Break for Mommy!

After the week we had with Natalie being sick and not getting much sleep, I was worn out!  Thankfully, my parents were headed to Tennessee to see my grandparents (Natalie's great-grandparents), so they took her along since she was feeling better. It also helped that we were able to get all our gifts delivered to our house since we could use their truck and they borrowed our SUV. Aunt Amanda went along as well!

Also, it was nice not to have her once we did get back to Terre Haute from Christmas since our Christmas tree decided to take itself down and there were broken ornaments all over the floor, alongwith pine needles everywhere!  So, I was able to transform our living room from a disarray to basically Natalie's playland...haha!

Natalie's filled toybox...it is nice and neat for now!

Natalie had a great time with her cousins, great-grandparents, aunts, and grandparents. Mommy and Daddy got a nice little break with some much needed sleep for me!  I slept so good and am very thankful for that break. They got down to Tennessee around midnight on Monday, then got back to Terre Haute Thursday night to eat dinner with us, then my parents and Amanda headed to Indy to stay at Amanda and Matt's house before heading back home again.

I think my mom will enjoy the needed sleep now too since Natalie's sleep pattern is still a little altered from being sick. However, last night Natalie fell asleep around 9p, woke up at 1a to drink a bottle and have a diaper change, then fell asleep from 1:30a until 9:30a. She then fell asleep for a nap around 11:15a. I'm hoping she is getting back into her routine!  I am so glad she is eating better too!

The cute winter hat Natalie got from Great Grandma and Grandpa Barry

Happy in Tennessee!

Ready to go out to dinner!

While Natalie was in Tennessee, she got a Hokey Pokey Elmo from Great-Grandma and Grandpa Toby. Here is some video of her:

Here is also a video of Natalie on her Rocking Horse she got from Aunt Kristen and Uncle Jeff. She caught on very quickly!