Merry Christmas!

As an adult, Christmas is a great holiday. However, experiencing it through a child’s eyes is just magical. This was Juliana’s first Christmas and it was so much fun to see it through her. Of course, there is a story behind all the festivities. First, I fell a couple of weeks before Christmas and tore my patellar tendon. I was in a knee immobilizer and had limited mobility~ great ~ now my princess had one up on me. I will have to be more creative in my parenting skills. Also, this limited my ability to shop, decorate and basically get around. Ok, I can handle this…. So, I did what I could and got Christmas together. We bought a tree and decorated it. Well, Juliana just fell in love with the tree. I also brought out a moving Santa that was carrying a light and was almost as tall as she was that she also adored. Every night before she went to bed, she would kiss Santa and say bye-bye to the tree. So far, so good….
Then right before Christmas, she got RSV and an ear infection. This meant antibiotics, nebulizer treatments and prednisone. I really felt bad for her, she was wheezing, coughing~ no way to spend your first Christmas. I must say though, she was a trooper. Christmas eve was spent at Aunt Helen’s home ~ thank you all for your presents to her.
On Christmas morning, my mom came over and we opened presents again. She got a lot of great toys and books. Luckily, she felt better after a few days and was back to normal.