Gracie home sick

Grace has been home sick the past few days. She started out with a bad cough and fever last Wednesday. She seemed to be on the mend until Saturday night when she woke up with a high fever, (it had gone away) coughing, and throwing up. I took her to the pediatrician on Monday fully expecting to be told it was just a virus and continue doing what we've been doing....(hydrating, rest and Motrin). That has happened to me many times when Grace seemed much sicker than she is now. I thought MAYBE she would give us an antibiotic. I was completely shocked when she told me Grace has pneumonia. You would never know it looking at the kid, now. Like the pediatrician said, pneumonia can be very sneaky. Great news is the high dose of antibiotics has made her feel so much better already. She's bouncing off the walls today and is very stir crazy.

Needless to say, being stuck at home for days in the middle of winter can get old real fast. But, we're doing our best to keep busy...

We have played numerous board games. These are Grace's favs right now.

Coloring, crafts and baking are also keeping us busy.....

....and lots of doll playing.

She does tell me I'm not very good at the pretending part of this one. But , I do try. ;-)

Happy Birthday KJ!

Wishing the most wonderful husband and daddy a very Happy Birthday! I love you!
To celebrate, we had dinner last night at a local Japanese Steakhouse with some friends and family. Obviously, not the best picture of us but, the only we one we've got. Thanks to all who helped us celebrate. We had a blast!

Tonight, G and I made KJ his favorite dinner, pot roast and potatoes in the slow cooker. We then had a little celebration with just our family at home. Isn't the "cake" so creative? Ha!

Okay, Okay, I admit, with the busyness of the past few days, I forgot to make a cake. I didn't realize this until we were getting ready to sit down to dinner. So, G and I got creative and made do with what we had.

Our first Christmas celebration this year was at Uncle M and Aunt A's on the Saturday before Christmas.



On Christmas Eve, we went up to Schaumburg to celebrate with Grammy, Aunt L and Uncle M. and cousins, of course. We had a a great time and enjoyed the night. After dinner and gifts, we had to hurry home to put out treats for the big guy in the red suit.

We had plans to make it up to Michigan to spend the weekend after Christmas with Baba and Grandma. But, the weather had other plans for us. We hope to get up there for a long weekend sometime in January. We miss them!

New Years Eve was fun as always; a night over at the neighbors, filled with family and friends and fun.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!