Christmas Eve

Layton started running fever the night before Christmas Eve so I wasn't sure what to expect when he woke up the next morning.  He was still running high fever the next morning so we decided we better take him to see a doctor so he wouldn't get any worse.  He also had a horrible cough that was not getting any better.  I knew we didn't have time to waste because I didn't want him to be sick when Molly arrives and that could be at any time now.  We ended up taking him to a pediatric clinic in San Antonio that was really nice and the doctor was very thorough.  She sent us on our way with an inhaler, some steroids and some claritin and told us it was a bad virus but he should be feeling better soon.  Three hours later our prescriptions were finally ready to be picked up at Walgreens.  We had to kill a lot of time in San Antonio while we were waiting for all the medicine.  It was of course cold and rainy and we had a cranky sick toddler with us that really needed a nap.  I was really disappointed that we had to spend our Christmas Eve like that especially our last one with just the three of us but at least the three of us were together.  We missed my family Christmas lunch with everyone because I didn't want anyone else to get sick especially Layton's cousins Cooper and Kyleigh so that was a bummer.  We also missed the Candlelight service at church this year which was sad because that is my favorite service of the year.  We made the best of it though and my parents, Carter and Laura and Amanda and Jerrod showed up after the service with tons of leftovers from the lunch we missed and we all enjoyed a nice dinner together Christmas Eve night.  I'm so glad they came because it made the night feel so much more like Christmas.  Layton was in good spirits despite being sick so we had lots of fun as a family.  We watched Four Christmases and just enjoyed the evening together.  We helped Layton leave the reindeer food outside and put out some cookies and milk for Santa.  Here are a bunch of pictures from our Christmas Eve.

 Playing that morning with his new toys despite being really sick.

 Passed out in the truck on the way to the doctor.

 Having fun with daddy once we got home from San Antonio.

 Helping daddy open his present.

 He wanted Aunt Amanda to be a fireman so here she is in Layton's new costume.

 Feeding the reindeer or Roscoe and Daisy.  They thought it was a treat for them so then Layton dumped the bag on their heads they were covered in glitter.  The whole time he is telling them "No Roscoe and Daisy that is for Rudolph."

 Sitting by the fire with daddy.

 Putting out cookies and milk for Santa.

 This is a horrible picture of me I was in my lounge clothes already we had a very long day and I was exhausted but Amanda and Laura look great :)

 We stayed up way too late that night playing Santa.  Clifton had to assemble Layton's truck and it was really cold that night so he just did it in the middle of the living room.  I kept an eye on the monitor to make sure we didn't wake up Layton.  It was nice to spend some time with just the two of us that night after everyone left.

 Bonnie was up to her crazy ways one last time.  She taped off the door to Layton's room that night so he would have to bust through the next morning.