Well I know I have said this before I will try to keep you updated the best that I can.
I will start with Thanksgiving. We had a great first Thanksgiving with my mom, step dad, Drew, Stephen and my self. I hope this will be our new tradition or maybe once Stephen is a little older we might go down to Alabama for Thanksgiving and they will come up to Chardon for Christmas. We did not have the traditional Thanksgiving meal but knew we would on Saturday when we had our large family gathering. My parents got here on Tuesday before thanksgiving and stayed till Saturday when we all headed down to Columbus for our family gathering. When my parents got to my house on Tuesday they got in a couple of hours before Stephen went down for a nap. When Stephen woke up my mom and I went and got him and noticed his checks were really red. I went to take his temp and notice on his arms, back and face that he had what looked like burn welts which did not make any since to either of us. I called the Doctors office and they set us up with an appointment right away. We went to see the doctor and she thought it could be an allergy or some other type or infection (sorry Mom and I can’t remember what it was called) but it was not, because once we got home from the doctors the welts where gone a half hour later and the fever was gone 3 days later. Not really sure what happened but glad it was not as bad as the doctor had thought it could have been. That Friday Stephen started to feel better so we knew he would be fine to go down to Columbus for our family holiday. Saturday was fun a little crazy just because we really have not traveled much with Stephen yet. He had a really hard time taking his nap for the day, but he slept all the way home. While we were in Columbus we exchanged gifts for Christmas with my family since we were spending Christmas with Drew’s family and my parents. Stephen was not really sure about the presents but once we showed him how to rip into them he did a good job. He got a lot of great gifts from them.
Next was Christmas which for our family was crazy like every year is but even much more. We always have a Christmas party the Saturday before Christmas which this year we kept it down to five different families. With all of our families growing so much it is getting hard to have every one at my house for Christmas. One of our very close friends just move to Louisiana this year and came back up to Ohio and Pittsburg for Christmas which was great because they had not gotten to met Stephen yet and they helped us out a lot with the adoption process. So Aunt Linda, Uncle Bob. Lindsey, Hailey and Johnny finally got to meet the newest addition to the family. They were all so happy to meet him. Stephen had fun with all of them. Uncle John, Aunt Jo, Isabel, Jake, Uncle Clayton, Aunt Sharon and Dan came over to see Stephen first Christmas party. We had a great time the kids all had fun.
We started on our long journey to Columbus then to Scottsboro then back to Chardon. We where gone for 11 days. Let me tell you we were all glad to be home once we got home. We had a great time but I think it was too long of a time away from our normal routine. We first went to Drew’s grandparent’s house and spent Christmas Eve day with them. Then we went over to Stephen and Charlene house for a couple of hours before we headed down to Scottsboro AL for Christmas Day. We got into Scottsboro around 5am Christmas day. My parents were very happy to have there grandchild with them for Christmas. I don’t think they really cared if Drew and I were there or not. It was great to be in Alabama for the Holidays (not because it was most of the time in the 60’s or warmer) away from everything else. It has been a great challenge since we came home with Stephen to go anywhere since Drew had used up all his vacation time. But since his company shuts down from Christmas to New Years it was a great time to get away for a while. I can say Stephen was given a great first Christmas from everyone that loves him. I was shocked by the love that he was shown by so many different people. I can say it made me very happy and proud of our family and friends. I can say we are surrounded by some really great people.
The Larrick Family would like to wish everyone a very
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will start with Thanksgiving. We had a great first Thanksgiving with my mom, step dad, Drew, Stephen and my self. I hope this will be our new tradition or maybe once Stephen is a little older we might go down to Alabama for Thanksgiving and they will come up to Chardon for Christmas. We did not have the traditional Thanksgiving meal but knew we would on Saturday when we had our large family gathering. My parents got here on Tuesday before thanksgiving and stayed till Saturday when we all headed down to Columbus for our family gathering. When my parents got to my house on Tuesday they got in a couple of hours before Stephen went down for a nap. When Stephen woke up my mom and I went and got him and noticed his checks were really red. I went to take his temp and notice on his arms, back and face that he had what looked like burn welts which did not make any since to either of us. I called the Doctors office and they set us up with an appointment right away. We went to see the doctor and she thought it could be an allergy or some other type or infection (sorry Mom and I can’t remember what it was called) but it was not, because once we got home from the doctors the welts where gone a half hour later and the fever was gone 3 days later. Not really sure what happened but glad it was not as bad as the doctor had thought it could have been. That Friday Stephen started to feel better so we knew he would be fine to go down to Columbus for our family holiday. Saturday was fun a little crazy just because we really have not traveled much with Stephen yet. He had a really hard time taking his nap for the day, but he slept all the way home. While we were in Columbus we exchanged gifts for Christmas with my family since we were spending Christmas with Drew’s family and my parents. Stephen was not really sure about the presents but once we showed him how to rip into them he did a good job. He got a lot of great gifts from them.
Next was Christmas which for our family was crazy like every year is but even much more. We always have a Christmas party the Saturday before Christmas which this year we kept it down to five different families. With all of our families growing so much it is getting hard to have every one at my house for Christmas. One of our very close friends just move to Louisiana this year and came back up to Ohio and Pittsburg for Christmas which was great because they had not gotten to met Stephen yet and they helped us out a lot with the adoption process. So Aunt Linda, Uncle Bob. Lindsey, Hailey and Johnny finally got to meet the newest addition to the family. They were all so happy to meet him. Stephen had fun with all of them. Uncle John, Aunt Jo, Isabel, Jake, Uncle Clayton, Aunt Sharon and Dan came over to see Stephen first Christmas party. We had a great time the kids all had fun.
We started on our long journey to Columbus then to Scottsboro then back to Chardon. We where gone for 11 days. Let me tell you we were all glad to be home once we got home. We had a great time but I think it was too long of a time away from our normal routine. We first went to Drew’s grandparent’s house and spent Christmas Eve day with them. Then we went over to Stephen and Charlene house for a couple of hours before we headed down to Scottsboro AL for Christmas Day. We got into Scottsboro around 5am Christmas day. My parents were very happy to have there grandchild with them for Christmas. I don’t think they really cared if Drew and I were there or not. It was great to be in Alabama for the Holidays (not because it was most of the time in the 60’s or warmer) away from everything else. It has been a great challenge since we came home with Stephen to go anywhere since Drew had used up all his vacation time. But since his company shuts down from Christmas to New Years it was a great time to get away for a while. I can say Stephen was given a great first Christmas from everyone that loves him. I was shocked by the love that he was shown by so many different people. I can say it made me very happy and proud of our family and friends. I can say we are surrounded by some really great people.
The Larrick Family would like to wish everyone a very
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1 comment:
I can't believe how much Stephan has grown--it seems he was just a little baby that you brought home. What a great year you had. Happy New Year to you.
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