Let's see, December started off with a bang...Bubba was riding his scooter and fell and broke his leg. He couldn't walk for a few days, and was very crabby. We weren't sure what road they would take, and all I could envision was a cast to his hip on the airplane for Christmas. (Seriously, God had a plan when he gave me three boys and a Granny who is an orthopedic surgeon!) We got good news after going to Children's Hospital. It was a small break, that was clean cut, and not displaced. So, we didn't need a cast. The doctor told me just to limit Andy's activity and have him lay low for a week. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this doctor was a MALE doctor. Much easier said than done!
Fast forward eight days. Bubba goes to school one last time before Christmas for his class party. I had a hair cut, and color appointment to go to. Mothers intuition told me that something wasn't going to go quite right. I asked my hair dresser not to color my hair, and just to cut it, in case something happened to Bubba at school. Sure enough, 10 minutes after I walked out of the hair salon, I got a call from school saying he fell on the playground and hurt his leg again. I went to school, saw he wouldn't bare weight on it, and called Children's. They said to bring him right up. I had to call the elementary school, and have them send the older two boys to the office so I could pick them up early and get up to Children's. We went up there, and you'll never believe it. It was a "MIRACLE!" Bubba, who could not walk and cried the WHOLE way to the hospital, jumped out of his car seat and walked into the hospital himself. Seriously, you can imagine how stupid I felt!
Again, the doctor told me to lay low for a few days. When we got home, I was busy taking off Bubba's coat and washing his hands. I heard an awful scream. Johnny had taken his stocking off the fire place and the stocking holder came crashing down and sliced open his head. Blood was squirting EVERYWHERE! I may or may not have said something like, "Are you kidding me....You've got to be freaking kidding me!?" Once we had it cleaned up, and put pressure on it, it didn't look bad enough to need stitches. THANK GOODNESS!
On to Christmas. I was SO excited to go back to WI/MN for the Holidays. We all were. Couldn't wait for the snow, family, and friends. We flew out on Saturday the 16th and it all went well. Only one thing was missing....SNOW! We landed and the temps were in the 30's-40's the whole time we were home! On a good note, I saved a lot of money, and didn't have to buy all the winter gear for my boys for just 2 weeks.
While on our trip, I stayed with my sister Megan in New Prague for a few nights. My sister Ann Marie, cousin Kennedy, and Mom were waiting for us when we flew in. On Sunday, all the girls of the family went to the Mall of America bright and early. We made a trip to the American Girl Store, and the godmothers bought bitty babies for our goddaughters, and had lunch in the bistro! What a fun day!
We headed to La Crosse on Tuesday of that week. Wednesday and Thursday Curtis went to school with my mom and was loving it. Johnny helped my dad and worked a lot with him. They may have been spotted at Kwik Trip and Menards a few times as well. I got stuck with the "boobie" prize and we ran last minute errands, and wrapped presents. My cousin Callan came down to visit and we bonded as well. Right Cal?!?!?!?
Friday, December 23rd. My cousin Brigit called me while I was out at the mall trying to track down a certain Packer sweatshirt I was buying, wrapping, and putting under the tree from Erik to me. (Yes, this is how low I've sank). While talking to Brigit, she said, "We all are taking bets on which Curtis family member will get the stomach flu this year!" I chuckled and said, "Well, everyone's healthy...so not anyone in my family." (I forgot to knock on wood!)
I went back to the house, gathered up the kids, and went out to my in-laws house for our first Christmas celebration of the year. Erik left work early, and was on his way down. We were going to have a nice dinner, open presents, etc. That was until Curtis said, "My tummy hurts!" And it hit the fan...he was up all night and the whole next day with the stomach flu. Erik's Dad and Deb had to call his sister and tell her not to come for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, I went to my parents house, with Andy and Johnny. On Christmas Day, Erik went to his Mom and Tim's house with the other two boys as well. We took shifts, and cleaned a LOT! I was SO sad that this happened to Curtis AGAIN, and on such a fun year of his life! The same thing happened two years ago to Curtis and last year to his cousin Cullen.
Christmas ended up being good, but in a much different way. For the first time in my life, I didn't spend Christmas Eve with my parents and sisters. We stayed at Dan and Deb's house and had a nice, quiet Christmas morning. I was bummed to be missing out on all the celebrations, but enjoyed having a lazy day with just Curtis. I can't remember the last time I was able to relax, watch TV, read a book, and take a bath without ME being sick! So, Christmas might not have ended up how I wanted or envisioned it to...but it ended up working out OK. Only bummer is we missed out on spending time with a lot of different family members.
One more story... On our way home from MN today, we were all boarding the airplane and the Delta worker looked at me with my four boys and said, "Ma'am, you are out numbered, aren't you?" I told her I sure was. She shared with me that she had 3 girls and no boys. Then she said if I wanted to move to first class, she would up-grade me. I laughed and told her that was my "dream." She said she was serious. I politely said that's OK, I'm fine where I was at. As I walked away, she said, "Come back here if you change your mind." We walked towards the plane, and Erik turned to me and said, "Give me your bag, and go back up there and get your seat changed...you deserve it. Don't worry about us!"
That was all she wrote...I sat in First Class the whole way to Charlotte. Didn't hear a peep from anyone in my family. I had a nice big lunch with salad, chicken, fruit, and drinks. I read a paper, and a magazine. I even had time for a little nap. It was AMAZING! If this is any indication of how my 2012 is going to go...then I say BRING IT ON!
Happy New Year Everyone!
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