We had another wonderful Christmas this year- although I was worried that we wouldn't because of sickness. Olivia started running a fever on the last day of school before Christmas break. We visited the doctor's office where she tested positive for strep. We started on antibiotics, but after six long days with little improvement, we decided that this needed to be looked at again. We ended up with a five hour trip to the emergency room where a chest x-ray showed that Olivia had pnemonia. She got a shot in the tail and a prescription for a stronger antibiotic. Fortunately, she was well enough to attend the Christmas Eve candlelight service at church.
After the church service we headed to my parents' house for our annual Christmas Eve dinner. Nick and Cassie had just brought James home from the hospital, so obviously they couldn't make it home for Christmas. We did Facetime them and we all oohed and aahed over that precious little baby. Everyone received so many nice gifts, but the gift of the night was Mama's new cell phone. This is really a gift for us all- her old one is a total piece of junk. Hopefully now we will be able to get a hold of her.
Around 2 a.m. Santa paid a visit to our home, and around 2:30 Brian and I were woken up by our children telling us that Santa had come. The kids were told to go back to bed for a little bit and that after a rest they could get up and play with their toys. At 3:30 they were up again, and Brian had to go order them back to bed for a second time. This time they actually went back to sleep and ended up sleeping until almost 11:00.
The kids received so many nice things. After opening all of our gifts, we made our way to Granny Buie's house for a delicious Christmas lunch. We were all exhausted by the end of the day. We had such a blessed Christmas with our family this year. 
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