Daddy was out of town this weekend, so the kids and I had a fun time hanging out together. Saturday morning we agreed would start with a stop at the Donut store by our house and they were both super excited. Nolan loves donuts, Rylee says she does but doesn't really eat them very well. Nolan started with a twist bar and then ate a sprinkled donut, and Rylee got a chocolate sprinkle donut with pink and purple sprinkles! This was the start of a fun day!
Nolan stated preschool after Christmas break and he loves it. I was nervous at first only because he had been potty trained for a short time, so I was worried about accidents. Luckily, it had been a month and he has had no accidents and loves class.
He goes to the same school Rylee went to last year, so he knew the teacher and that helped make it an easier for him to adjust.
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!!
Santa was very nice to the kids this year! They each wrote a letter to Santa and he was nice enough to bring them the things they asked for, even the 5 different maze books Rylee asked for.
Rylee got the American Girl double stroller, her maze books, glasses and a brush for her dolls, a smurf lunch pale, and some treats. Nolan got the "Big Batman House," a few toys to go with the Batman house, a Batman lunch pale, a maze book, and a few treats too. 
Then we had the very full tree with 11 peoples presents under it!
Grandma and Grandpa Campbell came into town for Nolan's birthday and stayed until the morning of Christmas Eve, so the kids opened their presents from them before they left. Nolan was very excited to get his own Leapster and some games. Rylee got the baby suitcase that she has wanted forever, but didn't show the amount of excitement Nolan did because she was so sick. She just opened her present and snuggled her Grandpa!
Caity had to work on Nolan's birthday, so she made a special trip up to give Nolan his birthday present. These two are great buddies and Nolan is so lucky that she loves him and spoils him so much. She got Nolan the coolest most awesome Batman car, and Nolan loves it.
Nolan's birthday party was on the 14th, because the holiday season gets so busy we thought it would be easier to do it earlier. He went to a bounce house place and all the kids had a blast. We could barely get any kids to sit still long enough to eat cake and don't even think about them staying to open presents. This is a good thing though, because we know everyone was having fun. He was of course spoiled, spoiled at his party. We don't have a lot of pictures from the party because Daddy mostly took videos, but we did get a picture of his cake.
This cute little guy is 3 years old today (i posted at Midnight it is showing the 22nd above tho). We have been so blessed to have Nolan as a part of our family, and can hardly remember what it was like before he came into our lives. He is turning into quite the little boy lately, not even much of a toddler anymore.
Last night we were at a concert when our babysitter texted us that Nolan was sick. I felt so bad for him that we weren't there to hold him, but when we hit home we snuggled for awhile and he even slept next to our bed. He was very pale and sick all night, but luckily he seems to be doing better now!
We had one of first really good snow storms last week, so the kids and I bundled up and headed outside to play! We shoveled the driveway, made snow angels, and even ate a little snow. Don't worry, Daddy has already taught them to not eat the yellow snow!!!
Rylee's preschool puts on a Christmas performance every year, and it was so darling. I was so proud of Rye because she did a great job holding still and not being too disruptive. She has had a problem before with bothering those around but she did a great this year. They sang about 6 different songs and try were adorable! I look at this picture and I cannot believe how big Rylee is getting!!
We went to the Festival of Trees yesterday afternoon and the kids had a blast. First thing we did was wait in line to see Santa! The kids told Santa what they wanted for Christmas and that they had both been good all year! The could not stop talking all day about how they saw Santa and told him what they wanted. This year has been so fun because both kids are really into Christmas and extremely excited.
After Santa we went and looked at a lot of the trees set up, but we had to leave early because Rylee had gymnastics. But, before we could leave they each enjoyed a cinnamon sugar scone!
