Happy, Happy to you!

Happy Birthday, Erin! Glad we could share it with you.

(Once again, thanks go to Heather for such a lovely photo.)

I suppose Happy, Happy to you could also apply to hoping everyone we love had a happy holiday season. The Bell family had a very Merry Christmas complete with a toy store worth of toys taking over our home. You can check out my picasa page, Erin's or Lee Anne's to see photos of some of the events.

Sorry to lag so far behind in updating the blog, but Kinley struggled with a cold that just wouldn't stay away for the two weeks surrounding Christmas. On Monday, we made an appointment to take her to the doctor for it but wound up heading to urgent care instead. She began throwing up and couldn't stop for several hours. Having your baby/toddler throwing up has got to be one of the worst things. You just feel so helpless. The nice doctors at the urgent care hooked her up with some anti nausea medicine that made her almost immediately better, some antibiotics for an ear infection and some cough syrup.

By the next day, Drew and I had fallen victims to whatever bug Kinley had the day before. It was A.W.F.U.L. I have never been so sick in all my life. It took days to get over the sleep deprivation and dehydration, but we are finally all feeling better! Thanks again Grandpa for helping us out on that yucky, yucky day, and Granny for coming the next to give us a bit of a break.

So anyway, sorry for the tangent and hopefully the new year will bring me plenty of time to keep up with the blog and us all good health. We've had our fill of the sickies.