The setting up of the Christmas Tree

We always set up our tree the day after Thanksgiving. Chuck is in charge of putting the tree together and putting the lights on, and I am in charge of decorating it. It was fun to have some helpers, and they were very enthusiastic also!

Bouncy Wednesday

Skyler had the day off of school and I just was too excited to take him and Lily out for an exhausting playdate. It seems like it has been forever since we were able to do this! We went to Bounce U and they had so much fun! They spent half of the time sliding and the other half we were in the big inflatable bouncing and landing on our bottoms and throwing balls at each other. It was a great time.

Family Fun Night #4 Pilgrim Night

Wednesday night we had Pilgrim Night. We had a delicious shrimp boil for dinner. I picked that because after doing research found that the pilgrims ate a lot of seafood when they first got here. Everyone loved it!!!
After dinner we made Mayflower ships, painted Plymouth rocks, made pilgrims and grew boats. Everyone had a great time and we didn't make too big of a mess!

The Quilt

I sure hope he likes it!

Baby Shower Card

I made this card the other day and just thought it turned out so cute.

2 loose teeth are now 2 lost teeth!

Well, those loose teeth finally came out. Neither way was very pretty. The first one came out when Skyler and his dad were wrestling. He was pretty upset about it, but hey, he got over it. Then the other one was hanging on by a thread so I told him I would get it out with some dental floss. He said ok, but after he saw what I was doing, kind of freaked out. I made him do it anyway and got it almost out when he freaked, big time. Chuck had to come in to help and while he was freaking I just reached in and grabbed it and that was that. After he had been freaking out a while, I said, Skyler, your tooth is in my hand. He was just like, WHAT! It was pretty funny. The first two pics are right after his first tooth came out. The last one is after the second, he was still a little upset!

Sunday Sunday Sunday!

Boy, what a day/night we had. Saturday afternoon Lily developed a fever and the start of croup. She has gotten this once a year, every year of her life, so we usually know what to expect. Saturday night she was okay, Sunday morning, a little worse, she woke up at 5 and didn't go back to sleep, but she wasn't too terrible in terms of croup. We went to church, but kept her with us instead of in the nursery (obviously because she had a fever!) Anyway, when we got home she was a little worse, but still not real bad. She didn't take a nap, extremely unusual, because she just felt that bad. We went to my parents' house for a turkey dinner and she got worse, so I decided to take her to the Urgent Care. I explained this happens every year, they give her a steroid shot and a 3 day dose of steroids and she's fine. He wouldn't do it. He gave her a prescription for singulair and sent us home. I gave her the singulair and put her to bed, she was exhausted. She lasted maybe 5 minutes and then just started screaming. I went and got her and her wheezing was so bad, I took her outside, as the cold air is supposed to help. It didn't. I went back inside and she just laid on me. Chuck got home and then it happened. She was trying so hard to breathe, but she couldn't. Chuck ran and got the inhaler, which helped, but not enough. We almost called an ambulance, but his dad came over to save the day. He stayed here with Skyler so we could take her to the ER. She had to have 2 breathing treatments, a chest X-ray and an oral steroid. They treated us so kindly and were so genuinely worried about Lily that it just broke my heart. Lily was so upset the whole time, but tried her best to stay calm. After about 3 1/2 hours we got to come home. Chuck ran to the store to get a prescription filled, while I waited for the home health care nurse to deliver a nebulizer. We had a rough night of sleep. (Chuck didn't sleep at all, he had to get some work done so he could take a sick day, he is now in bed) Lily and I woke often, her crying, me trying to make her feel better. She is still not doing very well today, but we have a doctor's appointment this afternoon that hopefully will help us clear everything up. I am so thankful that we had help so that could get her to the hospital without having to take Skyler and am so thankful that she is basically okay. We are praying for a speedy recovery and no lasting side effects!