Yikes, I had not realized HOW LONG it had been!  Things have been a bit of a haze.  Addy got pneumonia (Ya, it wasn't just possible early stages, it WAS pneumonia), a mere 6 days before Christmas.  So, we got a friend called a Nebulizer and after 4 days of round the clock treatments and keeping her away from my sick nephew who had a 102 fever, then Daddy decides he needs some attention and gets the stomach flu.  Not the usual 24 hour bug, the 5 day bug!!  So, after I had pretty much been doing the bulk of caretaking since babies just want their mommies when they are sick, she started to feel better and then she CANNOT be around Daddy!  Oh, what a few weeks it was!  Then, I get an eye infection.  Everyone was quite shocked how in the world I got an eye infection, especially since I deserve the sanitary award of the year!  Well, about 2 1/2 weeks after that post, things settled down a bit...

I'm posting some Christmas pics and updates for now!

Christmas
Christmas was as good as can be expected.  Most would be so excited because it's their daughter's 1st Christmas, but ours was rather bittersweet.  We celebrated with Charley's family on the 23rd, celebrated at both my Grandma's homes on the 24th, and then after we had our own Christmas at home (which is quite cute because Daddy opened her Christmas gifts - she didn't get much, but we wanted to get her something!), then we went to the cemetery and put roses on Reagan's grave and then to my parents we went.  All the while, Charley was ill and I was sleep deprived.  It wasn't until Christmas day when my sister-in-law gave me a beautiful plaque that reads "A mother holds her child's hand for a while and their heart forever. I love you Mommy.  Love, Reagan Dawn." that I lost it.  I swore I was going to hold it together, but it was inevitable.  Charley broke down when he realized the gift that was to him, me, and Addy from my parents was in memory of Reagan. It's a Christmas memory bear and it goes in your tree each Christmas.  It's truly sweet, but it was still difficult to deal with.  It's hard seeing a grown man cry, ya know?

Before I get ahead of myself, here are some photos and videos from Christmas.  (I'll post more pics AND even VIDEOS tomorrow!)

Dec 23 - Daddy and Addy!  Hey mom, why is daddy ignoring me


Mommy, Addy, and her new GLOWWORM!  Hey, At least she's bigger then it!  At one point, not so much!


Oh mom, I hate this pose!


Let's go home, I'm tired!


Addy's loot from Charley's family Christmas...


Christmas Eve - Aunt Tera & Addy


Uhm, is this MY present?  It's not going to eat me is it?


OHHHH!  THat's what was in there!


My baby girl's first Christmas!


Four generations of love! (Addy & Reagan were the FIRST 4 generation on my mom's side of the family - excuse the glum looks..we were all a bit tired!)


Look what SANTA brought!