Feeling guilty as usual

Christmas was so much fun, I cannot believe it's over. Blair had a lot of fun Christmas eve with my family over for dinner. My brother and Darren set up her swing set in the playroom and she got so many presents that night and the next day. Her favorite (I think) is a doll that has velcro on her hands to hold little stuffed animals. She holds her and hugs her, so sweet. Blair also had a lot of fun at her Aunt Missey's, she attacked her cousin with love and got sweet potatoe all over my arm. We then went to my mom's and got spoiled again.

With all of the fun we've been having, there has also been some guilt on my part. With Blair's molars all coming in at the same time I just do not have the heart to make her wear her brace at night. She's not sleeping and that means I'm not sleeping. Tonight will hopefully be better and I'll force myself to put it on her. Two weeks till Blair's birthday!! Then two months till our next Oakland appointment! Hip dysplasia is always on my mind.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around here...

I'm so excited for Blair's first Christmas, it's hard to believe this time last year I had a huge baby belly and was anxiously awaiting the arrival of B. The house was decorated after Thanksgiving, although if I had it my way the house would look like this all year round. Most of our presents are wrapped, the lights are up. Darren put them up wrong though, but oh well they still look great, especially since it's so dark down here. It was hard to figure out what to get B, she's at the age where she doesn't want baby toys but is still too small for big things. I really wanted to get her a kitchen set but I'm afraid she'll just try to climb up to stand, I also wanted to get her a ball pit but they sold out of them at walmart. I'm going to find another ball pit because in the case of surgery a mom on http://www.baby-hip.org/ suggested it. HD is always on our minds no matter how happy and festive it is.

Blair has had a cold this week, our first and definetely not our last. She's been sans brace now for 2 nights and I feel so incredibly guilty. There is no way she would stand it though. I'm happy to say she is on her way to feeling better, however I now have the bug.