you don't know what you have, until it is gone

Saturday Owen started feeling sick. He went to the after hours clinic yesterday so he could get a shot and a z pack in order for him to get well soon. The doctor told him not to hold Andrew for 2 days and to stay at least 6 feet away from him. Having a sick husband is never fun, but now not having help with Andrew has made having a sick husband 100% worse. Owen has been a big help and an involved dad from the beginning. I know I am lucky, but I just didn't realize how lucky until I can't depend on him. I wanted to clean the house when my parents left, but couldn't get motivated b/c my sweet Andrew needed me more. Usually either I will clean and Owen will play with Andrew or Owen will clean and I will take care of our little guy. But Owen can't do either so our house isn't clean and I am tired! HA!

Christmas was great. My parents came into town and spending it them was so special. Andrew slept from 11 pm until 4:30 am on Christmas Eve. We called it a Christmas miracle. He hasn't done that since.

We went to Owen's parents for Christmas dinner. His sister and brother (and family) came into town so there was a big crowd. Andrew was perfect while we were at their house. When we got home, Owen went to our bedroom and noticed that we had a hole in our ceiling. Talk about a shock!!! We have had a roof leak since hurricane Katrina and we have had roof guys come out to "fix" it. Apparently they did not do a good job. Anyways, Owen put a bucket in our attic to catch the water that comes in when it rains. Well it has rained alot this month and we forgot about the bucket. The bucket became too heavy and fell through our roof. So our bedroom is a mess. Hopefully today Owen will be able to get a real roof guy out to permanently fix our problem.

Here are some pictures from Christmas...


Andrew in his "Santa's Favorite" outfit for his 1st Christmas


Andrew in the same night gown I wore on my first Christmas


On the 23rd we took Andrew out to eat for the 1st time. My parents came into town and I didn't have anything for us to eat for dinner. So we took Andrew to a non crowded restaurant and we sat in the back corner. No one noticed Andrew and he slept through the dinner - so it was a successful 1st outing in public.