So, Harrison's first Christmas did not turn out as we had hoped or expected. On Christmas Eve, we took the little guy to the doctor, who confirmed our suspicion that he had pink eye. On top of that, he had an ear infection, and later that day we discovered tooth #2! Given all of his obvious pain, he was such a trooper and still found time to flash us his beautiful smile. We managed to spend some time that evening at Gigi's to celebrate Tom's birthday and Christmas Eve, but turned in early as Harrison's cough worsened and he needed his sleep.
Christmas morning, Harrison and Amy awoke to high fevers and it was clear that the trip to Topeka was not in the cards for us this year. We were so sad to miss Christmas with Amy's family and with Owen! We were especially sad because last year we were snowed in on Christmas day, so this is year #2 of missing out on spending the holiday with her family. We will reschedule and hopefully celebrate together very soon!
While this Christmas may not have been quite what we had wished for, we feel so blessed and will always remember it as our first Christmas as a family. We spent a lot of time cuddled up together watching movies and snoozing, and Harrison was able to open his gifts. Most importantly, we were all together, which is what really matters!
P.S. Harrison and Amy are feeling much better today and hope to be back to our normal routine tomorrow!
