Christmas Day

As you've previously read, the flu bug hit our house HARD during Christmas. We ended up staying in Michigan to avoid getting any one else sick, and had our own Christmas traditions in the new house. Connor sleepily woke up, came running down the stairs and his eyes just lit up! He had forgotten in his sleepy slumber that Santa was due to arrive, but the look on his face told us he had just remembered. He opened all of his presents in about 10 minutes, but I can remember how excited I was for Santa when I was a kid, so I couldn't blame him : ) We had a big breakfast (pastries, bacon, eggs, etc) which I barely ate since I was the last to get sick, and then we enjoyed the Michigan winter in our very own back yard. We watched a movie later in the evening, and finished the day with giant steaks and bernaise, a request of Ryan's. Even though the day hadn't gone as planned, we went with the punches and created lasting memories for Connor!