We hope everyone had a very happy Holiday season this year, as I know we did! We had a very laid back schedule this year, but we still had a lot of fun. We were able to spend some time with my family the weekend of the 11th and Penelope had a blast! Above is her and her cousin, Zoe Jane - they're both getting so big! My brother's family was super blessed this holiday season, as they learned that they will be having a baby boy this coming May! (Among all of my cousins and I, we have 10 children - all of them girls! So our family has been waiting for this for a while. It's doubly special since my brother is the only boy from my generation of grandkids that can carry on the Geurink name - now that role will go to baby Charlie Michael! )
Penny passed out on the lap of my Mom's brother, Mike :)
I thought this was really funny. Penny actually fell asleep in that same spot last year, but on the lap of my Grandma!
Penny got a new baby doll from my brother and his family - she absolutely loves it! It's so sweet how she loves on her little "bee bees".
Santa came to the family Christmas party! He was so sweet with all of the kids, they each got to come up one by one to sit on his lap and tell him what they wanted for Christmas. He even had a sack of gifts to give everyone!
Penny getting some help opening her new "choo choo choo" from cousin Anna.
All of the great-grandkids waiting patiently for their gifts!
The Geurink family at their Christmas finest! Alan and I, my father, Michael holding Penelope, my mother, Jean, big brother, Jeffrey, his wife, Jessica holding Zoe Jane, and my baby sisters, Michelle and Mikala.
We were actually scared that we weren't going to make it to the Family Holiday party that night, as we had a blizzard - about 12 inches of snow! (You can see that Alan came to the party prepared, wearing his snow boots!)
Penelope and her "pup-puppies"!
We had a bit of a scary start to our Christmas weekend. 2 days before Christmas Penelope came down with a fever of 103.5 and was having some trouble breathing, so we had to take her into the Emergency room at our local Children's hospital. She was diagnosed with bronchiolitis, where the smallest air passages swell up and make it difficult to breathe. Luckily she responded to an albuterol treatment, so she didn't have to be hospitalized.
For about 4 days we had to give Penny regular doses of albuterol with an inhaler - which she HATED. It took both of us to give it to her - one to hold her and one to hold the inhaler. Not fun. Besides sounding like a veteran smoker and occasional wheezing, Penny was just like her usual self. Would have made for a pretty sad Christmas if she hadn't been in her typical happy mood.
She was still able rip open all of her gifts with as much enthusiasm and we hoped and she had a blast!
Fortunately we had been planning to stay home in Milwaukee this year any way. We wanted to be able to start our own family traditions this year - usually we either drive to my parents' house in northern Wisconsin or fly to Alan's mom's house in California. This way we were able to get our first REAL Christmas tree! Penelope woke up Christmas morning to a wonderful sight in her livingroom!
We had a bit of a scary start to our Christmas weekend. 2 days before Christmas Penelope came down with a fever of 103.5 and was having some trouble breathing, so we had to take her into the Emergency room at our local Children's hospital. She was diagnosed with bronchiolitis, where the smallest air passages swell up and make it difficult to breathe. Luckily she responded to an albuterol treatment, so she didn't have to be hospitalized.
For about 4 days we had to give Penny regular doses of albuterol with an inhaler - which she HATED. It took both of us to give it to her - one to hold her and one to hold the inhaler. Not fun. Besides sounding like a veteran smoker and occasional wheezing, Penny was just like her usual self. Would have made for a pretty sad Christmas if she hadn't been in her typical happy mood.
She was still able rip open all of her gifts with as much enthusiasm and we hoped and she had a blast!
Fortunately we had been planning to stay home in Milwaukee this year any way. We wanted to be able to start our own family traditions this year - usually we either drive to my parents' house in northern Wisconsin or fly to Alan's mom's house in California. This way we were able to get our first REAL Christmas tree! Penelope woke up Christmas morning to a wonderful sight in her livingroom!
Santa's first visit to the Primm home! Penelope was a very good girl this year :)
Grandma Mimi got to watch Penelope open her gifts from Santa via Skype!
Penny and Daddy playing with all of the new toys!
Merry Christmas!
You would never be able to tell that she was super sick by looking at these photos! She was in such a good mood and LOVED all of her gifts!
...Penelope also loved playing with the ornaments from the tree!
Penny is in love with the new kitchen set and baby doll high chair that Santa brought for her! She is so smart! She pretends to wash her hands in the sink, feeds her baby doll with a spoon and baby bottle and even brings food from the fridge for Alan and I to "eat"!
Alan and I were able to spend the whole week after Christmas with Penelope, which was perfect since she wasn't feeling well. By Tuesday she was completely back to normal and checked out perfectly at her doctors visit. There is a chance that this could have been a nasty sneak peek of how Penelope will react to getting the flu - I had the same problem when I was young. Instead of getting the flu, I had chronic Bronchitis. Especially since I have asthma, and Penelope has eczema, there is a good chance that this could also mean that she could develop asthma. Fingers crossed that that isn't so! If all of that yuckiness wasn't enough, Alan came down with food poisoning on Wednesday and we welcomed molar #3 into Penny's mouth!
Funny thing is that since both of us were going to be home this week, we had planned to wean Penelope off of the breast. Obviously this ended up not being the right week for that!
Alan and I were able to spend the whole week after Christmas with Penelope, which was perfect since she wasn't feeling well. By Tuesday she was completely back to normal and checked out perfectly at her doctors visit. There is a chance that this could have been a nasty sneak peek of how Penelope will react to getting the flu - I had the same problem when I was young. Instead of getting the flu, I had chronic Bronchitis. Especially since I have asthma, and Penelope has eczema, there is a good chance that this could also mean that she could develop asthma. Fingers crossed that that isn't so! If all of that yuckiness wasn't enough, Alan came down with food poisoning on Wednesday and we welcomed molar #3 into Penny's mouth!
Funny thing is that since both of us were going to be home this week, we had planned to wean Penelope off of the breast. Obviously this ended up not being the right week for that!
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