I got up at 5:30 this morning. By 7:30, I had showered, dressed, had coffee, wrapped gifts, baked cookies, and put in a load of laundry. I left the house at 8:30 (realizing as I walked out the door that I hadn’t had breakfast yet, and tossing some cereal in a ziploc bag) to start running errands.
This is the first time today that I’ve sat down when I haven’t been nursing Carolyn. (That is, except for Sit & Knit, where I only managed to spend about 45 minutes.)
I’m as done with Christmas preparations as I’m going to be. The tree isn’t decorated, the house is still pretty messy, and there are a few gifts left to wrap when we get back from NYC. Oh, and there are no stockings hung – I couldn’t even find a “Baby’s First Christmas” stocking for Carolyn. (I’m a bad mommy; I should have bought one a few months ago…) Tomorrow morning I have baby laundry to do, and packing*, and if there’s time I should probably finish wrapping those gifts and run the dishwasher.
Maybe I’d better go to bed, because it sounds like I’m going to have to get up at 5:30 again!
*I’ve never had to pack for a baby for a trip. I’m terrified I’m going to forget something really important, like diapers. Or something important that can’t easily be purchased there, like her Christmas outfit…
I love visiting your site because the pictures of Carolyn are so adorable, she surely must be the cutest baby in the world. I’ve never even thought how difficult it must be to pack for a baby, but I’m sure you wont forget anything important!
I am so insanely jealous. I did manage to have a shower and wash my hair this morning and I’m actually eating breakfast (albeit a soggy one) but I certainly won’t come to expect mornings like this one. Usually it’s “You can brush your teeth or you can go to the bathroom; you can’t do both.”
So it gets better? ;o)
the way that i’ve found makes trips easiest is to make a list of things that we need to pack for everyone and to save the list. (saving the list is the important part. i’ve now got mine on my “to do” list stuff for my palm pilot. i bring the same list out before each trip.) mind you, even with this list, we did a horrible job of remembering our own clothes for our last trip down to cleveland. at least with this trip we know that we’re likely to get at least one sweater apiece. :)