Christmas

We had a great first Christmas with Christopher. We decided to do our big dinner on Christmas Eve so we could just relax on Christmas day. Sarah came over and we cooked a goose (Sarah obviously did not partake in the bird).  It was great to have a good friend here to celebrate Christmas with and Christopher always has a blast with Sarah. 

I don't think Little Guy knew what hit him when he woke up and the first thing we did was put him in his new bouncy pony. We thought he was going to be terrified of it. Every time it bounces it "Neighs"- which is hilarious. Christopher actually liked it a lot and he's figured out to bounce super high now. Christmas present opening lasted all day long, which was really fun. We'd open a couple with Christopher and then it would be time for him to eat or take a nap. Christopher started feeling sick on Christmas Eve, so he was a little droopy during the day. Of course, he liked the bows on all of his presents the best.

This was Christopher's first real time to get sick, so Conan and I weren't quite sure to do. We spent a couple nights up all night with him because he couldn't sleep without us holding him (there goes the sleep training : ) ). On Monday we thought he was doing better, but then he started wheezing. Everything I read said you need to take them to the MD as soon as possible after that, so we all hopped in a cab to the pediatrician. Once we were in the cab he started breathing rapidly, and tears were just rolling down his face. Conan and I were terrified, so we redirected the driver to the ER. As soon as we walked in we could tell he was doing better, and by the time we saw the doctor he was fine. He diagnosed him with the croup, which actually gets better in the cold air- probably why his breathing improved as soon as we got him out of the cab. Who knew? Christopher is feeling way better now and is almost back to 100%. He just has a little cough ever once in a while, but it's not slowing him down too much. We definitely will never forget this Christmas!