We got there the Saturday before Christmas to give us a chance to see all of the boy cousins - Asher was thrilled to be with "his guys." He loves being with the big kids and they are so sweet to include him when they play.
A little later I told Asher and his cousin to "get together and smile" in another part of the room and when Hadley heard me she hustled over to the tree and got in position. Except…no one was taking pictures there. Bless her heart, she was so confused. ha!
Since we left home so many days before Christmas we didn't get to all the fun things I had planned. Luckily there was some free time in NJ so one afternoon we made cookies. My goal was to replicate the trees done by The Doughmestic Housewife. I call nailed it. ;-)
Unfortunately, after Tuesday things went downhill quickly. Hadley got really sick on Christmas Eve day and Asher wasn't feeling so great either. Since they were both under the weather Drew and I decided to miss the family Christmas Eve celebration. It was such a big disappointment - this get-together is the main reason we traveled up for the holiday - but the kids needed us so what can you do?
Hoping they would be better after a good night's rest (and a Christmas miracle, maybe??) we went ahead with the Christmas prep. Bitty baby got a new bed and it needed some assembly. Luckily a couple elves were available for the job.
The next morning the kids were even worse. 104 fevers, super lethargic, and just miserable. There isn't anything more pathetic than kids who are too sick to want to open Christmas presents. :-(
With them both being so sick Drew and I decided that the best thing would be to go home. Everyone feels better in their own beds, right? We hit the road early Christmas morning with all the presents in tow and spent the day driving down 95. Luckily we made it without any "incidents" and the kids did really well. They both still had high fevers - yuck. To be continued…
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