Since we traveled to Seattle this year for Christmas, we celebrated a small family Christmas the weekend before we left. Sadly, the week prior, both Leah and Erik were home sick with a virus. Leah was hit really hard - she was out of day care for a week and a half with a fever and then numerous, hideous sores both inside and outside her mouth. Through some sort of miracle, my mom was able to find a reasonably priced flight up from Florida - I honestly don't know what we would have done without her help. The extra bonus was that we got to celebrate our early Christmas with her!
Leah enjoying some of her new gifts (a stroller for baby and a harmonica)
Last year's visit with Santa was tearful, but Leah actually sat on Santa's lap. This year, Leah talked and talked like a very brave girl - "Leah sittin' Santa's lap" and "Leah say ho, ho, ho Santa." Even while waiting, she gave no indication of her real plans. However, when the moment arrived, she held on to me with a death grip, and wouldn't even turn around to sit in my lap next to Santa for a photo. So, this is our year 2 photo. I have a feeling it will be a few years before she's brave enough to 'walk the talk.'
Here's a picture of our house on the morning we were suppose to leave for Seattle! We flew out three days later. To give PWM some credit, they were landing and taking off as usual on this particular day - it was a variety of other New England airports that caused our delays, combined with booked holiday flights.
No comments:
Post a Comment