Feliz Navidad!

  We hope your Christmas is merry and bright! We're just grateful to be ending this short-lived tradition and to be making new ones with Kyle. Have a great Christmas!!  

(yes, that is a piñata ... and yes, that is a tradition).  

We Didn't Die and Merry Christmas

   Thankfully I'm feeling better. Being that sick during Tim's finals is something I don't want to experience again. Twenty minutes after he got home from his last final we turned around and went to our ward Christmas party. Santa was going to be there so even though I felt like road kill, I wanted to take Kyle and go. Here he is:   Yep, not the exciting reaction I was looking for. My niece Kate, however, her reaction at her ward party rocked:   We had smoked meats and sausage at the ward party. I was talking away when I looked down and saw Kyle just loving the sausage. It was mangled between his fingers.  I recovered in time to take care of a very fussy and sick Kyle. He got what I had and was getting his third tooth in on the bottom. It was another rough week, but now we are all healthy and happy and ready to celebrate the Christmas season. 

   On another note, I can't find my list of who I sent Christmas cards to, so if you don't see one in your mailbox, I apologize. I think I've given up. Here is our card:

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. We are so grateful for Jesus Christ and His example. Merry Christmas!

Reason #26

Reason #26 why I switched from getting a nursing degree to English Teaching:

These masks make me feel claustrophobic. 

    Isn't this such a nice treat from a husband to his wife? He also slept in the other room last night. Don't want to make him sick before the big final! Look at that swollen eyelid on the left!

   (So there aren't really 26 reasons why I switched majors. It can mainly be summed up to one: Intro to Organic Chemistry. Oh yes, it was this time about five years ago that I filled the bubble sheet to that final with straight "C"s and drew Santa Clause where weird compounds were supposed to go. I got a 30%).

Sick

     If someone were to unexpectedly drop by this morning, I don't think I would answer my door. My house looks like a bomb went off inside. I've already blown my nose a hundred times since waking up and Kyle had his first accident resulting in blood (he hit his mouth somewhere). I've been out of commission since Saturday and my to-do list is twice the length it should be. What started as a sore throat has evolved into non-stop coughing, sneezing and sleeping for only four hours at night. I feel like a zombie. 

   Poor Tim. While studying for his last final (hoorah!) I've been sending him texts like "I'm going down hill fast," "Don't you think you should come home now?" and "I don't think I can make it." I may seem a little dramatic and I probably am, but I'm just so tired of being sick!!

  I did manage to vacuum my room when this happened:

Yah, sure Kyle, just crawl over it!

Totally caught in the act! Notice that drool coming down...

I think that's about it for my vent. Kyle's asleep so it's time to catch up on my sleep as well. Hopefully your week has been a little more healthier, cleaner and calmer than ours!

Hair

I never decided how to cut my hair. Currently I'm thinking this style: Bad hair day? Maybe. Still falling out? Definitely.

Also, December 12th is the last day I can accept orders for Holiday Cards. I've had fun making them! Go here to check it out! 

Happy Weekend!

Round Up

1. I don't know how I forgot to post this, since I am always looking for a (positive) way into the public eye. If you happened to be reading the NY Times on Thanksgiving day, and happened to read a front page article about web chatting in it's entirety, then chances are likely that you read a quote by me and my mom! Fun huh? I can't believe it was published on Thanksgiving. I had been in contact with the writer since June or July! You can read it here. 

2. I want my home to smell like Christmas. Currently it smells like Cajun Turkey and the smell is even masking my Christmas music and half-decorated tree. Any advice? 

3. Kyle has been so vocal this past week. I tried to do a fun video of him attacking his stuffed animals. He loves to bite their noses. The lamb's mouth made of string is shredded because of him. This video is sort of boring, sorry. I'll have to try again some other time. I figured my mom would like it at least!

Kyle also started signing "milk" and "more" this week...although his sign for "more" is closer to clapping than anything. It's so fun to watch him learn new things!