1st Christmas and 1st trip to ER

Well I guess I will start with Christmas, Jacobs 1st Christmas was good - of course he wasn't totally into it and didn't have a clue as to what was going on but he got spoiled. We did receive a lot of gift cards and money this year which I think is great cause Jacob doesn't really "need" anything right now but when he does in a few months we will just go and get it. It was a super busy holiday for us starting on Christmas Eve, O - but first I should mention that two days before Xmas I had some kind of stomach bug and felt terrible, fortunately Jacob didn't really get whatever it was. So anyway, Christmas Eve we went over to the in laws where Jacob opened lots of presents and even a stocking then after lunch we headed to Grandmas for supper and Santa was to make a big appearance (of course Jacob got more presents). The boys went in the hot tub after dinner and soon after that we left. Christmas morning my family came over to our house for brunch and after they left I started putting some of the toys away, washed some of our new outfits and relaxed at home. Boxing Day my in laws have a big open house so we headed over there early to help out and stayed till about 10:30pm.

The biggest news is probably that Jacob got a tooth over the holidays so we are dealing with a little bit of a cranky baby. And that on Boxing Day I noticed what looked like a bug bite on Jacobs leg, well the next night after bath time I noticed a few more bug bite type bumps on him, then the next morning there was more so off we headed to the Emergency (first of many trips there I think). We got admitted right away and I thought that was great, I assumed that meant we had priority and would be seen ASAP but no ... instead we got sent to this room in the back for "minor treatment" and sat there for THREE hours by our self! Jacob was actually pretty good and only fussed a bit when he got bored and hungry. The nurse took his temp and it was normal (36.9F), the doctor mentioned something about "hand foot and mouth disease" which totally freaked me out but after checking his mouth and ears he said it was just some viral infection and should clear up soon?! So today it seems to be going away and I probably wasted three hours that I never had to but at least I know now.

So with all the running around I was worried it would mess up Jacobs sleeping but he is still on track, in fact last night he was so tired I put him to sleep at 6pm and he never woke till 6:30am this morning!!! :O But that probably means that naps will be short today but that's OK, I'd rather him sleep good at night with small naps then have good naps but wake during the night!

I better get going .... gotta pay some bills now and Jacob is napping so I need to make the most of it! Hope you all had a great holiday and soon I am hoping to catch up on reading your blogs!