Christmas

Better late than never! Here is how Christmas went for us this year. Mommy of the year (that is me) gave Izzy her first ever dose of probiotics on Christmas Eve. Everything seemed to be going ok.... we went to the 4pm Christmas Eve service and when I went downstairs to get Izzy from the nursery- she was being held by the nursery supervisor outside her classroom. She told me that Izzy had thrown up minutes before :( Poor little girl- sick on Christmas Eve! She was acting fine so we went home and changed clothes. We were supposed to be having dinner with the Wilson's- that insisted we still come- figuring Nathan had already been exposed in the nursery to Izzy. We got there and Izzy threw up again...... so we came on home- with manicotti! THE WILSON"S ROCK! Izzy went to bed early and we enjoyed a little time alone before crashing ourselves. Izzy was up at 4:45 on Christmas morning. Tim got up with her and took her downstairs while Piper and I slept. When we got up we went downstairs and tried to get Izzy to open presents. By this time- about 8 or 9ish she was already exhausted and still not feeling great. So she opened a couple of presents and then said " I am all done- I wanna watch TV" You can't argue with a kid not wanting to open presents. Piper was sleeping in the swing so Tim and I opened our presents together while Izzy watched TV :) Izzy hadn't thrown up anymore and I was convinced it was a reaction to the probiotics so we went ahead and packed up our stuff and headed to Kinston. It was an AWESOME trip there. Piper slept the WHOLE WAY and Izzy slept most of the way and happily watched the DVD player the rest of the way. It was great for Tim & I because we actually got to talk and hang out which we hadn't gotten to do in awhile with the newborn and all :) We enjoyed time with my family and Izzy got to open lots of presents. She was more tired than normal all weekend and actually took 2 naps both days we were there!! But she didn't throw up any more and had a great time! OK here are some pictures!

The one present she opened...

Presents from Grandma and Aunts and Uncles

Piper slept through all the present opening again!

Izzy and Piper with Penelope- my oldest brother's daughter

Doesn't Izzy look like a proud big sister??

It was a great Christmas and we are so thankful for our family!!