Holiday Baking

We did some baking to give for presents. Jules and I made sugar cookies tonight. It was lots of fun. Jules is the Queen of Sprinkles! She really enjoyed decorating. Next time, I'll add other candies to help decorate. Red hots and sprinkles don't lend a lot toward creativity.

I hope Jules doesn't plan to eat all these cookies... cuz I have plans for them!

Comparison

3 years of smiley Santas.

Christmas Themed Weekend

Friday night, Jules visited with Santa. She did really well. She's never cried with him, but she was a bit more nervous about him this time. That's why Cow joined her. After Santa, we had dinner with the family. Aunt Meredy and Uncle Buck are going to get a new house, so we got to learn about it! :-)

Saturday, we went to see The Princess and the Frog with friends. :-) Dark theater doesn't lend to good pictures, but we had pancakes during the movie and had a lot of fun! Afterward, Jules hung out with Kenyon and her mommy, Susan, and I did research for my Final Paper as well as completing a different final. :-D What a blessing!

We joined our church's Progressive dinner and had a lot of fun. Yummy food, good friends, and the last house had an indoor play area! NICE.

I am very lucky that Jeff was otherwise occupied this weekend. Jules and I got to spend a lot of fun, quality time together.
Today, Jules went to church with Grammy and Gramps to make things more simple for me. Then, we went to my (Mom's) family Christmas party. Enjoyed spending time with the cousins.

Rough Week

Last Sunday, (8 days ago) Jules starting feeling bad. Monday, I took her to the doctor, and it turns out she had strep. Fevers all week, ended up trying a couple of different antibiotics. By Friday, the third antibiotic finally worked and Saturday, she was feeling better. She has SUPER grandparents. Gramps watched her in the mornings and took a day off work to watch her. Grammy took an afternoon off and I took a couple of days. Jeff was able to help out Friday afternoon and took her to the second doctor visit.

She fought fevers so much that she ended up getting a couple of fever blisters on her top lip. Poor kid.

Saturday, we took a trip to the mall to help Aunt Meredy pick out an Angel from the Angel tree. We waved at Santa again. Sunday, she and Daddy went to Grapevine Mills Mall. She watched and laughed at the skateboarders in the skateboard park. Apparently, she loved it when they fell.

She got to ride the Carousel and got a really cute ballon animal/tree.

We're so relieved that she's feeling better!