December

I could tell you all about our Christmas.  How much of a success and how much fun we had.  But really what we did this year was make the most out of a bad situation.

All of December someone in our family was sick.  And people are still sick as we near January.

I have to apologize to all the relatives who got cash or are getting cash for Christmas.  If it wasn’t bought over black Friday, then you probably are not getting the gift I planned on getting you.  I did not get out to the stores to buy gifts and I did not get things done I wanted to make.

Let’s break it all down.

Oliver had fevers/stomach bug for a few days right after Thanksgiving.

Kristen had stomach bug for a few days.

Bella had stomach bug for a few days.

Oliver had coughing/cold for a week.

Bella had ???  She just wouldn’t eat and wasn’t feeling good for over a week.

Oliver got a fever with more coughing and being miserable for a week (to include a horrible Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day).

Kristen got coughing and still has it.

Bella got coughing/achiness/general fussiness??????? and still has it.

Jesse is starting to get sore throat, stuffiness, etc.

I also could mention that on almost every one of our advent Christmas activities someone was sick when they were happening.

Here is our Christmas photo for this year.  The fact we are all in our pajamas is because everyone was feeling kinda crappy.

Hey at least we are trying to smile!

Here’s hoping somehow miraculously that we can ring in the New Year all in good health!

Children’s Programs

I know I have mentioned this before, how weepy eyed I become whenever I watch any children’s program.  This time I am specifically talking about the Children's program that we watched at church the other night.

This time around it was a little different as my emotions were pulled in two different directions.

Half the time I was thinking that Bella should be up there, she should be able to enjoy putting on a Christmas program for her family and friends.  Would she be the child that was shy and just standing up there?  Would she be the child that was constantly waving at her parents the whole time?  Would she be the child that was proud of herself and singing every word and doing every action?

The other half of the time I was thinking that Oliver would be up there signing next year.  And the songs were simple and cute enough, I knew that if he had been up there this year he would already know all the words and actions.  He does pretty well with memorizing kids songs.

But pretty much the whole time I had tears in my eyes, just ready to spill over as I kept telling myself “Get it together Kristen, there is no reason to cry”.  “Eyes, dry yourself out, there is no reason to cry”.

I wonder if it will ever get easier.  I wonder what will happen next year when I am watching my son, starting to do all the things I wanted my daughter to be able to do.

Countdown to Christmas

During the holiday season I will be blogging about our 25 days till Christmas countdown over at my other blog

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