Christmas, like all other holidays was lots and lots of fun but pretty exhausting! It didn't help matters any that I had two sick kiddos on my hands. Drew started out with a fever the Wednesday before Christmas. By Wednesday evening, he had been running a fever of 102 for the majority of the day and had developed a pretty croupy cough. We headed to the after hours clinic after they ate dinner. Since there has been so much junk going around, I went in and waited while Drew and Anna Kate watched Barney in the car with John Clay. The doctor said his ears and lungs were both clear and diagnosed him with a virus and pretty much said, it has to run it's course. Although that felt like a bit of a wasted trip, I'm glad we went because it gave me a little piece of mind when he woke up with a 103.2 fever and labored, wheezy breathing Thursday night. He ran a fever for about three days but progressively got better. She gave us a prescription for antibiotics just in case which we ended up having filled and giving to him on Sunday. It was his first time on antibiotics and there weren't any allergic reactions, etc.... I kept checking Anna Kate's temperature and she was fine. On Saturday, we went to Mimi Jo's house for our first Christmas celebration. Anna Kate was a little congested but fine when we left the house but just when I thought we were out of the woods, sister spiked a 101.5 fever when we got home. She continued with a fever for a few days just like Drew although her's was never quite as high. On Monday morning as we were getting ready for our Christmas Eve celebrations with the Garlands and Garners, we decided she was probably going to need an antibiotic too. I called and they were just getting ready to close for Christmas holiday and wouldn't be back until Wednesday. They agreed to see her if we brought her right away. John Clay ran her to the doctor while I stayed home with Drew. Two hours later, they returned with a negative flu test and a prescription for an antibiotic. Unfortunately, we had a long day ahead with no scheduled nap and a tired little girl. Drew was feeling much better and ready to go!
Our first Christmas Eve stop was Mamaw and Papaw's house. They ate lunch well and we began opening presents. After her first two gifts, she was tired and told me she wanted to go home. She continued to tell me she needed to go "bye-bye" about 35 thousand more time. We finished gifts and visited for a bit longer then headed out. Our plan was to try and get them to nap in the car between the Garland's and the Garner's. She went to sleep about 5 minutes after we got in the car. Drew fell asleep a few minutes after she did. I was excited and thought it was going to work out well. We needed to go by Walmart and get her prescription since they were closing early and wouldn't re-open until after Christmas (for the record, she also did really well with her first experience with antibiotics!). Apparently when I got out of the car, she woke up and there didn't seem to be any chance of her going back to sleep. We headed toward Pepaw & Ann's house and I got Anna Kate out and took her in when we got there. Drew was still asleep so John Clay sat in the car with him for about 30 more minutes. Despite being sick and tired, she was pretty good. They were both a little clingy but we made it through the evening. Just as we were leaving and most of the crowd had cleared out, they came to life. I guess they caught their second wind. They got lots of great things and enjoyed spending time with their Daddy's side of the family, yucky virus and all!
With two sickly kiddies, I got ZERO pictures from our Christmas celebration with the Jones family. :(
Present time!
Drew got lots of bulldozers and diggers and trucks with trailers. He was/still is in heaven!
Pushing one of her new babies in her new shopping cart. She got lots of babies.
Their new bicycles! They don't really get pedaling yet but will get there! (Look at my poor sweet girl's sick sleepy eyes!).
Drew got a full football uniform from Aunt Teresa. It even says his name on the back. It is quite adorable and he loves the helmet!
These pictures were all I managed to get from Mamaw & Papaw's in between Anna Kate telling me she wanted to go home (and the last one was actually taken by Tami!).
And this was all I managed to get from Pepaw and Ann's house. Two very sleepy babies (with their silly ole paci's... I finally gave in and gave them to them to stop the whining & clinging!) playing blocks with Uncle Aaron. Next year, I will do better with Christmas pictures!
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