Well, it’s been a while and I thought I at least need to put up a post about our Christmas. I don’t think any of us will forget this year’s Christmas very soon. The week before Christmas we’ve been hit with the flu, one by one all of us had it for a day. At least it was short and done with, but it was hard when both Ehren and I felt like crap at the same time because neither of us felt well enough to take care of Kason and Ani but we tag-teamed while the other one slept and the next day we were getting better. After that it was preparations for Christmas, cleaning and sanitising the house so Brent and Ingrid could stay with us, and trying to finish all my baking. On top of that I was working on painting stripes in the boys’ room which took me a few days to finish but I had to get it done so Ehren can put in the bunk beds he’s half way done building.
Our kids were so excited about the presents, well Kason didn’t know much about it but Kade and Anika couldn’t wait for Christmas Eve to open the presents. Every time while we’re at church for the Christmas Eve service, the angels deliver all the presents under our tree and it is so fun to watch the kids’ reactions when we come back and they see all the gifts there. We had a very nice and relaxing family time that evening and enjoyed it fully. Anika has been wanting a camera for months now so she was very excited to get one. She keeps walking around with it and taking pictures of everything in sight. It is a kids’ digital camera and the pictures are very low quality, but she doesn’t care. Kade got the biggest gift this year so we wrapped it in a huge box even those it’s pretty small – a nintendo dsi. He’s been wanting one for over 2 years but we were not going to get one for him just because all of his friends have one. So we kind of made a deal at the beginning of the summer, that if he saved half of the cost of a ds he can get one for Christmas. So he did a great job doing his chores, saving his birthday money and putting it towards the dsi. He was thinking he was getting a ds, a cheaper version, because that’s how much money he saved up so he was shocked to get a dsi. And really, he earned it with paying for more than half of it. He’s really enjoying it on his school break this week, but we will have to have big restrictions on it once the school starts again. 
On Saturday morning we went to Ehren’s mom and dad’s for a brunch with the family. It was a nice time with all the cousins playing together and enjoying more gifts and stockings. We went home for Kason’s nap and came back for dinner and it was nice to visit with each other longer. On Sunday we had planned to have everyone come over to our house for dinner but that plan went out the window after my episode. Saturday evening I felt just fine, we were visiting with Brent and Ingrid before going to bed. When we went to bed I felt a small stomach ache but nothing bad and just went to sleep. I woke up around midnight-1am for a really bad chest pain, kind of like heart burn but bad and nothing was helping it go away. We got Brent up since he’s a doctor and he too didn’t think it’s anything too bad, probably just heart burn or something. So I tried going to bed and it got a little better but at 4am I woke up to even worse pain. I tried to wait it out so I didn’t wake Ehren up so early but finally I told him we gotta go in. At the hospital they gave me this worst drink I’ve ever had in my life which made me throw up everything that was left in me and then they gave me some morphine for the pain. That took most of the pain away but I could still feel it and just got really groggy. They also took blood tests to see if some levels were elevated to see if my body was fighting something but it didn’t seem like it so they didn’t do a cat scan. The doctor told me to go home and if the pain is still there to go to my doctor and get an ultrasound. So Sunday all day I was out, just lay in bed all day and tried to sleep. The family just got together at Mark and Audrey’s and had our dinner there. On Monday Ehren stayed home with me and helped taking care of all the kids. It was a huge help because I was still pretty weak and I was gone for a while at the doctor. Ingrid stopped at our house on Monday morning and told us her little girl Sage was throwing up all night and Audrey was getting sick too. So it was definitely not a happy ending to our Christmas weekend, but at least nothing serious happened. Now I need to go in for an ultrasound today to see if they see anything wrong with my gallblader or anything. I just hope it never happens again because besides giving birth that was the worst pain I’ve ever had.
So, the Christmas to remember for sure. I can’t wait to get back to normal and have more energy. But despite everything, it was nice to be able to have some great family time.
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