Santa came, and so did the sick bug

Luke's first Christmas could not have been better.  He had a great time opening presents.  On Christmas Eve, we skyped with Joe's parents while Luke opened their presents and some of ours.  He got tired though so we fed him and he went to bed.  He got to open all the rest of his presents Christmas Day, except for the clothes.  If it didn't light up or make noise when he opened it he was on to the next toy.  He also got mad when I would take away one toy he just opened.  But soon figured out there was a lot more to come.  Joe, Gracie, and I stayed up and finished opening our presents.  Luke, Joe, and Gracie all got up Christmas Day and went to church (I went with Joe and Luke on Christmas Eve) while I stayed home and started cooking.  Becky and Steve came over and ate before Gracie had to go to work.  That was a change since we are always going over to their house to eat.  I made a ham, mashed potatoes, and Becky came over early and made her homemade noodles.  I also made this dessert called The Ultimate Chocolate Trifle.  It was AMAZING if I do say so myself.

Doesn't it just make your mouth water

I think Luke's favorite toy by far was his Cat truck he can ride on.  Its just like daddy's truck he works on at work.  He loves to honk the horn on it.

His Aunt Gracie got him a huge stuffed alligator (don't ask how she got started on the alligator).  He loves it also, although in this picture he looks like he's trying to get away from it.

So overall, it was a great first Christmas for Luke.  There are so many more pictures that I have on snapfish or I will put on facebook.

Unfortunately along with Santa came the sick bug.  I felt like I was trying to come down with something for a couple days before Christmas, but I was taking vitamin C to try and kill it before it got started.  Luke came down with a cold the day after Christmas and he was pretty miserable.  Poor guy.  I hate when he's sick because I feel so helpless.  The day after that I came down with a cold that I am fighting hard now.  And today Joe says he feels like he's getting a cold.  So it has made the rounds around our house.  Gracie was here yesterday, I wonder if she got sick too?  Joe and I never got sick before we had Luke, but babies don't have as good immune system as we do, so now he passes his stuff on to us, which is fine.  I would take getting sick any day over him suffering.  So much for all the organizing we were going to do over Christmas break. 

This is all for now in this blog.  Luke's asleep so I am going to get some sleep too!  I feel tomorrow will be a long day!