The Walking Wounded--An Update Head Count

The following have now experienced "The Bug" in some form or fashion:

Jacob Brister-12/23
Davis Brister-12/24
Suzanne Brister-12/25
Patrick Brister-12/26
Nicole Hebert-12/26
Peggy Hebert-12/27
KK Hebert-12/27
Betty Brister-12/27
Ron Hebert-12/28

Amongst the soul survivors:
Ward Brister
Renee and Bill Clements

My ultimate goal after my illness was to make sure to avoid soon-to-be-mommy Renee at all costs to keep her from getting sick. So by those standards, I'd say Christmas was a rousing success!

I will get the few pictures I took online here at some point. At this moment, we are preparing for our trip to Children's Hospital for Jacob to get tubes in his ears. It's early in the morning so say your prayers if you view this late.

Bah Hum-BUG!!!

Well, this Christmas has been interesting for sure. At last report, you knew that Jacob was sick.

I received Jacob's bug at about 10:30PM on Christmas Eve. I was up all night sick, pretty much meaning that Christmas Day was a wash. I participated in Santa Claus but missed the Hebert family Christmas gift opening festivities, informed my parents of my illness literally two minutes before they pulled into the driveway and barely made Christmas dinner. I feasted (Gege, is this a word?) on crackers and a couple of other items in which I should not have eaten!

Then, Suzanne received the bug at about 10PM Christmas night and was up all night herself. She has been in bed all day today. And to top it off Patrick threw up his entire breakfast this morning, which served as our indicator that he had gotten the bug, too.

Also, apparently Aunt Colie was up all night at the Hebert house with the bug.

Most of us are on the mend, except poor Su who is still in the bed.

I feel so bad for everyone who went out of their way to prepare and to get here for Christmas and it's been a downer from that perspective as we can't celebrate in proper fashion. However, I am still thankful to have my family and friends, sick or not!.

Christmas Conversations with Jacob

It's Christmas Eve and been an interesting day or two around here. Jacob developed a stomach bug yesterday morning and threw up all day and night. He did sleep well, was lethargic the first half of Christmas Eve but is doing just fine right now.

He was in good enough shape last night to have this conversation with him mother.

MOMMY: Jacob, what did you ask Santa to bring for Christmas?
JACOB: An ipod....a cell phone....a computer....and a camera.

Ummmm, I hope Santa doesn't disappoint!

The festivities start tonight and I will not wait a week to post the pictures.

Christmas Week!

It should be a fun filled Christmas blog week and we start with Jacob's school sing-along from Wednesday. Suzane and I were invited and boy did we get a treat. The kids sang three songs before enjoying a cookie (I believe Jacob's cookie count this week has been about 17).

If the pictures weren't fun enough, I got some video as well. Yes, that's Jacob you hear screaming. I can frankly say, if one day is an indication, that Jacob is the life of the party. I honestly did not expect that. The funniest moment was when all the parents walked in. All of the kids were quiet until Jacob went and started running in circles on the rug you see in the video. Within two minutes, every kid in the class was following along. I am not quite sure if that's good or bad.

Large and In Charge

Here are a few random pictures of Patrick from the past couple weeks. He is really getting old...six months! With age comes a healthier apetite and he'll pretty much eat anything you put in front of him, as evidenced by his big ole cheeks. Now, maybe he can teach his older brother a thing or two about enjoying a meal.

Also, note he's very, very close to sitting up by himself. Presently, he still needs a bit of support, potentially because of all that food sloshing around in his belly.

Breakfast with Santa

Now that Thanksgiving's over, we can formally move onto the Christmas section of the blog, starting with the traditional Breakfast with Santa feast at the Beau Chene Country Club. Nana treated Su, KK, Jacob, Patrick and I to breakfast. Unfortunately, I am unable to acknowledge her visually on the blog because her eyes were closed in every picture! I did take some good ones, though, of the rest of the family, plus Jacob and Lila and Bennett having good times. However, Jacob was honestly the only one real keen on seeing Santa especially since he scared half the room to death (adults included) with a shouting entrance into the room.

Finishing Thanksgiving

Our final Thanksgiving post comes from the day itself. We had a delicious meal at the Hebert house on Thanksgiving night. Suzanne came up with the idea of wearing the Indian head gear--I truly don't know what to call it although I had a blast helping Jacob pick out the names. Actually, the credit for the original idea should come from Ms. Alexis, Jacob's favorite teacher at school. They all made the hats and the names and Jacob was labeled Smiling Squirrel. Among other favorites that he and I came up with...Crazy Legs (Patrick), Bald Bear (Ron), Hairy Horse (Davis), and Dream Catcher (KK).