House full of sickos

  The past three weeks have been full of one sickness after the other. This time of year Andrew seems to get sick and then stay sick forever, however, the rest of us are usually fine. Not the case this year as you can see by the picture below.

  Three weeks ago Kate had pink eye and an ear infection. Two weeks ago Kate threw up all over the Durango. Two days later Andrew and I caught what she had. A few days after that Abby got pink eye and Kate a double ear infection. They both are now working on getting over the latter string of germs but I now have a cold and can barely breathe out of my nose. Not to mention, every time I bend down my head feels as if it is going to burst.
  With all those sicknesses set aside, and forgetting about Andrew's ridiculous-drawn out-crappy work situation, we are doing great!
  We are SO excited for Christmas!!  Grammy is arriving Monday, Friday is my half marathon, Paka is arriving the following Tuesday and then a couple days later is Christmas!!!
  Kate is kinda understanding what is going on.  She loves helping me wrap presents and putting them under the tree.  We baked gingerbread men last week, which she also loved. Every time we go to Wally World she spots at least two dozen Santa's. I feel like my excitement makes her excited and then me seeing her get excited makes me even more excited!  It's a wonderful circle to be in.
 I still have a few more presents to get and make and wrap.  My goal is to have everything ready, wrapped and sent by the time Linda gets here so we can just enjoy our time together as a family and not have to worry about running around last minute.  It is looking to be a wonderful time of year!