Day 351 - There He Is!

By Yesterday O was feeling great...really great. Like bouncing off the walls great! Ha! Like I said, its been a loooong week. We went for a haircut yesterday morning with Ms. Callie. Just a trim. :) I took this shot of him before we went and love it. Its a shame the focus is so soft. Trying to get him to sit still at a shutter speed of 1/60 is just not gonna happen. ha! We then ran some errands and got a few things at the craft store. My throat has been sore this week, too so I went ahead and went to a walk in clinic to get checked out. No strep for me, hooray! Don't know what's wrong with me, but glad its not strep. And glad O is feeling better.

Day 350 - The Face of Strep Throat

Thursday am Owen was still running a fever and wasn't any better so I took him to the doctor. This is the face of strep throat. My poor guy...took him in on Monday for a flu shot, and left the office with strep throat. Its so irritating! I hate the doctors office. The good news is, this was the last time he got upset about not feeling well. By Thursday afternoon he was feeling much better and getting back to his romping and stomping self, aside from eating and sleeping. Its been a looooong week. He missed school all week and it was his last week there until after New Year's. However, we did drive by the school on Thursday and drop off his gift for his teacher and a classmate and the director brought his gifts out to him which I thought was sweet.

Day 349 - A Big Bowl

On Tuesday Owen started running a fever and slept nearly all day...this is soooo not like him. I knew at that time something was up, I just wasn't sure what. I had just gotten him the flu shot booster on Monday so I didn't know if he was having flu-like symptoms from that or picked up something at the doctors office. Momma was not happy. He wasn't eating well either and was just pitiful when his motrin or tylenol weren't kicked in. Wednesday morning he woke up to another low grade fever so I kept him home. He still had his lack of appetite so when he asked for some popcorn I happily made him some. I told him to pick out a bowl...he chose the BIGGEST bowl in our entire house. He literally can fit inside the bowl. You pick your battles. The size of the bowl wasn't one I wanted to fight at the time. Here he's enjoying his snack in the bowl as big him and cheesing for the camera.

Day 348 - Metro, the Black Nosed Reindog

Taking pics of my dog with reindeer antlers on his head kind of falls into the same category as trying to photograph my child...a little bribery goes a long way! Not to mention he actually listens better than my child most of the time. Here's Metro, our very own Reindog.

Day 347 - Train

I helped Owen set up his train track this morning and he played with it for a little bit. A little birdie tells me that his Gran Gran just may have gotten him some additional pieces to it for Christmas. :) Him playing here in his jammies by the tree with the stockings in the background looked like the perfect picture for this snowy day.
We had a little scare this morning. I had to call poison control. Owen bit into a cascade dishwasher packet. Jeesh. The man said he should be okay but just to watch him for skin irritation. He has his 3-year checkup this afternoon so we'll let the doctor know what happened, too. I hear there is no school tomorrow, which does not make me happy. Its Owens last week before the long holiday break and I was hoping to enjoy it. Sigh. Snow oh snow. We have a love/hate relationship these days.

Day 346 - Snow

We've been getting snow all day today, which is somewhat rare for us! We started out this very cold day by going to Church, followed by a trip to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. I love the innocence of children. Owen sweetly asked as we were on our way, "Daddy, how far is the North Pole?" It melted my heart, I guess he thought we were driving there. We explained Santa was at the mall today. :) Bass Pro is amazing at Christmas time, and who knew there were 1,200,694, 209 different kinds of fishing polls. Jeez luiz. Anyway, he got to play with some of the toy displays and then had his turn on the big mans lap where he frowned and would not speak. Hilarious.

We got home a little after 2:00. I put O's jammies on him and put on my comfy clothes and we've stayed in all day. The snow keeps coming down and all the surrounding county school are out tomorrow. We've probably gotten roughly 2 inches I would guess, which is probably nothing to some of you. :) I took this one of O looking out the window at the snow. I love his little curl sticking out from the side of his head. While snuggling on the couch for a little bit today he asked me where Santa's sleigh was today. I explained he probably parked it on the roof. Some of these questions I find myself totally unprepared for! ;)

I forgot to move Jom last night. . . that's the name of our Elf on a Shelf Elf. Its pronounced Jon, but Jom. I don't know where he's getting these names...kind of like his "brother named Eppie that he has that lives close to his Mamaw in Infield." That was news to me yesterday. He's so funny. I have to remember to move Jom tonight. Luckily O didn't notice today. He is at such a great age for Christmas. I love it.

Day 345 - Fantasy of Lights

Last night we went riding around looking at Christmas lights. I have to admit, I didn't know how well this was going to work out since after the first few streets O was crying to go home. Go figure, huh. We ended up driving out to the fairgrounds where you can pay $5 to drive through the fantasy of lights. It was a rainy cold night and I brought coffee, cookies and Christmas cd's. I'm starting a tradition. Here are a few of my favorites from our drive. I love Christmas!