My last post was about Cal having the stomach bug. He had it on Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday, Eddie got home, and Thursday, I got the bug! I had a million things to do to get ready to go, but I could not pick my head up. Eddie needed to hurry back to his office to get things in order for our long trip so he called my mom (THANK GOD FOR MY MOM!!!!), who drove over and picked up the wild child so he could play over there.
I had a million and 5 things to do to get ready for the holidays and our trip, but there was NO moving on my behalf! Cal had fun with my mom and came home around 4:00 going full speed ahead. I was not feeling 100% yet, so thankfully Eddie got home at a decent hour to help out.
By Thursday morning, I was feeling fine, so I got up early and Cal and I hit the ground running to make up for lost time from the day before. Thursday afternoon came and Eddie got home from work around 6 and sat down to eat dinner and he was NOT feeling well. Next thing we know...HE has the bug! I was counting on him to do a bunch of things on Friday for the last (last!) minute things, so I spent Friday about to go insane trying to pack (as Cal unpacked me), cleaning the house (God forbid we have a showing while we are in CA!), and taking Hank to camp, etc, etc, etc.... it was QUITE the day!!!
Friday morning, Christmas Eve, I call my parents house, and my dad lets me know that my mom has been getting sick all morning. She swore she would be fine to go to church (our tradition) and dinner that night. Well, she wasn't...she got sicker as the day went on, and then my dad got it too! This thing spreads quickly!!!! Eddie and I were going to continue on with our Christmas Eve traditions, but he wasn't 100% still, and Cal's little bum was a little raw (sorry-- TMI) from his diapers when he had the bug, so sitting still wasn't going to be easy. SO, Christmas Eve was SUPER quiet and casual in our house. I was disappointed, but there really wasn't anything I could do about it. I wasn't going to take Cal to church by myself and leave Eddie home by himself....so, we did the romantic thing: got some Wendy's and watched Christmas Vacation....
Christmas morning everyone woke up feeling great: PHEW! My parents were wayyyyy too good to Cal! He had a blast opening gifts and shredding the paper. Here are two pictures from the morning:
A new chair and a HUGE dog that he can climb on and "ride" like he does Hank! He loves that chair! He also got a bunch of toys and an adorable rocking horse (next to the chair in the above pic).
Riding the rocking horse-- so happy!!!
After we opened presents, we put Cal down for a nap at my parents and we flew home to pack. We headed to the airport at 1:00 and were not packed 100% yet....! It was a rushed morning, but enjoyable nonetheless :)
It was a wonderful Christmas and we are so blessed and have SO much to look forward to in 2011!!!
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