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PURE JOY! My son asked every Santa we saw for a bike, and alas! He got it! Happy Happy Joy Joy!

But lets back up a bit, our Christmas vacation began with us going for a ride on the Georgetown Express. It was a ton of fun, if not a little chilly. Santa and Mrs. Clause came for a visit and the kids were the bell of our train car. Well mostly Sloan, she was decked out and smiled at everyone who would look her way. Gavin was getting round two of the flu, but more on that later.

Our Christmas was great, we hosted Xmas Eve with my family and Greg's. It was a full house and I think everyone had a great time. I never saw much of the kids, so I am thinking they had a blast in the basement. Our Christmas morning was great, Gavin was a late sleeper and I finally had to wake him up! He was very excited to see his NEW BIKE, tent, sleeping bag, etc. He really liked everything, it was just a little overwhelming. He would open something and then want to play with it, instead of continuing on and finish unwrapping everything. Sloan seemed to enjoy the day also, I think she was most content with the tissue paper. We all had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too!

Now onto our shit storm that has once again hit our house. ONCE AGAIN I SAY, SERIOUSLY???? Gavin has had an ongoing cough/cold/flu/exploding poop/puking/puking in Daddy's hands. Now he has walking pneumonia/constipation/a fever and to top it off pink eye! We found this out while at the doctor today, once again. This is our 5th trip to the doctor office since the week after Thanksgiving. 5th freaking time. Will this child never get well?

So we are hoping for a very Happy New Year, along with a healthy one! Merry Belated Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!

Baby It's Cold Outside

Sloan and Gavin looking super happy. Sloan really does not like attempting to eat "food".

It is starting to snow as I write this. FINALLY! Maybe we will actually get a white Christmas. I am not holding my breath though!

My lack of having my crap together this year has made me a slacker with my cards. So if you are wondering if I forgot you this year, no. I just finally finished my cards on Wednesday night and then forgot them in the car yesterday. So I am hoping to get out today and get them sent. Who knows though, I may forget them again. And yes, it is some pictures of the kids and dogs. Crash's pic is a little fuzzy, but that is because we put him in soft focus- he is the oldest. He needs it!

Here are one of the only the 4 pictures I took in Steamboat at Thanksgiving. We had a great time!

Here are some other pictures of the kids meeting Santa and Mrs. Clause. I can't believe how well they did. Sloan just won them over and poor Gavin, we did this in the midst of his flu/cold week with a raging fever. But he did better than he did last year.

I will try and do a post next week of our lovely tree(s), hopefully some snow on the ground, some pictures of the house, and our exciting train ride on Saturday in Georgetown. There will be a special guest to surprise the kids!

Bah Humbug

That is somewhat how I am feeling right now. I have a boy that WILL NOT GET BETTER. We took him to the doctor today for the THIRD TIME since Sunday morning and still....NOTHING. He may have MONO? What, what is that? And can we know for sure if that is what he has? Or does he have Strep? Because we have now taken 2 cultures and it came back negative, but wait, he may still have it. AGGHHH! Let me tell you the JOY, JOY I SAY, that my son is right now. Not only is he sleeping about 2 hours a night and then moaning and groaning for the next 6 while withering in pain, but he has not eaten anything but Popsicles for over 2 days. He now has it down pat that if he starts feeling like he is going to throw up he runs to the toilet. It is great, after he power barfed on our bed Sunday and then did the same on our couch the next day. Or he carries around his "pot" that he spits in. NO MORE! I want a well kid, because he is miserable and in turn is turning me into a shrew. Stir crazy is my middle name right now. Poor Sloan got her shots on Monday so hasn't been her peach of a self lately either. I need normalcy.

On that note, we have had our beautiful tree up since Saturday. SATURDAY. We have now just finally decorated it, on Wednesday. I have yet to even think of Xmas cards. I don't even know if I will get them out. I hope I will, but I really don't want to take Gavin to Santa looking like hell warmed over and spewing chunks. Yes, I just resorted to being 12.

Sloan, Sloan, Sloan, our little devil. She seriously sounds like it. She completely makes these crazy devilish noises while motoring all over or when you change her. It is actually very funny. She is very vocal and chatty. Today Greg worked from home, and at one point we looked at each other and asked, "who was that?" We thought Sloan had spoken an actual word. She kind of did, but not intentionally. She is very cute and very advanced. I am not ready for her moving all over the house and teeth yet. Oh well.

A few very cute quotes from my son this week:

While we were fighting over what to watch on TV (yes, when he is sick and feverish that is all we do), he said "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" and I said, "No, I am sick of Mickey." He just looked at me and said, "Well Mommy you aren't the one sick." Seriously I got upstaged by a 2 year old.

When Sloan was crying, he said to her, "Sissy don't cry, Mommy will always love you and take care of you." He is the nicest little boy to his sissy goo goo. I literally started crying.

Tonight, while decorating the tree, Gavin was coughing. I reminded him to cover his mouth, "so we all won't get sick." He responded with his favorite word, "WHY?" I said, "well because if Mommy and Daddy were sick, who would take care of you?" His little witty response was, "my doctor."

The kid has a great memory and very quick on the come backs.

There won't be any pictures until I figure out my computer. I had a virus and Jerry took it over to correct the problem and since I have had it back, my camera won't download to my pictures. I am sure it is operator error, but having a sick kid I haven't had much time to figure it out. I am actually doing this after they are in bed. Then we will be off to bed, getting about 5 hours of sleep for the past 5 nights does not a body good.

HUGE NEWS BEFORE I SIGN OFF. My hubby got great news from his job, that not only will he be keeping his director title, but he is getting more responsibility, more people and moving up two levels in the company from where he is now. YEA! We celebrated last night with a couple of glasses of champagne, in the midst of holding Gavin's hair while he was puking. FUN TIMES I TELL YOU!