Christmas Day synopsis

Our Christmas Day morning started to take a turn for the worst when Faith woke up very quietly. She burst into tears when I asked her if she was OK, and she said her left ear hurt so badly. She is the toughest of my ladies when it comes to pain, so I knew this couldn't be good.

We spent the morning and better part of the afternoon trying to find a pharmacy/store/gas station that was open so we could get Children's Tylenol for her ear pain. Aside from the unrelenting ear pain, she was also running fevers of 103.3 all morning/afternoon. Our sweet neighbor was finally able to find a Sunoco in Douglassville where he was able to get children's chewables.

She had to go to the doctor on the 26th, and of course had an ear infection. This is the FIRST ever ear infection in the history of my girls. Her fevers continued on until yesterday, and now she's definitely on the upswing. I am so relieved. (** Note: as I write this, my poor Flop fell down the entire flight of stairs tonight before bedtime, and bit her lip in two spots. Needless to say, she's got a horribly swollen lip to go with her ear infection. Ay, ay, ay! **).

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Christmas was wonderful though for our family. Dan and I are always just as excited as the girlies. I just love seeing the looks on their faces. I was sad when I saw how poorly Faith felt that morning, but- bless her little heart- she went off of Christmas adrenaline or something and was so excited to open each present. She spent the rest of that day on the couch, but boy was she excited to see everything that morning. Maddie's reactions are always classic-- she screeches with delight about everything. And, Abrielle was just precious this Christmas. Last year she had only just turned 8 months old, and this year she had the time of her life! She just loved EVERYTHING!

It's been so much fun watching the three of them all play together. They play with each of their presents all together. They've had some of the most fun playing all together with Abrie's Weeble, Wobble treehouse (a $2 gift from us that we found at Goodwill!). Santa may as well not have even put a nametag on any of the gifts, because they've shared everything with each other so nicely. It's really neat. I think though that the individual favorites were: Maddie- baby Rapunzel doll, Faith- toddler Rapunzel doll, and Abrie- her car.

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My little Show Show and one of her favorite pastimes: dress-up!! Is it obvious that the girl has two big sisters?! She got a Minnie dress from Santa to add to her Ariel dress. And, she's always busy borrowing her big sissy's dresses.