The kids had a blast opening presents, and seeing what they had gotten. Everything was very quickly opened and then even played with just as quick. We seriously had still have a few boxes to put in the recycle bin from Christmas, but it was worth it for the fun all these kids had together. Here are a few pictures of them with a few of their presents:
So, after Nolan got sick, the entire family including Grandma , got the 12 hour flu like he had. We thought that was all Rylee had, but the next day she started running a fever of 103.5 - 103.8 and we couldn't get it to stay away. It would come down with Advil, but then it would bounce right back up over the course of 4 days. For those days she did not eat, and would hardly drink, and when I weighed her she had lost 2 pounds, that is when I decided it was time to take her in. We had to go to the ER b/c it was Christmas Eve and the Doctor's office and InstaCares were closed. After examination and X-Rays, we came to find out she had Pneumonia. The good news about the hospital was that Home Alone 2 was on TV, so she was no longer mad at me for taking her in! We were sent home with orders to sleep, drink and take her meds. She bounced back pretty quick, after two doses of her medicine, she was feeling better. She was pretty out of it Christmas morning, but made up for it that night by staying up extra late playing babies and having a slumber party with Megan.
I think every family has some sort of tradition like this one, where you have to take a picture prior to coming down and opening presents. We were so lucky this year to spend Christmas with Megan, Connor, Amaya and of course their parents too. If you can't tell by the picture a few kids are very sleepy still, and Rylee is extremely sleepy!!
