Christmas Round Up

After our trip to Texas and a disastrous flight home (Daniel was that child that required everyone within 10 rows of us to have earplugs), we arrived home in Colorado to my parents, my youngest sister and her daughter visiting and my two other siblings that live here full time. Christmas was just a few days away and I couldn't wait to share my favorite holiday with a sweet little 20 month old and my family.

Daniel met his Aunt Becky and Cousin Jaylee for the first time as soon as we rolled into our driveway. Jaylee and Daniel had such a great time playing together with the thousands of toys in the house.

Within a day of being home, Daniel started coughing and soon, another croup attack reared its ugly head. We spend most of Christmas Eve day in the ER. Daniel was a champ getting breathing treatments and having to be on oxygen. At one point, he was chilling in his hospital bed, watching a little Micky Mouse Clubhouse and relaxing. A nurse walked in and saw him kicking back like his...

He just laughed and said, "is this kid really sick?" Fortunately, after a few hours of monitoring and some drugs, we were back home just in time for Santa to come. Daniel didn't really get the concept of Santa yet, but his Momma loved telling him stories about what was to come.

Santa came bearing tons of presents for the entire family.

Daniel got a chair from Pottery Barn. (Notice the dark in the windows-yes, it was still dark when we got up. Ugh)

After Dave, Daniel and I had our family Christmas morning, my parents, brother, sisters and niece came over for Brunch and family time.

Sisters!

A few months ago, we had a sibling photo taken for the parents. We Skyped with my brother and his wife when we gave the framed photo to the parents.

The cousins and the entire family had a wonderful Christmas!