Merry Christmas!

It's been one of those holidays.  The cookies have all been made, granted it took until Christmas Eve to get them frosted, so needless to say the cookies did not get distributed to friends, teachers, neighbors.  Instead we get to eat hundreds of cookies and feel bad because we didn't get anything delivered.

 And as with all holidays, Bella got sick (teething) 3 days before Christmas.  So we had to cancel our plans to head back to Nebraska for Christmas and hunkered down at home to spend time with our sick child.  The last three nights we have been splitting shifts sleeping with Bella, who wakes up every hour coughing.  The first night it was actually every 15 minutes, so we have made progress.
We did manage to make it to Christmas Eve service.  I had to laugh because anyone who heard Bella cough or saw her (her eyes are all red again due to breaking of the blood vessels around the eyes from coughing) would think she was an extremely sick child and should not be out in public.  But we took her knowing she isn't contagious and made it through the service (with little talking and little coughing).
So today we spend our Christmas day, Bella getting better, and Jesse and I doing things around the house (is that normal).  And hoping that soon we will get a good night's sleep.
Some year maybe we can enjoy Christmas activities on Christmas, but until then..........Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!