Sunday, December 30, 2007

Surviving Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We ate lots of good food and got to spend time with lots of loved ones, but we will forever remember this as the holiday of sickness. So many of our family and friends were sick and in the hospital over the last few weeks. Here is a quick rundown of what we were aware of.

Ethan had a cold, that turned into the stomach flu the week before Christmas. He got both of us pretty sick delaying our trip to Cache Valley and making Kyle miss a day of work. Some of our friends had the stomach flu hit them on the plane to Utah causing one of them to go to the hospital immediately after landing. They then, passed it to their entire family. My brother had a scheduled surgery the week before Christmas which eventually lead to him catching a staff infection and many ER visits. My grandpa also had surgery too, but luckily didn't have complications. My cousin's husband almost broke his leg the Saturday before Christmas and ended up in the ER. My aunt slipped on some ice on Christmas day and shattered her shoulder needing a complete replacement. After a Christmas party Kyle and his sister fell ill and later spread it to their dad, who was affected for a few days. Oh yeah, my sister and sister-in-law were trying to get over being sick, as well as my brother who recently had a bout of mono mixed with strep. Whew!! We hope that was all!

Anyway, here are some highlights of our Christmas.


We put bows on Ethan and he didn't like it too much. Here is one of him trying to find them to pull off.
Grandma Taylor gave Ethan this cute outfit for Christmas. This was him right before church today. It was so fun having him all dressed up for the occasion. He is such a little man (though he sure didn't act like one today!!).

3 comments:

Heather Taylor Photography said...

That's pretty funny about Ethan and the bows. Glad you guys had a good Christmas and that you're all feeling better now. You can add us to that sick list... we got the same flu (same symptoms and order they came) that Ethan had- Jackson had it Wednesday-Thursday, Brian had it Friday-Saturday, Scott had it Saturday, and I had it Saturday and all weekend and I was finally able to get out of bed this morning. At least we weren't all dog sick at the same time, right? We've canceled tonight's plans and will just stay home the next few days to make sure it's out of our system and so we don't pass it on. That was definitely a nasty bug! Glad you guys are better now and that everyone in the family is on the mend. Happy New Year!

The Morreys said...

Heather, we hope we didn't spread it to you guys at the Christmas party. We're glad you are all on the mend.

Amy and Micheal said...

So sorry that you guys were sick, and that so many loved ones were too. Thanks so much for visiting me for a few minutes. Ethan is so adorable!! Thanks again for the ticket, Jen. I am so glad that you held onto it for that long. :) Oh, and I meant to tell you that your hair is so cute, did you get it cut? Happy 2008!