Christmas 2010

Now that I have had a few days to take it all in, our First christmas with ottavia was amazing. It started on the 19th, Ottavia and I flew alone to Grande Prairie a few days earlier then Tino. I was nervous going into this, it took a lot of preparing, packing, research in regards to what i can take on the plane for bottles, water etc but we did it without a hitch...although....once through security I fed ottavia her bottle, she was happy, then i heard the sounds of a huge Blow out...that it was, all the way up her back, poopsie EVERYWHERE, but as a planner i was prepared for it, good thing it happened before we got on the plane with a few minutes to spare, she slept the whole flight.

Our week long vacations was full of good Vino, delicious food cooked by my amazing mother, lots of catch up with good friends and family, singing christmas songs, and relaxing by my parents wood burning fireplace. It was so christmasy!!

Although we had a great time it was exhausting too, Ottavia got a little off schedule and she slept in our room in a playpen which was not super great but we had to make due. As a mother i heard every grunt and squeek. She has never slept in our room so we aren't used to hearing everything. Thanks to my mom she had everything we needed, blankets, diapers, sheets, change pads..EVERYTHING....she was so prepared for us so that meant less packing.

Now that we are home we are back on schedule, our little baby girl is sleeping 4.5-5 hour stretches....to bad i'm not haha I"m so used to getting up 3 hours at a time that i wake up but last night i slept through. I'm so proud of her, and going down the first time every night is getting easier. At only 5 weeks old i have to say all my reading and perservearence and totally paid off. The whole self soothing, learn how to fall asleep on her own thing has made so much sense, we are a very happy house hold.

Here are a few pictures of our holiday season.