Santa, we have a problem!

I had a feeling when Brinley started screaming and running away from her Daddy at Halloween in his gorilla costume, that Santa would be the same way. In order to prepare her we went a watched him for 10 minutes last week...yes our Santa arrived November 10! She had no problem watching him and waving to him as the other children sat on his lap. Maybe it won't be so bad, I thought. We went today with Reese to have our pictures taken with him. She watched Reese sit on his lap and tell him what she wanted just fine. She even sat on his lap while he showed her a book. The second I walked away so they could take the picture, she started screaming and reaching for me. After several attempts to calm her without any success (and I refused to be in the picture with her), I told the lady to take it.

This picture was too darn cute to pass up!

Doesn't every child have to have a crying santa photo? My mom didn't have a good picture of me with Santa till I was 5! Oh well, there is always next year......

Sick, Sicker, Sickest!

Not much has been going on with the Smith household the past 3 weeks other than being sick! Brinley has had a cough and runny nose for the past month. I think it may be allergies because everytime she is outside for a long period of time, it gets worse.

Jason came home 3 weeks ago sick as a dog and was down pretty much the entire week. I woke up on Halloween with pink eye, dizziness, congestion and a fever. I went to the dr after a week (I was hoping it would run its course) and found out I had a major sinus infection. I was given a shot, antibiotics, and clarinex to clear everything up. I am slowly but surely getting back to 100%.

Well, two days ago Brinley woke up running a fever. After I give her motrin she is still running a low grade fever but she is up and running like her normal self. This morning she woke up still with a fever, wouldn't eat and just wants to sleep.......so off to the dr we go this afternoon.

The doctors are making a lot of money off us this month!