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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I felt like this week went Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday, Saturday, Sunday. This has to be one of my favorite weeks of the year!

Monday I took Reuben to the Dr for an ear check since he has had so much trouble the past months. Two wonderful things happened. First, his weight stayed the same two weeks in a row (25.4) and second, his ears looked great!

We spent Thanksgiving at my parents' house. (Jordan's mom was sick:(.)It was my first day back on dairy. I didn't go crazy because I didn't want to make myself sick! I discovered that I have become a chocolate snob and now really like the dark stuff over regular milk chocolate. I have yet to have a glass of milk, but the cheese that I have had over the last couple of days has been great. It is very freeing to eat food without reading the ingredients first. Reuben has made a hard transition causing me to ask "why go through all this?", but I after grocery shopping and meal planning for the week it will be less stressful.

I tried researching different ideas to help get Reuben sleeping though the night. I am going to start playing with the formula amounts...more scoops of formula and less water before bed, diluted formula during the night. Jordan took over last night. It was wonderful.

We have our Christmas tree up! We took the kids to a tree farm and got a real one this year! It smells great. We got a pizza Friday night and spent the evening decorating. So much fun. I have to watch Reuben like a hawk now. He is like a moth to the flame.

Audrey had a funny one tonight. She kept asking Jordan for her "covered jammies." We could not figure out what that was. Finally she said "Cover my toes!" She wanted footie pjs! Too cute!

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