The First Day

On the first day of Christmas, someone's true love brought them a partridge in a pear tree...I'm not sure how useful a partridge is (unless it's Shirley Partridge...that mom could do anything!) but a pear tree would be nice. On the first day of this New Year, my true love brought me a fun-filled day of nothingness that we all desperately needed. So although we have nothing to show for it, except mental images, it was a great way to start the New Year. Originally the plan was to get up and fix the plumbing, because life without water kinda sucks. But being as though we didn't discover the leak and break until too late on New Years Eve, finding a store that was open on New Years Day was pretty much impossible, so we consigned ourselves to not fixing the water and just enjoying the day. Fortunately Grandma and Papa's house is only a few yards away, and they had water, so we packed up some of the kids toys and headed up for fun. Most of the day was spent playing Settlers of Catan and it was awesome. We ate whatever, whenever and just enjoyed having no plan. That's a lot to say for this girl who is obsessed with plans and lists, so yesterday was a bit of a break. The kids enjoyed playing Lucy's new game, "Pretty, Pretty Princess" (Sleeping Beauty edition) with Grandma. Max won the first round, collecting all of the pink jewelry and the crown without getting the Maleficent figure, and Lucy won the second, with her yellow jewelry. They continued playing very nicely together in the living room, while our Catan marathon waged on. The living room looked like it took heavy hits, but it was obvious the kids had had fun. We capped off the day of nothingness with dinner and a show. Soup and Night at the Museum 2 downstairs at Grandma and Papa's. The kids got to bed a little later than usual, but with no plans for Saturday except a whole lot of plumbing, I wasn't too concerned. (seriously, who is this New Years girl?)
My biggest concern? Having a baby. Around 6pm I started having contractions (not unusual) that just kept progressing and progressing and getting stronger and stronger (unusual). I sneaked away from our movie for a few minutes to find some more comfortable pants and to take a few breather moments. Having a baby 7 weeks early isn't my idea of a good start to the New Year. These contractions were different than my usual daily bout. They were a lot stronger and more painful, rather than just the uncomfortable ones I usually get. Things settled down later into the evening and throughout the night, as Tyler insisted I lay down and take it easy. No baby news, so I'm glad for that. This morning, Tyler and his Dad are busy figuring out plumbing, so the kids and I are going to do some playing and taking down of Christmas decorations. I'll be really happy to have a shower and use the toilet again...hopefully sometime soon!