X'mas Time for Richie

This was Richie's first Christmas. It was great to celebrate X'mas with the big family. More than him, I was excited for Richie, because I know how much fun we have at X'mas time. We started playing christmas carols one month in advance. He would dance to the tunes of the songs. His favourites being "Feliz Navidad, Do they its Christmas, I met an angel on Christmas day".

Few days before Christmas, we decorated the Christmas tree playing carols in the background. Richie was fascinated and was wondering how could such a big tree could be there in the house. We also put stars and lights outside the house.The next few days we were visited by groups of carol singers.

Even Santa Claus came to meet Richie, with lots of gifts for him. Richie shook hands with Santa Claus and Santa Claus gave him Candies. It was a whole new experience for Richie. He was enjoying himself thoroughly. On X'mas day, we went to see the beautiful cribs all over the town. Looking at the crib, we told Richie stories about the birth of baby Jesus, 3 kings, shepherds, shining star etc.

All in all Richie had a loads of fun for christmas.

Christmas time with baby

It is Christmas time. Time for celebrations…Catholics celebrate it as a time when baby Jesus was born. We made special food and decorated the Christmas tree. We also put on bells, Christmas stockings and other decorations well in advance. It was fun with baby too squirming in my tummy and saying “Give me, I will also do some decorations.” Yes sweety, your time will come soon.. just 1 more month to go…Baby was so active on Christmas eve. .. I thought maybe he was playing with baby Jesus and other angels and having a nice time… decided not to disturb him. ;) These days nights are cold, but it is better in day when the sun comes out.

We had a visit to the doctor in the afternoon. Now I have completed 35 weeks 6 days. Doctor said baby is growing well and weighs about 2660 gms. He is getting ready for delivery with his head down. Baby tried some of his stunts on Dr. Uncle and the doctor could not help laughing. We also had blood tests and urinalysis. There was a special test wherein they pricked my ear with a needle and checked for the time required for the coagulation of blood. This is very important because during delivery there is bleeding and they have to be sure that it will stop soon. Later the doctor checked for baby’s heart beat, his movements and my contractions (if any) by putting fetal monitor. Everything is normal. The visit to the doctor lasted almost 4-5 hours as it was crowded. Overall, we felt happy and came home, celebrating our Christmas day in hospital. :)