Can't you just hear that old country song playing in your head now?? :-)
I have good news to all my blogger friends and family who have requested time and time again that I start posting more frequently- we now have much faster internet service! Woo hoo! I am so glad.
We are also getting up with the current century and disconnecting our land phone line. Yep, we're cleaning house around here. Actually that is not true, but a girl can dream can't she? I will always battle my pack rat genes (thanks, Dad!).
Okay, I'm rambling. For a quick update-December has been C-R-A-Z-Y! Each year I swear it won't, but you know...life happens! Having Emilynn participate in the Nutcracker took December to a whole new level of busy! In one week we had dance 5 nights, and were supposed to have it a 6th night, but I let her skip. During the second Nutcracker performance she was sobbing and refused to go on stage. I have to say, most of the adults agreed they felt like sobbing too. It will be good to start fresh in January.
Then there was of course all of the school Christmas events, they had a little Christmas musical program and a Christmas party. We also had a field trip to see a Christmas play this month, during which Kristen and I rode the bus. Quite a memorable experience!
The twins turned 5 on the 21st, so we have had all the birthday happenings to go along with that. We went to lunch at the Mexican restaurant with family so they could get sung to. They have wanted to do that since Henry and Hunter both did it this year. I also took pizza, cupcakes, and goody bags to school for their birthday. AND, for Emilynn's girl birthday outing (remember Carson went to the Marvel Universe Live show), she chose to go to Build-A-Bear with cousin Morgan. She decided she wanted to let Carson go too, so we also invited cousins Dylan and Hunter. Kristen and I took all 5 kids to Cracker Barrel and Build-A-Bear ourselves. We were laughing at how crazy we were to attempt it, but it went really well. Yep, 5 kids, 2 adults, and the mall 6 days before Christmas....it adds up to fun!! :-) There were kids grabbing accessories and it was very chaotic but fun chaos.
The twins had their birthday party at home this year with family and had a Lego/Frozen theme.
As for Christmas, it was different this year. Henry and I spent Christmas in the hospital. He has had a cold for a while and I had taken him to our after hours Kidmed clinic on the 20th. He was diagnosed with croup (Emilynn had croup too) and was borderline for bronchitis. He got some steroids and saline for his nebulizer and sent on his way. Christmas Eve night we were at my grandma's and he was fine and playing, then he went down very quickly. His breathing got shallow and he just seemed out of it. My aunt Debbie checked him and his pulse ox was low. She told me later she thought she had heard something in his left lung but wasn't sure. We took him to the ER (my mom, Debbie, and I) after dropping off Dustin and the twins and giving Dustin the Christmas crash course in case I wasn't home. Thank goodness I had everything ready!
The ER did an xray and we found out Henry had pneumonia. They normally would have sent him home with antibiotics but his oxygen levels were just too low. We got admitted and sent my mom and aunt on home. Henry and I spent a quiet Christmas in the hospital, curled up in a bed resting while he got IV meds to help him improve. I have to say, it was nice having a room compared to sitting in that ER! In the room we had 2 beds, a bathroom, and fridge. They had diapers for Henry, milk for his bottle (yes, he still has it!), and a t.v. we could change channels on-we were set!
Santa also found us at the hospital. Henry got a huge hot wheels track/set, a book, a teddy bear, a puzzle, and he got to take home his very own working stethoscope so he can keep a check on the teddy bear's lungs. It was so sweet that the nurses did all of that for the kids spending Christmas there. It brightened our day. :-)
We finally got to come home late Christmas evening. After picking up the medicine and the twins, I was exhausted from being up so long. It was definitely a different Christmas, but I am glad Henry is feeling better. We just had a check up this morning and the dr. wants us to continue watching him closely and making sure he gets plenty of rest and fluids. They can still hear the pneumonia, which will apparently take a long time to heal. Henry is now on lock down until spring! He has not been anywhere since he got home except we went straight to the dr. today and straight home.
It is a little hard with cabin fever setting in, but Dustin and I have both been getting out a bit. Also, it helps the weather has been crummy anyway and we have plenty of new toys to play with right now!
We will see as the winter progresses how things go. I will have to get creative in what we do. School mornings are early and cold, so I think my father in law will sit with him for that for a while.
Anyway, that is what's going on around our neck of the woods! Maybe next year we can rest BEFORE the holiday like this and avoid getting sick! I don't know, I know the first year of school is hard with bringing stuff home. Emilynn has now had strep throat and croup. Carson has been okay, just a cold/cough but his didn't get bad. I guess 'tis the season!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, hopefully a little calmer and less dramatic than ours! :-)
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