Monthly Archives: December 2012

No photos… just an update. Jim went to the doctor this morning and he was told he has rotavirus. JT went to his doctor this afternoon and was diagnosed with rotavirus and pnuemonia. He started an antibiotic today. Both boys are very fatigued and spent most of today horizontal. Pray for recoveries and that HaleyContinue reading “Update – Edited”

With the boys sick, I made the tough decision to leave them at home and take Haley to the family Christmas dinner at Jim’s sister’s house. It was really hard to leave, especially with JT saying, “Why are you leaving us when we’re sick? Who will take care of me?” as I headed out theContinue reading “More Christmas”

If you read in the Christmas Eve post about Jim being sick, you might be wondering how Christmas morning went. JT woke up about 5:30 crying that his throat hurt to swallow. 😦 I tucked him back in bed and Jim, meanwhile, got up to throw up. He said he felt much better and thenContinue reading “Christmas Morning”

It all started with the yummy pancake breakfast and leisurely morning I mentioned in my December 23 post. Then Jim got a call into work and left about 10 AM. The kids and I did some house chores and enjoyed laying low. He called around 1 PM to say that he had no idea whenContinue reading “Christmas Eve”

December 23 we went to my parents’ house to exchange gifts and see my grandma and my cousin who was visiting from out of town. The kids were so excited for their first gift opening of the season. JT’s special gift was a Craftsman tool box full of real tools. And I mean FULL. HeContinue reading “December 23”

It all started with an idea for a fabric Advent calendar that I could reuse every year. Twenty dollars in fabric and thirty hours later, I was done. (Ugh!) I hand cut and hand stitched every number, hand stitched on every pocket, and hand stitched the quilt border. But it’s done and I like it!IContinue reading “Advent”

Today we woke up to snow! Which was great, because it was my first day off for winter break and we were all healthy with zero plans… a wonderful start to the vacation. We had also made paper snowflakes on Sunday and had watched flurries all weekend. The kids were so excited! I posted thisContinue reading “Snow Day”

We hosted a birthday breakfast for Jim’s dad last weekend. The kids were super excited to see their cousin Travis again. They both want to hold him and cuddle him and basically smother him while he’s here. But he’s also growing up and able to do some things… like lay on his tummy and lookContinue reading “Birthday Breakfast”

…well, you know the rest. Okay, so I wasn’t going to decorate until December 1st, but then I took a look at the weekend’s schedule and decided I’d better go for it. Haley spent ten minutes playing with garland and then proclaimed she was “all done with Christmas.” But JT helped out and was aContinue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like…”