Sunday, January 15, 2012

Christmas Day 2011

I love when Christmas falls on a Sunday and I also strongly dislike when Christmas falls on a Sunday.
I was thankful that church didn't start until 11am though, so it gave us some time to do the Christmas morning chaos and still have a decent amount of time to eat breakfast and get to church on time. There was no mad rush or having to open gifts, yank them out of their hands and head off to church.
The kids slept in until 6:30am....ALL OF THEM.
It was a Christmas miracle. Its like all of my Christmas wishes were granted.
I felt like Tiny Tim!
In fact, I think the boys had to wake Wiggy up.

Santa's loot.
Bubba and Tubbs each got air rifles, ammo and Ninjago Spinners.
Wiggy got a big Minnie Mouse and some Minnie Mouse shoes that light up.



My friend Sarah found me a Cabbage Patch doll with the same name as Wiggy. She is so cute. I sent her a check and she shipped it to us. Thank you Sarah!

Tubbs and Bubba each got a swim parka for swim practice/meets. Very toasty!



Daddy got some front "tube doors" for his Jeep from Grandpa Baer. What a pleasant surprise!


Tubbs got the Kermit pajamas he really wanted. WHY? I have no idea. This kid likes the strangest things.





Daddy got Bubba a CO2 gun. They had some fun in the back yard after church.

Some lemon bars for daddy from Linda's Bakery. Mama's idea...and we were all happy to share the goodness.

Wiggy got a Minnie Mouse phone and she kept getting phone calls after church. :)

Luke's family came over after church for dinner. It was really good and it was nice to have everyone together!

 

Merry Christmas!

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That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008