The Wagners: Christmas Day

Monday, January 23, 2012

Christmas Day

Christmas this year was different with my parents living closer to us now. For the past few years, we've had Christmas at our house, so that the girls could still attend the Christmas Eve service at church (plus I've been in charge of the service for the past two years so I've had to be here). This meant that everyone stayed here for at least three days, which was fun but chaotic. It was nice to be able to visit with everyone and see them at mom and dad's but still be able to come home and sleep in our own beds.

Christmas Eve night, the girls participated in the service at church. Mom teaches Sunday School at her church, so she and dad had to go to their own church for Christmas Eve. Danielle and Jenna came up though to see the girls. The children did a wonderful job sharing the news of Jesus' birth. I was a little worried how Coye would do since it was past his bedtime, but he was good throughout the entire service. After the service, we came home and took some pictures and then put the kids to bed. The girls, however, weren't tired and were up past 10:00 p.m. talking in bed. We decided to let them sleep a little later on Christmas Day and just stayed home in the morning. Coye, of course, was up early, so by the time we had breakfast and were ready to open presents, he was tired and went down for a nap. We opened presents without him (the girls just couldn't wait any longer). It was so much fun to watch them pass out the presents and then try to reign in their excitement to take turns opening. They loved all the things they got. After opening, they got dressed and then waited around for Coye to wake up. After he woke up, he opened his presents. He tried to rip the paper, but the girls would get impatient waiting for him to tear the paper that they would insist on helping him. He didn't care. Once all the presents were opened, we headed down to my parents' house for Christmas with my family. We spent the afternoon there opening presents and then ate supper with them before heading home. It had been a wonderful day and the kids were thoroughly spoiled by all of the new things they received. We all went to bed exhausted with plans to relax the next morning (except for Calvin who was planning to go to work). Around 1 a.m., Calvin got sick and ended up throwing up for about twelve hours. He was also achy and cold and his back hurt terribly. (The flu had been going around his family for the past week so I was expecting someone to get sick in our house.) I quarantined him to our bedroom, the living room, and the downstairs bathroom. I disinfected the bathroom and kitchen once I got up and kept the kids either upstairs or in the basement for most of the day. I was scared one of them was going to get sick. We stayed away from Calvin for two days and Lysoled everything! None of us ended up getting sick. He finally started feeling better Monday evening and went back to work Tuesday afternoon. It took him several days to start really feeling better though. He hadn't been that sick in a long time! I'm just thankful that the rest of us stayed healthy.