Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Christmas Cheer

Like I said in my before post, we had a great Christmas! December flew by so quickly that it is almost a blur. I wanted to re-cap a little on some of the things we did last month.

Julia at the Bus stop
 Julia had Pajama Day a few days before school was out. She was so excited to get to wear these pj's to school, that she counted down the days until it was Pajama Day. Doesn't she look cute? Two days later, Saige and Lydia and I went up to Julia's classroom to enjoy her little Class Christmas party. I was shy to go with my extra kiddos, but Julia really wanted me there, and I really wanted to be there...so I went. It ended up working fine to bring my littles along. A few other parents ended up doing the same thing. Lydia had a great time playing with the classroom toys and acting as if she were part of the class. She even got to have a cookie and hot chocolate with the rest of the kids. It was so sweet.

That evening, we made sugar cookies of our own and then that weekend, we packed up to go to Wyoming and see Aubrey and her fam. We flew out on Christmas eve, so I told the girls that we would bring this special reindeer food to let Santa know where to find us. That reindeer food worked like a charm!
See the glorious snow?
 The flight to Denver (you have to drive the rest of the way to Wyoming) was eventful, and did not dissapoint in leaving me with a story to share. After getting through security and checking Saige in because she's an infant, we got to our gate with about 10 minutes to spare. The two older girls did pretty well obeying and sitting where they were supposed to, but we had one stop in New Orleans, which made for a bit of a long flight for us all. Right after take off in New Orleans, Dave and I decided to sit beside each other for a minute while Julia and Lydia played a game in the seats in front of us. I had asked for some coffee from the flight attendant, so I had that sitting on my tray table in front of me. Lydia decided to reach back between the seats to hold Saige's hand. In so doing, she dumped hot coffee on my lap. It wasn't hot enough to burn me, but I was sopping and embarrassed. There was so much coffee spilled on me, that it was pooling in my seat. Gross!!! It looked like I hadn't made it to the bathroom in time, but that the color of my accident was brown! All I could think was...."I have to sit like this for 2 more hours?" Alas, I am still alive.
Christmas Cookies and a note for Santa

The Hazelet's Tree on Christmas morning
 While we were there, we also got to snuggle Baby Madelyn and the adults took turns going to see movies. Dave and Andy went to see The Hobbit and 007, and Aubrey and I got to go see Les Miserables. Her and I also got to go get our hair cut.

Lydia and her stocking on Christmas morning
 There were two sad parts about our little getaway though. One was that after Christmas, everyone seemed to get one kind of a bug or the other. Julia started out sick with respiratory stuff, and then Aubrey, Andy and Lydia got some kind of a stomach bug. I also came down with what Julia had, and then Julia got a really bad stomach bug 2 days before we left to come home. Dave started feeling a little under the weather the night before we left, but at least Saige didn't get it. I was hoping that the warmer, humid Houston air would soothe my screaming tonsils the minute we got off the plane, but instead of helping very much, somehow I got a horrible stomach bug the day after we got home. Thankfully we are all feeling better now!
The other sad part is that I lost my wedding ring. I wore it to go work-out, so it got separated from my other rings. I'm still hoping and praying it turns up at Aubrey's or in my luggage.
Sweet Baby Madelyn
Isn't she sweet?
Julia holding little Madelyn
Julia was sad to only get limited time with Madelyn because she was sick a lot of the time.
Saigie sleeping on me on our flight home
All in all, we had a great December! Saige got two teeth last month, and Julia discovered just today she has her first loose one. She is so excited! Life is whizzing by, and I can't wait to see what 2013 holds in store! -Amber