So I failed to mention that by the second night my Dad had caught the flu and was cooped up in the hotel close to the bathroom. He got it really bad. Hadlee had also been having diarrhea for a couple days (and did for a couple more) but only acted sick one night in KS. Suzy and family arrived so we opened presents without Dad. I obviously stole Maddox's camera and took a few of these.
Anna got a hood for Christmas from Grammy. Okay, so she got the rest, Grammy just only wrapped the hood because Anna was with her when she bought it.
Sugar and Googy enjoyed the Christmas fun!
I don't think Stacy's ever seen his house this chaotic. Thirteen of us opening presents all at once and throwing all the trash on the floor! That didn't last long.
Hadlee then decided to get a hold of sister's camera (yes, she calls her sister most of the time) and take a few pics of her own. She's not so bad either for a 2 year old.
So that night we were all supposed to go out for pizza and Maddox said her stomach hurt and Anna did too. So I stayed home with the girls who took turns throwing up all night. I made Maddox a little towel bed on the floor where she slept all night with the lights dimmed and I slept on the tiny couch next to her so I'd have quick access. She wasn't very comfortable but I didn't trust her in a bed or sleeping bag to make it to a trash can. By morning, New Year's Eve day, she was better and much happier. Anna, not so much. When everyone got home from dinner Jennifer and Stacy didn't feel well and Mom went back to the motel and spent the night sick too. Yes, that's 5 people in one night. And now 9 out of 14 of us that have had some version of this flu. Only Hadlee and I were the lucky ones that got the lesser version.
Jennifer gathered the girls that didn't feel well with her on the couch and had some cuddle time. Three sickies together.
The next day was New Year's Eve.... Suzy's family fled back to Iowa in the morning to avoid getting sick (and have been successful so far). Mom and Dad hung out at the hotel being weak and recovering. Stacy and Anna spent the day and night cooped up in the bedroom doing the same. I think Jennifer was only out for a bit because we were there. Jeremy and I took the girls swimming again from about 8 to 10, came home and had milkshakes and put the girls to bed. We watched a little tv (had to get my Anderson Cooper fix) and went to bed about 11:30. All the big fun family plans with the 14 of us got totally ruined by the flu. Kind of a bummer. We were supposed to come home on Wednesday (along with the Lowe's) but ended up driving home Jan. 1 so we could let the Grigg's recover in peace.
Oh yeah, during that Tulsa time and since everyone in Kansas got the flu too. Happy Flu Year! Here's to 2013 being MUCH better than the last few days of 2012!
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