The Back Story on Xmas

Here is the back story on Christmas... Friday the 18th we had the girls 9 month appointment which went well and they got the H1N1 vaccine. Sunday Madeline threw up in the middle of the night in her bed, which led to Stan and I double teaming to get her bathed, bed changed and back in bed in about 10 minutes. We figured it was a reaction to the shot, but nope another stomach virus. That was followed by one of the girls throwing up each day and lovely diaper explosion until Christmas eve in which we made it through the whole day without any barf. However, we were all bathed and dressed in our pretty Christmas dresses when Madeline had a major diaper explosion as we were getting ready to leave so Madeline wore her brown and pink polka dots to church instead. Thank goodness it happened before we left the house. We made it through Christmas eve service at church and it was nice to have the girls hear the Christmas carols and be a part of it all.

Christmas morning was wonderful as you saw in the pictures, then Christmas night Taylor started up again, oh well. We went to the doctor on Saturday and Madeline had a single ear infection, Taylor had a double ear infection and Taylor also got a nebulizer so she could get breathing treatments for her wheezing chest. Let me tell you, trying to give a 9 month old an 8 minute breathing treatment in the doctors office with no distractions is not fun. It was a little better at home with TV to keep her distracted. In the middle of it all Stan got the bug too so I was flying solo with two sick kids for a day or so. I felt bad, but never fully got it thank goodness. We were on the mend just in time for my parents arrival and then a day later it hit my Dad and he was down for the count for a whole day, but thankfully it was quick for him, relatively speaking. Then the day before they were to go home, it hit my mom, but not as bad.

Now after New Years I got a head/chest cold, does it ever end. Just in time to go back to work...

So... it has been a hard week of vacation, but we all seem to be on the mend and after the girls got medication. They perked up very fast and have been back to their normal little selves.

I hope everyone else stayed healthy this xmas, I think we had enough bugs for everyone.