Day 9: Christmas Day

I was overwhelmed yesterday by the whole idea of strict bed rest, but I think I did most of my grieving over the loss of my activity through all my whining and complaining to J, so today was better.  I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I need to be laying down all day for the health of Baby Boy, but I still had an occasional pity-party today.  It helped that J and B were home all day and that it was Christmas Day.  Time seemed to pass a little quicker than it did yesterday, so that was nice. 

I loved seeing B's excitement when he got up this morning.  He couldn't wait for me to come lay down in the living room so he could show me that Santa came.  His face when opening his presents was priceless, and I loved watching him as he ripped off the paper and showed us what he got.  Last year he seemed to play primarily with only two or three of the toys we got him, and only glanced at the several others we got him.  But this year, B played with every single toy we got him and looked at every single book.  I was content to just lay and watch J go through his day and watch B while he played all day.  It was especially fun to see B use all his new toys and blocks to build a city that caged in his new dragons and Skylanders figures.  He's a creative boy, and he loved "playing all day."  I liked that we were able to have a fun family day even while I was laying on a bed on the floor.  It was totally normal for B and J, despite the fact that I can't get up.

It was also nice to have my in-laws over.  They made out traditional Christmas dinner:  prime rib and mashed potatoes and brought it over so we could eat it.  It was so good and tasted even better than I remember, probably because we didn't have to make it.  We opened our gifts from J's family:  Legos, a Piano Guys CD, and a geoboard for B, cookie sheets and baby gear for me, and movie tickets and an Amazon gift card for J.  We watched The Croods and just enjoyed our time together.  It was a nice Christmas even while I was laid up, and I'll look back next year with a healthy new baby and think that this time on bed rest was just a blip on the radar of life.  As hard as it is to lay down all day, it is so worth a healthy baby, and if nothing else, being on bed rest made it a memorable Christmas.