December Miscellany {take three}

Monday {26th} was spent at home playing with our new toys, cleaning, dancing around in our jammies/undies & putting away Christmas decor.  I always feel like scrooge that I do that so soon, but because we have it up for a full 30 days or so before Christmas, I am ready for the space & clean simple look again.  I don't feel like I lose the Christmas spirit though, it seems to stay regardless, so I'm grateful for that.

The boys were sad to see the tree & decorations go, but they were good helpers all day & loved playing with their toys.  Grayson called Grandpa Alan first thing & said, "You need to come over right away to help me get my Storm Trooper ship going."  He was pretty convincing and Grandpa came over a bit later.  Between the three of them they had it set up & working quickly and he loved playing with it.

 Around 5:30 we went to dinner at Fiesta with T&T.  The boys were great & it was good food & good company.  On our way home, we stopped at Huls' where Amber, Todd & girls were staying the week.  The movers were coming the next day & I wanted to deliver their going away gift so they could send it with the movers rather than pack it on the plane.  My mom made them a beautiful quilt {that I'll have to have Amber send me a picture of} and they LOVED it.  It was so fun to give it to her and I know it will be well used & loved in the cold Minnesota land she's moving to.  They gave us a fun Christmas gift-including a best friend's bracelet I haven't taken off since that night. (:  Sure love that little family!  

From there we went straight to Mom & Dad's again to watch L&K open their gifts & exchange sibling gifts for them. I forgot to blog about that in the other post, but Taylor had my name & got me the cutest camera strap & a gift card to Cafe Rio {my fave & they now have one in Boise!}.  Lance had Zac & got him a holster for his gun-totally perfect.  Zac had Lance & got him a nice pair of wireless headphones for his gaming so he can actually talk to Zac & Talon when they all play together online at their houses instead of having to text every time he wants to say something. (:  I had Kelsey & got her the set of Harry Potter books.  Can't wait to have some time where I can borrow them & read them again.  They were surprised about the shark & baking stuff too, & then Dad made them share their feelings about the McCall experience, which was sweet to hear.  Then they got their surprises.  Kels got the full Willowtree Nativity {in a HUGE box} and Lance got big decal things for his hunting trailer.  Jaeger got a train table & the boys all walked on it & were so excited.  We missed them on the actual day, so it was fun to be there when they opened their gifts.   

Tuesday {27th} I had a headache all day & loved using the head massagers both Zac & my mom had stuck in my stockings!  Taylor watched the boys while I got as much done as I could catching up with clients after the Holiday.  We cuddled a lot that evening {don't mind my homely look} & read the tickle monster book, complete with Daddy being the tickle monster {totally recommend this one!}.  Beckham was up most that night with a fever, so he & I spent the evening restlessly on the couch.  Poor baby!

Wednesay {28th} both boys had fevers all day, but I thought it was a passing cold.  No other major symptoms.  We had lots of cuddling, Gray didn't have preschool {winter break}, and watched movies.  We were all pretty chill the majority of the day.  We did stop over at G&G Pete's for a minute to see Grandpa fly his cool helicopter thing & Gray ran away from it, Jaeger was brave & chased it, and Beckham was terrified of it, especially after it hit him in the head!  That night Taylor & Talon came to watch the Warrior with us.  Such a great show!  After they left, we heard the first barking cough from Beckham and knew it'd be a long night.  It was. (:

Thursday {29th} Taylor rode along as I took the boys to the doctor.  The coughing had gotten worse through the night & both boys woke with fevers.  Yuck!  I thought we had escaped it.  Just out of curiosity {because it felt like a long time since we'd last been to the doctor}, I asked when our last visit was.  It was over 6 months ago for a well child check up for Beckham!  So they hadn't been sick in a long time.  Made me so grateful.  We saw a new doctor I hadn't seen before & I liked her a lot.  She was great with the kids, made Grayson feel immediately comfortable, and both of them liked her.  Gray just had a bad cold, but she could tell Beckham had croup right away.  We did a breathing treatment on him there that helped a lot, but he HATED it.  Poor baby cried the entire time.  We had a little man video taping the entire event. (:  Toward the end Grayson came over & held the tube in front of Bex' face rather than using the mask & he calmed down quite a bit for that.  Tender mercies.  We got med prescriptions & headed out with coins for the toy machine.

 

Grabbed a couple things at Walmart, picked up their meds, dropped Taylor off, and went home to force that nasty steroid down Beckham's throat & give him a much needed nap.  The boys were sick and yucky all day, but I felt blessed that they are so cuddly and loving when they're sick.  They played well together & we just chilled all day.  That night Gray coughed so hard that I got him up to sleep on the couch so he wouldn't wake Beckham and he threw up {in the toilet-thankfully}.  He was so upset & kept apologizing and telling me it was just not fun to be sick.  Seriously?!  Such a sweetie.  Zac laid with him for a few minutes while I got my bedding stuff & I heard him saying, "My throat hurts.  It's spicy and hot."  Haha!  So true after we throw up!  When I laid by him he was picking his nose.  I asked him why he was doing that & he said, "You know what Dad says about kids picking their noses."  I said, "No...what?"  He said, "Sometimes kids just have to pick their noses!"  Haha!  I think Zac has said that.  We slept-not the best night of sleep ever, but FAR better than the previous three or so-the rest of the night.

Sidenote: You may notice that Grayson rarely wears clothes & think that I never dress him. Lest you do think this, let me set the record straight.  He gets dressed each morning-usually fully dressed-and then at some point, goes to the bathroom.  He puts on his undies & discards his pants because he'll probably have to go again pretty soon anyway, right?  Then, he wants to dress up in a superhero costume, so discards his shirt & wears a costume for a while.  At some point he realizes he's too hot in the costumes & gets rid of that, leaving just his undies.  If we go somewhere, he gets clothed again, if not, it's often bathtime/bedtime before he gets fully dressed again.  We're working on it.  (: