my niece and nephew always get SOOO excited to meet Alexandra, they hardly left her alone a minute! *lol* Well, she got to take naps, of course, and they were almost fighting about whose bed she was to borrow... (She had plenty naps, both beds were used.) And during the Christmas gift exchange, she was actually quite calm during the ripping of wrapping paper. I guess she finally got used to it. *lol*
So that was a lot of fun! :-) We left said party and drove straight home during the late night, two hour drive. It went very well though, and Alexandra slept the whole way. :-)
Then yesterday, 27th, we were HOME!!! SO NICE! And just lazed about. I'd say we needed it.
But it is NOT over yet! *lol*
Since EllaBella will soon return to Qatar (soon moving to Oman), she wanted a gathering to meet all friends and family before leaving so...
28th, today: All three of us packed ourselfs into our car AGAIN to take the two hour drive back to my aunts to visit them AGAIN... *lol* And to see more relatives and friends of EllaBella. Before that though, we went to moms and checked out her new TV that she got during the after-Christmas-sale. A smart-TV... Don't know if I should be worried...
Anyway, meeting all them people was a lot of fun, because I so rarely get to do so. :-) Alexandra was really well-behaved to. For the most part. She ate and took naps and all... Until more and more people showed up, and things got a bit louder, since well it ended up being a lot of kids to. And the more kids you have in a room, the louder they get. Which ended up in a sort disaster...
I had gotten Alexandra to sleep in an empty room at my aunts... she slept find, peacefully. But then she woke up, and neither me nor
peting73 got to her quick enough, so she panicked and then there was all the loud noise from the other kids... Basically my sweet baby Alexandra got hysterical. She could NOT stop crying or screaming! She wailed so much, she almost threw up. Only one thing to do then. Pack up and go home. So we did just that, took a quick goodbye to everyone and went on to drive home... When we'd driven for... 5-10 mins she was peacefully asleep, thank gawd. And we had no problems getting her to eat and sleep once we got home. Phew. That was not a pleasant experience for neither mom, dad or baby, let me tell you. As peting73 pointed out, you feel so helpless you just want to help her calm down and feel happy again... and when you can't, you almost get desperate. :-PSo today was a great day to, even if the ending was not so great... :-P
Now though, we won't do a bloody thing until New Years... that will be celebrated at home with an insane amoutn of Star Wars movies and a four-course dinner courtesy of
peting73, hang around in soft-pants, and having spicehobbit over. No demands or "has to"s... Just us, movies, food and laziness. I approve of this plan. :-)This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.