We had a fairly low-key holiday together. Of course Christmas Eve and Christmas were spent preparing or eating food and unwrapping gifts. Owen actually got into the unwrapping part this year, and had a great time with all of his new toys. One of his toys was a Radio Flyer wagon from Nana and Pawpaw (Robbie's parents). It was cold and rainy so we set it up inside the foyer which has a hallway long enough to run down briefly. It was too cute, we'd back up to the "Starting Line" going "beep, beep, beep" (Owen would remind us to beep if we weren't doing it). Then we'd say are you ready and he'd hunker down in an aerodynamic racing position and say "Go!" and we'd take off. He loved it!
Unfortunately, the rest of the week with my parents was forced to be low-key as almost all of us were sick. Robbie had a virus, Owen had a virus and then and ear infection, and my dad brought laryngitis with him. I managed to get all three. Owen was pretty funny at the doctor though. He was already on drops for pink eye when we went in for the ear infection. So as she was writing the prescription, we asked if it was drops, and she said no it was oral. We said, "Oh good, less torture!" (Owen hates the eye drops). And Owen pipes up quite clearly saying "torture." Oh my gosh! What a little mimic he's become. We really have to watch what we say around him these days.
My parents went back home the Tuesday following Christmas. We miss them tons already. Next time we see them will be late May/early June when they come to help after the baby is born. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's holiday!!!
