Our December was....eventful. Right at the beginning of the month I had all these wonderful plans of the many "Christmas-y" traditions and outings we were going to have as a family. Then the morning of the 9th I awoke at 3am to the sounds of Josef in excruciating pain. It was scary. I have never seen a person in that amount of pain. We knew it was kidney stones, he had had them twice before. I just paced our bedroom while Josef writhed in agony on our bathroom floor. Forty-five minutes later we decided it was best to head to the ER, with Sofia in tow. Thankfully my mother-in-law answered the phone and she sent Josef's dad to meet us at the ER, so that he could take care of Sofia at home.
I won't go into much detail, but needless to say 3 weeks, two surgeries, two kidney stones, 1 ER visit, and many pain pills later, Josef finally passed his stones. As a result all my grand designs of the magical Christmas we were going to have, changed and were simplified. Our Christmas tree didn't even make an appearance until just a few days prior.
Here are pictures from our wonderfully simple Christmas.
Christmas Eve my parents came over and we made pizzas and opened presents. Sofia L-O-V-E-D helping Grandpa in the kitchen with the toppings and dough.
Christmas Day we woke up, had a deeelicious breakfast, opened presents and stockings, and then spent the rest of the day with Josef's entire family. I think one of the best parts was Preston coming home that morning from Afghanistan for his 2 week R&R! We were over joyed that Amy (Josef's sister), Preston, and their twin girls were reunited after 9 long months.
3 comments:
you look really good in your Christmas eve picture. Looks like you guys had fun, glad that Josef passed the stones finally.
Oh, poor guy! Glad things turned out. I guess you'll never forget Christmas 2010!
Cute blog Jenny...mind if I follow? I think the last I talked to you was just the beginning of all Josef's fun...sorry to hear it was so long and painful. Glad you had a merry Christmas.
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