Christmas Break 2012

For Christmas this year we packed up our things and drove to Pennsylvania to be with Briant's parents (and brother).  It rained hard the entire drive there.  

Andrew had a little cough the day we left, then as the days passed grew into a bigger cough and then welcomed a runny nose to top it all off.  He ended up not sleeping very well some nights which meant we all didn't sleep well some nights.  One night, he just couldn't get settled and I knew something was bothering him.  We had a friend check his ears the next morning and while they was no infection, one was a little red and sore.  So we figured all the congestion was settling there and causing discomfort while he slept.  Ibuprofen made everything better.  Oh the things I have learned being a parent!

We all ended up getting his cold.  My FIL and BIL ended up getting the worst of it! SORRY!!

I think this was taken Christmas Eve

Our first snow!

Christmas was wonderful.  Andrew slept well that night, and woke up around 7:30 am I think.  Since he doesn't really know what Christmas is yet, we were able to enjoy a nice breakfast first!

Santa brought Andrew this fun train.
He also got some cars, mega blocks, and lots of books!

I'm pretty sure the balloons were his favorite present.

As a family we got some movies, books, and a GPS! We got an advent calendar that I can't wait to use next year!  Briant got a Kohl's card, some pretzels, and he got to go to a Bears game!  Melissa got Zumba 2, a new toiletry bag & lots of yummy goodies to eat.

I love this!  This is my temple, forever and always!

The rest of our break was pleasant.  We enjoyed relaxing, going on walks, playing games, going to Chocolate World, and visiting friends in the area!

Andrew loved playing hockey with daddy!

Here is Andrew, watching his favorite movie, surrounded by good toys.

Andrew loves to play with his Pop pop.

Aside from the chapped nose,
this is a pretty sweet picture of my sweet boy!

Buddies forever

We are getting him interested early.

He didn't always like my way.

He has his own style of playing.

Love this happy smiling kid!

We had an awesome snow storm come through.  The flakes were beautiful!
Andrew loved helping daddy shovel snow!

I'm glad I brought my camera.

He loved this shovel that was just his size.

He really got the hang of it fast!

A common word said... "CARS, CARS!"

Reading his new train book.

We got some great pictures before church.

We had such a great time! I'm so glad we were able to visit Briant parents for Christmas!  I'm so excited we are going to be able to see them more often this summer!