On the mend

We are finally feeling better around here. Wow...what a flu-bug! I was feeling under the weather for 7 days...that is a long time for a mom to be out of commission. Thankfully, Lilly was the only other one in the house that had the prolonged symptoms that I did, everyone else mad it through OK. I generally felt OK enough to go to work last week, but I was kind of lazy, and now, I am WAY far behind on my paperwork. Thankfully, the week of Christmas is not too busy, and I am working all week (with the exception of the afternoon of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). So, I will hopefully get caught up.

Jess had her baby on Sunday, little Adella Grace Fresse was born at 3:43 pm. She is just a teeny little peanut of a thing, although she weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz, so she was a good-sized baby. But, boy, you sure do forget how teeny those little babes are! I really wanted to go down right away on Sunday, but the weather would not allow it, so I went down Monday afternoon. The roads were terrible in St. Cloud, but once I passed through Clearwater, things started to improve. It was so great to hold a teeny baby again! AND, it is so great to have someone else go through all of the misery, the late nights, the fussiness, the 3 am feedings, the poopy diapers, while I get the luxury of spoiling her, then giving her back to her parents. I have always been the one having the babies, so this is a nice change! Adella was very sweet, she was alert when I got there, and was so content when I was holding her. It was great! I can't wait to see her again on Sunday when we celebrate Christmas with my family.

Christmas...Christmas!!! I can't believe it is almost here! I haven't sent out my cards yet, wrapped any presents, or done any baking. Yikes! We also have Lilly's 4th birthday on Sunday, although we will be at my Dad's house celebrating Christmas, so we are pretending Lilly's birthday is on Saturday. She doesn't know the difference, plus this way, she can open her gifts from us at home and not have to share the spotlight on Sunday. We will have a birthday party for her at Dad's house, too, but the party will also be for Alex, since his birthday is on the 30th.

Not too much else going on around here...just trying to stay warm in the midst of this cold snap. I'm also coming to terms with the fact that winter is truly here, and isn't leaving for at least the next 4 months...