It's been a little while since I've had time to sit at the computer to write a blog post. To say that we were busy over Christmas would probably be an understatement. I think we attended 8 Christmas celebrations over 5 days. Our celebrations took us from Eagan to South Minneapolis to Maple Grove to Ettrick, WI to Hastings. We spent a lot of time together in the car. And keep in mind, all of this was with a 5 month old. So what was the most challenging part of all of this?
Getting Vera ready every day? Nope.
Keeping Vera happy at every celebration? Nope -- she had plenty of people to love on her everywhere we went.
Packing up the car numerous times during those 5 days? Nope (We did forget Christmas presents at home once though, luckily we weren't far from home when we remembered. We forgot a cheesecake in the fridge for another celebration, again though, it wasn't far to go back home and get it.)
The driving with a 5 month old. That had to be the hardest thing, right? Nope. Vera is great in the car.
The most challenging part of all of this was getting dressed every day.
Seriously.
I know that I recently wrote about being okay with my new body. And don't get me wrong, I am. Vera grew inside of me and every time I look at her I am so amazed at that miracle. But hear me out -- it's hard to lose baby weight. And this isn't so hard on normal days when I can wear yoga pants and sweatpants and big sweatshirts and sweaters. But I couldn't go to Christmas wearing Derek's sweatpants and an old sweatshirt. And it's not like I just had to come up with one outfit. I needed 4. At this point I rotate through two outfits for church. It was near impossible to double my "nice outfits". And it's hard because I am carrying my weight in a new way. It's all in my midsection so it means that a lot of my shirts just don't fit comfortably anymore. I somehow managed to wrangle up 4 passable outfits. But I'm not gonna lie -- the day after Christmas I was so happy to just wear sweatpants, a t-shirt and a sweater again.
I just had to keep reminding myself that this is one Christmas season out of A LOT. And I know this won't be the last one where I struggle to find outfits, but that's okay too. Vera and I are going to start going to the mall more to go on walks during the week. I'm okay if my body stays this way but I also know that I haven't been actively trying to change anything either. We'll see what happens.
Back to those 8 Christmas celebrations in 5 days though. Anyone who finds out we were that busy wonder how we did it. But honestly it was great. We are so blessed and thankful for the family we were able to celebrate with during those days. And someday when we have more than one baby we might have to cut down on things, but for now we are just really glad that we have the opportunity to be with all of our loved ones.
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