well, we thought things would be better in the land of illness by christmas. not so much. wes & i felt better & even amelia seems to feel better. but not poor adeline! this is the first christmas that she really got it, the idea of opening the gifts for jesus' birthday, the celebration of it all...so i'm so sad that she was sick!
christmas morning we all rolled out of bed by 8:30 (well, amelia had been up around 6 & then back to sleep, thankfully!). wes snuck the presents down during breakfast & addy walked into the living room & saw the tree with presents & let out a big "OOOOOHHHH" & began to demolish the gifts, tearing at the wrap & doing her part to unwrap amelia's gifts as well. this was the first time adeline really got into unwrapping gifts. even for her 2nd birthday, she just wasn't interesting in the unwrapping, more into the result. it really was nearly magical seeing her extreme excitement while tearing into the gifts. i can see now why parents love love love to get their kids gifts...the joy & expectation on her face was really miraculous to witness.
this year we kept our tradition of getting them their first "lovey" object & bought amelia her first build-a-bear. technically, it was build-a-monkey... it's an adorable monkey & we don't know it's name or gender yet. addy has a bear (who we just decided is a girl b/c she got a dress this year!) called "little bear" so i guess this will be "little monkey" until amelia lets us know either way. to keep our camera safe, we bought addy a toddler digital camera & she LOVES it. we weren't sure if it would be a passing thing that she was interested in one day, then totally ignored it the next...but she has been insanely intrigued by it. although her pictures are hilarious b/c they are only within toddler interest range; she has many pictures of the floor, of feet & legs or of the ceiling. love it. hopefully we can download them to post of few. our own little annie libowitz! (total spelling error there but i don't even care today!)
amelia fell asleep while opening her monkey...apparently she's not as stoked as we are. so she missed out on her stocking & other gifts (two books, one being "millie moo"...love it). then we had a mad dash for everyone to get ready & out the door & off to aunt kristi & uncle cal's for the rest of the day...which was really fun with chloe & zoe & the aunts & uncles. i did notice how different it is not having my parents around...it was very sad & i didn't let myself think about it too much or else i would've just cried & cried. it's one thing when we know they are somewhere else also celebrating the holiday, but another thing when they are in a hospital & one is in pain... (speaking of my dad: he is now doing better, finally. he had a very rough week & was recovering slowly. thankfully, he is doing better).
my grandparents came down in the later afternoon & we had dinner & then my mom arrived at about 7 & we started to open the rest of the gifts (we had opened some from the siblings earlier. we had to give the girls something to play with!)...it was going pretty good. judy & aaron crawford had arrived & were hanging out with everyone & it was going pretty smooth. then addy didn't feel like opening her gift & quietly snuck downstairs to where the boys (andrew-8- & owen-6-) were playing a video game (& mini skateboarding?)...& adeline then vomited right next to the tv. i heard it all the way from the top of the stairs, nasty. andrew & owen just seemed stunned & awed...it was hilarious to see their faces. but they were so nice about it! andrew even said 'oh i hope you feel better addy.' (sweet kids).
so went the rest of the evening. addy vomited a total of 5 times before finally going to sleep (once in the car...oh my, let's not talk about that smell again). & we were worried that it was from her possible concussion from her fall on tuesday, so we were on the phone with the pediatrician on christmas ('do we need to take her to the ER?'). it was decided to wait it out. so we did & 5 outfits later, she no longer smelled like spew. what a day. as wes said as we were leaving to go home "merry freakin christmas"...but it still was a good day, just not the end of it.
as for pictures & videos, i plan on making time tonight to do something with them. i did want to do that friday night, but it didn't happen, then saturday night & it didn't happen. then at 3am sunday morning, i was vomiting & sick all day sunday! lovely, i tell ya! thankfully, wes parents were here & able to help us out & wes & i even got to drive to cleveland to visit my dad on saturday. my dad was so happy to see us that he started to cry...talk about a heart breaker. at the time, he had a tube down his nose to drain out his stomach & continued to have hiccups (which are painful in long term to begin with, but then add in a long incision on your side...very painful), he just looked pained & depressed. we got a handful of smiles out of him, which was good to see. & we had actually remembered to bring out video camera so he could watch all the festivities from christmas, which he seemed to enjoy.
everyone, including myself, seems to finally feel better today. sadly, wes' dad caught the bug & is now hugging his porcelain throne (hopefully that part is over already). so my goal for today is to do the christmas video & to wipe my entire house down with bleach! i'm so not a bleach person, but after being sick about 6 times this fall & winter, i'm done with germs. germs be gone! addy still has her cough, but it's not a bark anymore, which is great.
now, what to do for new years? i think we're feeling a low key evening at home! (shocking). hhmm, anyone want to join us?
christmas morning we all rolled out of bed by 8:30 (well, amelia had been up around 6 & then back to sleep, thankfully!). wes snuck the presents down during breakfast & addy walked into the living room & saw the tree with presents & let out a big "OOOOOHHHH" & began to demolish the gifts, tearing at the wrap & doing her part to unwrap amelia's gifts as well. this was the first time adeline really got into unwrapping gifts. even for her 2nd birthday, she just wasn't interesting in the unwrapping, more into the result. it really was nearly magical seeing her extreme excitement while tearing into the gifts. i can see now why parents love love love to get their kids gifts...the joy & expectation on her face was really miraculous to witness.
this year we kept our tradition of getting them their first "lovey" object & bought amelia her first build-a-bear. technically, it was build-a-monkey... it's an adorable monkey & we don't know it's name or gender yet. addy has a bear (who we just decided is a girl b/c she got a dress this year!) called "little bear" so i guess this will be "little monkey" until amelia lets us know either way. to keep our camera safe, we bought addy a toddler digital camera & she LOVES it. we weren't sure if it would be a passing thing that she was interested in one day, then totally ignored it the next...but she has been insanely intrigued by it. although her pictures are hilarious b/c they are only within toddler interest range; she has many pictures of the floor, of feet & legs or of the ceiling. love it. hopefully we can download them to post of few. our own little annie libowitz! (total spelling error there but i don't even care today!)
amelia fell asleep while opening her monkey...apparently she's not as stoked as we are. so she missed out on her stocking & other gifts (two books, one being "millie moo"...love it). then we had a mad dash for everyone to get ready & out the door & off to aunt kristi & uncle cal's for the rest of the day...which was really fun with chloe & zoe & the aunts & uncles. i did notice how different it is not having my parents around...it was very sad & i didn't let myself think about it too much or else i would've just cried & cried. it's one thing when we know they are somewhere else also celebrating the holiday, but another thing when they are in a hospital & one is in pain... (speaking of my dad: he is now doing better, finally. he had a very rough week & was recovering slowly. thankfully, he is doing better).
my grandparents came down in the later afternoon & we had dinner & then my mom arrived at about 7 & we started to open the rest of the gifts (we had opened some from the siblings earlier. we had to give the girls something to play with!)...it was going pretty good. judy & aaron crawford had arrived & were hanging out with everyone & it was going pretty smooth. then addy didn't feel like opening her gift & quietly snuck downstairs to where the boys (andrew-8- & owen-6-) were playing a video game (& mini skateboarding?)...& adeline then vomited right next to the tv. i heard it all the way from the top of the stairs, nasty. andrew & owen just seemed stunned & awed...it was hilarious to see their faces. but they were so nice about it! andrew even said 'oh i hope you feel better addy.' (sweet kids).
so went the rest of the evening. addy vomited a total of 5 times before finally going to sleep (once in the car...oh my, let's not talk about that smell again). & we were worried that it was from her possible concussion from her fall on tuesday, so we were on the phone with the pediatrician on christmas ('do we need to take her to the ER?'). it was decided to wait it out. so we did & 5 outfits later, she no longer smelled like spew. what a day. as wes said as we were leaving to go home "merry freakin christmas"...but it still was a good day, just not the end of it.
as for pictures & videos, i plan on making time tonight to do something with them. i did want to do that friday night, but it didn't happen, then saturday night & it didn't happen. then at 3am sunday morning, i was vomiting & sick all day sunday! lovely, i tell ya! thankfully, wes parents were here & able to help us out & wes & i even got to drive to cleveland to visit my dad on saturday. my dad was so happy to see us that he started to cry...talk about a heart breaker. at the time, he had a tube down his nose to drain out his stomach & continued to have hiccups (which are painful in long term to begin with, but then add in a long incision on your side...very painful), he just looked pained & depressed. we got a handful of smiles out of him, which was good to see. & we had actually remembered to bring out video camera so he could watch all the festivities from christmas, which he seemed to enjoy.
everyone, including myself, seems to finally feel better today. sadly, wes' dad caught the bug & is now hugging his porcelain throne (hopefully that part is over already). so my goal for today is to do the christmas video & to wipe my entire house down with bleach! i'm so not a bleach person, but after being sick about 6 times this fall & winter, i'm done with germs. germs be gone! addy still has her cough, but it's not a bark anymore, which is great.
now, what to do for new years? i think we're feeling a low key evening at home! (shocking). hhmm, anyone want to join us?
Crawfords love bleach.
ReplyDeleteSorry you were all so sick, yuck, definitely not the way to spend Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see Addy's photos, too cute.