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D's big boy bed (a mattress on the floor), complete with custom headboard, made by yours truly

Davis is officially weaned.  Wow.  And here's another wow:  He's sleeping through the night!  In some ways I can't believe I am actually able to make those statements, and in other ways, it already seems like a long time has gone by since we last nursed.  (In actual time, it has been almost two weeks.)  I feel so fortunate that we were able to continue our breastfeeding experience for as long as we did.  Not too many people make it to almost 19 months, and I am so proud of this accomplishment.  When I first had Davis, my goal was to make it to one year.  As time went on I started thinking, "Man, I hope we are done by the time he turns two!"  I really thought he was going to have a hard time giving it up, but the transition has been smoother and easier than I could have imagined.  I spent way to much time worrying about how hard this would be and how emotionally damaged it would leave us, and the whole situation just kind of took care of itself.  The best part, in my eyes, is that once we stopped nursing Davis began sleeping much better at night.  He is now sleeping in his own bed in his room by himself.  I am kind of missing our co-sleeping arrangement, but it had gotten to the point that he slept better when he had his own space.  Apparently a 26-pound boy needs an entire full-sized mattress to himself.  I feel so much better now that I'm getting mostly uninterrupted sleep, and I am able to be more productive as well.  It turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought...I was just tired!

Riding the bird at the park, having a good ol' time

Christmas Blessings and a Wild Night

Man, the holidays flew by!  I feel like just yesterday I was dragging Christmas stuff down from the attic and now I'm already in the process of putting all of it away again.  We had a wonderful Christmas around here, though.  The festivities began on Christmas Eve Eve at my cousin Holly's house where we got to meet Santa Claus.  Milk, cookies, and hot chocolate were served as lots of cute little kids in their pajamas sat on Santa's lap.  Davis took to Santa quite well and I hope this event is something that Holly will continue to do each year (or at least until her kids are too old for it) because it was wonderful!

We spent Christmas Eve lunch, as we do each year, at Aunt Bonnie's house and had a delicious meal and some quality visiting time with family.  We kept it low-key that night, since we knew we had a marathon to do the next day.

On Christmas morning, it was so much fun to watch Davis open his gifts and play with his new toys.  He wanted to stop and play with each toy and really didn't care to move on to the next gift quickly, which was really cute.  We got to see the whole family on Christmas day, starting with Grandaddy, then Nana and Papa, and finally Grandmama.  Davis was a real trooper and stayed happy almost all day, which was pretty impressive considering all the commotion and traveling going on.  Maybe all that yummy food and the presents and the family time were enough to keep him (and us) going.

New Years Eve was one crazy night at the Fox house!  We went to dinner with some friends of ours at Sweet Tomatoes, which is one of Davis' favorite places to eat.  It's basically a huge buffet full of veggies and carbs, so he can eat two bites of fifty different foods if he wants.  Our friends also have a toddler, so they were having a wild night as well.  Actually, trying to eat a meal with two children under age two is pretty wild if you ask me.  I don't think anyone at my house was awake to watch the ball drop, but I wouldn't have had it any other way.  We enjoyed a quiet, peaceful night at home...and besides, this pregnant mama can't keep her eyes open past ten o'clock anyway.

The holidays just keep getting better and better each year now that we have a little one to share them with.  It's hard to believe that next year we will have two sweet boys to snuggle in their Christmas pajamas.  We feel so blessed to have our healthy, happy little family and we are so incredibly fortunate to have such wonderful parents/grandparents, siblings, and extended family to join us in these amazing adventures.  Life is good.

Muscles!