Life as a Bober: First Christmas

I'm finally getting around to updating the blog. Cade had a wonderful 1st Christmas spent with alot of family. On Tuesday, we drove to Chisholm. Cade made it to Cloquet before he woke up and then he quietly played with his carseat toys. But, that only lasted about 1/2 hour and then the screaming commenced. We decided to stop about 15 minutes into it and see if we could calm him down. Well, he did calm down but once he was in the carseat again he started screaming. So, our last 45 minutes were spent listening to him while trying to drive on icy roads. Thankfully, Sean was driving and got us there safely (thanks honey). I hate hearing my baby cry. Especially when I can't do anything about it. I know Sean feels the same way so by the time we arrived at Phil's house our nerves were a little frayed. That evening we hung out with Phil and visited grandma and grandpa. They were all excited to see us (especially Cade of course). On Christmas Eve, Sean, Phil and I made dinner. We had an Italian dinner of polenta (cornmeal) and spaghetti sauce (sugo, I think is the correct Italian name for sauce) and we also had some sauteed shrimp and fish from the garden (breaded and fried zucchini). The meal was very good. Andy, Jill and Phillip arrived around 7:00 and then we all opened gifts. After we were done at grandma and grandpa's house, we headed back to Phil's to spend some time with Sue and get the boys into their pjs. We had to take pictures since they looked so cute. Then, on Christmas day, we headed to Proctor to drop the dogs off and head to Esko for dinner with my dad's side of the family. Another day of good food and family. There is never a lack of food at my aunt Diana's house and it's all good. Ham, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls, salad and alot of dessert (cookies, candy and pie, oh my!) Cade had a fun time with my cousin's kids. He was laughing and talking to them. He actually remained happy throughout all of the festivities. We went back to my mom and dad's house to open gifts and Cade loves the gift bags more than anything else. He had one hanging from his arm as he was chewing on it. The only meltdown that Cade had was on Christmas day night. He was so overstimulated that he didn't want to sleep. He just wanted to scream. So, Sean and I took turns with him trying to calm him down. Finally, I decided to try something different and did the "momma moves" which is a combo of bouncing and swaying. He was out in under a minute! I figured that more movement would send him over the edge but instead it actually worked. We stayed in Proctor through Sat afternoon. On Fri, the girls headed to the mall and the boys stayed home and ended up dealing with a huge blowout diaper (poor grandpa Reg). We also got a chance to see Lundgren's who are old family friends and neighbors of my parents. Then on Sat, we headed home. Sunday, we all slept alot and it felt great.

The boys in their Christmas PJs