The Crooks Family: January 2014

New Years Eve

We hadn't planned to do anything for NYE because of all that had gone on the prior week. With it being a work day, Addy being sick and travelling we just weren't feeling it!
Justin, Addison & I had a nice little dinner and hung out. Addy went to bed a little later then usual, but nothing too exciting. At about 10:30 I announced that I didn't think I was going to make it til midnight, however, Addy had other plans. She woke up around 11 and I brought her downstairs to hang with us a little. At 11:30 we brought her up to our bed to read and book and then it was bedtime again. Justin & I watched the ball drop from our bed and then it was lights out for me!
Here is the only pic from that night...Addy in our bed reading a book at 11:30!

Christmas 2013 in NC

We made our long trek back home (around 12 hours!) the Saturday after Christmas. Addison is such a trooper and did so well on the drive. At one of our stops, she insisted on running around and taking a short walk, so we obliged. We knew we weren't going to be getting home anytime soon and the kid needed to let some energy out! Our carpets had been professionally cleaned while we were in NY and my parents had come over to put all the furniture back into place and tidy things up for our arrival. It was so nice to come home to a very clean house!
The day after, we had our Christmas dinner/present opening scheduled with my family. Addy was once again ecstatic to open gifts. She was finally feeling/looking really good so that was nice. Every time she opened a gift she said, "Look Guppy"!. My dad said it was like she knew my mom did all the shopping and was showing him what they got her. It was a nice quiet finish to a long week and I actually got some family pictures! It is nearly impossible to get a picture of all 4 of us, so i was soo happy!

Opening Gifts

Shelly & Addy

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

Christmas 2013 in NY

Once again, I have let time get away from me! Christmas & NYE have come and gone and we are almost to Valentine's Day! Let's back up and recap our Christmas this year...we drove to Endicott the Saturday before Christmas (a Wednesday this year). We would be in town until the following Saturday and had lots of fun plans!
Unfortunately, things did not play out as we had hoped! Justin's grandma (Nana) was admitted to the hospital the day we were driving up because she was having a hard time breathing. She would have to stay put at the hospital until Christmas Eve when the doctors decided to have her flown to the Cleveland Clinic.
Talk about change of plans! Also, Addy decided to get sick. The poor kid started off with a bad cough & cold. Justin, Addy & I were scheduled to head out to the cottage on the Sunday after we arrived, but Addy woke up with a horrible, nasty cough. Katie was only in town until Monday morning, so i knew I had to get a quick visit in ASAP, but I also knew I couldn't bring Addy to meet Katie's 2 month old baby and risk getting him sick. I decided to leave Addy home with Justin and head out alone which was a good choice because Addy eventually got worse. I got back from the cottage and Addy was in full blown clingy mode. She didn't really sleep well that night and when she woke up in the middle of the night she had a nice fever. Her cough kept getting worse and her fever wasn't going down and then she decided to throw up. So next stop for us, was the walk-in clinic. The doctor we saw was the same one we saw on our last trip! She said it was good we brought her in because she sounded like she was on the way to getting bronchitis. We got Addy some medicine and hoped she'd start feeling better soon.
Christmas Eve day was bizarre...pretty much everyone, except Addy & I, went to the hospital to spend time with Nana before she left for Cleveland. Addy was still sick, but I really wanted to go see Nana before she left, so I packed her up and off we went. Addy was thankfully in good spirits at the hospital and behaved the whole time. We were in and out in a half hour because I really didn't want Addy catching anymore germs! After, Addy & I went grocery shopping for a few of her favorite foods to hopefully get her eating again then we hung out alone til roughly 6:30 when family started showing back up. That night we went to Uncle Greg's & Aunt Lisa's for a late dinner. It was great to see everyone and Addy had such a great time with her cousin Jordan. Jordan is only 2 months younger then Addy and they were two peas in a pod! They had fun chasing around Nicole & Natalie's little dogs and just hanging out in general. Addy didn't get to bed until 10:30 that night, but it was definitely worth it. She slept good that night and woke up looking somewhat better on Christmas day. She still had her sick eyes and would go back & forth between feeling great and feeling yucky, but overall, the day was good. Addy opened WAY more presents than any child ever needs and she loved it all.
The day after Christmas it snowed a lot! Addy was on the mend, but I wasn't going to chance it and take her out in the cold to play. Instead we watched Grandpa do the snow plowing from inside. She loved watching him! For the remainder of the days we were in NY, we laid pretty low. We met up with no one else and just tried to enjoy the little time we had left. Here are some pictures from our trip...