Our month kicked-off with a trip to Seattle. Linnea had a Christmas Party for her work, which was a perfect excuse to make a weekend trip and see family/friends in the area! We were having so much fun that unfortunately we forgot to take out the camera during the weekend. Darn!
We've enjoyed many opportunities to spend time with friends in the area through the month, and celebrated at a 1st birthday for a sweet friend Emmaline!
For Christmas shopping - we took Owen with us to Toys R Us, and let him play and explore. The perfect way to find out what he was drawn to, and such an easy age - we could buy the presents in front of him, and he will still be surprised on Christmas! Owen LOVES anything having to do with trains/cars/fire trucks/school buses, and basically anything related to "transportation". He also enjoyed "roaring" at the dinosaurs!
Unfortunately this month also came with a stretch of sickness for Owen. What started as a fever turned into a head-to-toe rash (according to our pediatrician, this virus is something very common for toddlers?) and basically resulted in a 5 day stretch of a very miserable and uncomfortable baby. Poor thing! Hard on parents, too. We want more than anything to make it better for him, and found ourselves exhausted just trying to keep him calm, comfortable, and entertained all while being held-up at home for days on end. So glad that's long behind us (until the next bug, I guess!) and we can enjoy the Christmas festivities adding gratitude for our health to our list of blessings this season!
Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas!
Toys R Us, and loving the trains
Happy 1st Birthday, Emmaline!
Our sick boy...
And how did we keep him entertained?...
We let him sweep the kitchen! And after 15 minutes of this (eternity in the attention span of a toddler) we quickly decided to get a broom his own size for Christmas! Gotta encourage this helpful behavior, of course!
Watching the garbage truck make it's way down our street
This is my "pick my battles" photo!On morning #4, after many hard and sad days, and little/no appetite, all Owen really wanted for breakfast was a piece of brownie. After insisting that he should have oatmeal, I realized...this is a moment to pick my battles, and yes - Owen ate brownie for breakfast (and 1/2 a pear, thankfully!). Oh well - it was worth the smiles on his sweet face during such a hard week!
