Two Firsts

Paul switched Ian's carseat around on Friday night. Today was the first time Ian was riding in the car facing forward. He seemed to enjoy it. Staring at the back of the backseat of the car can't be that interesting although it has always helped that Nadia is usually back there to entertain him some. I like that I can see him now.

I painted Nadia's fingernails for the first time ever this morning. She did a great job keeping her hands on the magazine until the polish dried. I think her fingernails looked oh so pretty! I'm sure it won't be the last time I paint them. Maybe I'll paint her toenails for the first time the day before we leave for our cruise.

Last night Ian slept through the night (7:15pm to 6:00am). I went to bed earlier than I had been going to bed lately, but Nadia, who almost always sleeps through the night, kept waking up and crying a little ALL throughout the night. It was very annoying. Every time either Paul or I would go talk to her for a minute about going back to sleep because we were worried that she was going to wake Ian up. Around 5:30 we finally let her join us in our bed. She didn't eat her dinner last night. Paul thinks that's why she didn't sleep well last night. I hope both children sleep through the night tonight because it's been quite awhile since I got more than 6-7 hours of sleep at night due to the kids getting up and/or me staying up grading. I will say I do seem to function better on less sleep than I used to. I can count on one hand the number of times I got 8 or more hours of sleep in 2010, and I used to get 8-9 hours almost every night prior to Ian's birth (with the exception of the first 4 months of Nadia's life).

This morning our church choir presented a Christmas cantata during the morning worship service. It went really well. I was very grateful for the 2 hour rehearsal yesterday morning as I had missed a lot of rehearsal time this semester due to teaching on Wednesday nights. I love Christmas music! The choir is one of the main reasons I picked this particular church. The choir director is excellent, and she chooses a nice variety of challenging music. It has amazed me each December that we only sing the cantata music the one Sunday and all the other Sundays we sing different Christmas music. This means we have a LOT of Christmas music to rehearse since we sing every Sunday plus they sing a few songs on Christmas Eve. We'll be driving from MD to PA on Christmas Eve so I won't be singing in that service.


He loves to clap!



Letting her fingernails dry