I've had this post in the works for awhile now. I know that it is already February, but with everything with my dad updating our Christmas took a back seat. However, I really want the photos and memories preserved into this blog, so if I don't update now, I know I will start to forget some things!
Christmas #5 was with Paul's family. It was a bit different then we had all expected. With everything going on with my dad we weren't sure we would be able to attend. And then Paul's grandmother ended up going into the hospital as well so Mary and Dennis were extremely busy taking care of her and getting things ready for Dan and Krystl to make it to Indy with the girls. So, we ended up not celebrating until after Christmas. I believe we all got together on December 27th (again... since I am waiting until February to actually write this certain details are fuzzy).
We started the night off with dinner at Cheddar's. This is something new for us because we usually eat at Mary and Dennis's house. But with Mary's mom in the hospital we all thought going out to eat would be better. No prep time needed, no worry about clean up, and before going out to eat she could go be with her mom in the hospital if she wanted. We got a great location at Cheddar's. We had a huge table in the back corner for all of us. And Sam, Lizzi, and Chloe had their own booth. It's so weird seeing how big Sam is now that he can sit down at his own table, behave, and eat his food. Lizzi did such a good job watching him. She made sure he had milk, and his sleeves were rolled up. He loved following her everywhere. The girls had just gotten new Kindles from their grandparents in Texas and Sam had his new mobigo from Christmas so they all were able to play with those. Sam also brought in cars and they rolled those around on the table until food got there as well.
Ally was over with us at the other booth for dinner. The poor girl was miserable. She was literally clingy to me and crying. She has been having bathroom issues (she will be so glad one day when she knows I have posted all of this to the blog!!!) and it's painful for her anytime she has to go. We have just started her on fiber gummies, but she was so miserable and in so much pain that she was stick straight, clingy to whoever was holding her, and crying. So... dinner for me, not so relaxing. But thankfully we were so out of the way at the restaurant her crying wasn't too disturbing that I could still stay with everyone and hold her, and not have to take her out of the restaurant.
After dinner we all loaded up the vehicles and went to Paul's parents house. We were on our way there and things took a turn for the worse for poor Ally. Her stomach was so upset and she was trying so hard to go to the bathroom that she got sick all over her carseat and herself. We got in to Paul's parents house and got her cleaned up. Thankfully we had a backup outfit for her in the diaper bag. So, after she's cleaned up we attempted to get grandkid photos in front of the fireplace. It doesn't go so well when you have 6 kids to try to get to look at the camera at one time. These are some of the photos we got. They are really cute even though they aren't all looking at the same time. Please note that this was Ally's back up outfit. We did have her in a very cute dress before the first puking stage :)
After kid photos we tried to get individual family photos. Ours is posted at the top of the page. Sam was in a silly mood and Ally still wasn't feeling well so ours did not turn out so great. The following are some that I got of everyone else.
After family shots we listened to Dennis read the Christmas Story. It's a family tradition of theirs and I think it's a great one. Ally was very interested in the story as well.
After the story things went downhill fast for Allygator. She started to feel even worse. Was still trying to go potty and I knew she was going to be sick again. So I asked Paul to watch her in the kitchen so if she did get sick we could easily clean her up. I called my mom and she was so nice to volunteer to come over to our house (it was almost 8 at this point) and cuddle with Ally and keep her at home so I could go back over to the Rose side for Christmas. Well, as I am packing stuff up, I here her crying and struggling and she had just wondered back into the living room and got sick again. Paul and I got her cleaned up again, and back into the car to head home we went. The following are photos Paul took while I was driving home, and getting her set up with my mom.
Once I got home, it would figure that she wasn't sick again and actually successfully had a dirty diaper. Mom was great and got her cleaned up for me while I went and cleaned myself up from taking care of a sick baby. She said she'd still stay there with her because Ally was so exhausted from all the crying that she really just needed some quiet time and some cuddle time. Mom set up a movie on the couch and just cuddled with her all night and played toys with her. Then rocked her to bed while I could head back to the Rose's.
Once back at the Rose's I basically was able to say goodbye to Denise and Dave. They were taking their kids home to go to bed so they opened up their presents while I was gone. Paul let Sam open up a few but waited for his big ones until I got there, which was nice of everyone so I could see him opening up his gifts.
After Dave and Denise left we were still opening up other presents (like I said it was a very different Christmas for this side this year!). Because we didn't have Ally with us, we actually stayed pretty late since Sam is able to do well staying up past his bedtime now. We left around 10 or 10:30 to get him to bed. Ally was already asleep when we got home so putting Sam to bed took no time at all.
We had part 2 of our family Christmas that Saturday where Ally finally got to open up her presents. She was feeling better and we wanted her to be able to open the gifts from everyone before Dan and Krystl left.
Ally got a new smart phone :) She had very important phone calls to take!
Sam helping grandpa build Ally's new cradle.
All in all it was a really good Christmas. We had a great time with family and seeing Dan and Krystl. Sam loved the time with the girls and keeps asking us if he can see Lizzi and Chloe in Texas so Paul and I are going to have to get on a trip down there to see them soon! Other then the Christmas being divided into two parts for Ally it was really great.
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