When I left my house to go to see Les Mis last night it was snowing like crazy. As much as I hate snow I was extremely excited since it was Christmas Eve. There's just something about snow on Christmas Eve/Christmas that makes it really feel like the Holidays. I was hoping the snow would stick a little, enough for us to have a white Christmas but by the time I got out of the movie theater the snow had turned into rain.
The girls were sleeping on the couch when I got home so I carried them each to my bed. Alayna was perfectly fine and still asleep when I put her in her bed but Olivia was scolding hot. I had a feeling that she had a pretty high fever so I put her in bed and got a thermometer. Turns out I was right, she had a 102 temperature and refused to take Tylenol for me until I dissolved the meltaway on a spoon for her. She went back to sleep and woke up again 10 minutes later crying that she didn't feel good... That went on for about 2 hours. Finally at 5:30 AM she was asleep soundly, her fever seemed to be down a little bit and I was able to make sure that Santa put the presents under the tree.
Olivia and Alayna woke up about an hour later and shook me awake to open presents. Keep in mind, I only had an hours worth of sleep and was falling asleep while the presents were being opened. However I stayed awake enough to take a few pictures of my girls opening presents.
They made out like little bandits! They got a Fisher Price Serving Surprises Table, pretend food, Alayna got a guitar & Olivia got a keyboard, Journey Girl dolls, Play Doh, games, craft sets, dollhouse furniture and so many more goodies that we can't wait to play with together! After opening presents Olivia asked if she could go back to bed and not play with her toys until later; that's when I really knew she was sick. She usually wants to rip open everything and play with it right then and there.
After presents we prepared for my uncle and grandma to come, just our usual small family get together, for dinner. We had a great Christmas despite Olivia being sick. I still have no idea where we are going to stick all of these new toys but we now have an excuse to put together the second bookcase that we've had in a box for about 4 months! :) I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
