Christmas 2010

Well, this year Christmas was very eventful! It started out with a very early 5am wake-up-call with Brody coming in to our room. He couldn't go back to sleep so he laid on our floor. That didn't last long, and we were all up for good by 6:30am! Santa came and left the kids lots of neat things in their stockings, as well as presents.

The biggest/best gift was waiting outside. And, of course, it was snowing and freezing cold. But, we had to go and test it out! Raegan's coat was being washed, so I had to put a sweatshirt over her pj's! Sorry for the racket at 7am neighbors! Brody and Raegan will love their new playset outside, for many years to come I'm hoping!

After Raegan's nap, we headed over to Ryan's parents' house. Brody was very grumpy when we got there (surprise, surprise, since he was up since 5am!) so he took a nap. He ended up sleeping for 3 hours. He woke up, was very thirsty, drank some orange juice, and......BARF!!! He got a nasty stomach virus. Fever, diarrhea and vomiting are not a fun combination, especially for a little boy on Christmas!

But, all of this was in addition to a little accident that occurred with Raegan while Brody was napping. Ryan's parents had 4 stockings hanging on the fireplace with stocking holders. At our house, we did not have the stockings displayed this way, for obvious baby-proofing reasons. But, we all didn't even think about it at my in-laws. So, of course, Raegan pulled one down and it landed on her head. She got a pretty decent gash on her forehead, bleeding down her face, crying for Mommy. Luckily, there were 3 doctors and 1 nurse in the house, so we got her all fixed up. She has steri-strips, no stitches thank goodness. But, she looked pretty pathetic.

So, that was our fun day. We were all pretty happy to oblige Brody when he declared he wanted to go home after his 2nd time of vomiting. We packed everything in the van and called it a day. Brody slept all night, thanks to some anti-nausea medicine. He seems to be feeling ok today, no throwing up since.

Despite our stressful day, we had a Merry Christmas. The kids had fun, and that's what it's all about. We are blessed beyond measure.