sick of being sick

My little cold turned out to be the plague, and I've been in bed all week. We canceled our New Year's Eve plans with Matt and Amanda, and I called the doctor New Year's Day and got an antibiotic. Luckily Kevin and I both had the week off, so I didn't have to worry about taking unplanned time off, and Kevin was able to take care of both me and Libby. I barely had the will to live, so I'm not sure how I would have made it through the past few days without him. Basically, I ate, slept and nursed, while Kevin made food for us and cared for Libby. She's been an angel, though. I think she really likes her daddy time! I feel bad that my illness ruined what would have been a week filled with fun and projects, though. In addition to Nurse Kevin, I've also enjoyed the attentions of Nurse Kenzie. My little cat has relished the fact that I've spent 24/7 in bed upstairs and hasn't left my side. He even got up to yell at me and coax me back to bed when I was nursing Libby at 4 a.m. He's such a sweet little guy. I think he misses all the attention he used to get from me. Libby seems to be feeling fine, but her little nose is still very runny. She and Kevin went to run some errands today. It's pretty warm here, and I think they both needed to get out of this germ-infested house. We did make it to IKEA on Monday, before I got really sick, and bought a new rug for the living room (thanks for the gift card, Dad and Candy!). We also got a new, smaller coffee table, with storage inside. We realized we needed to maximize our usable floor space as Libby gets more interactive and closer to crawling.

On a brighter note, we did have a wonderful Christmas. Christmas Eve we stayed home, ate snacks, watched movies and made cookies. We had so much fun opening presents on Christmas morning (Kevin and I each bought gifts for Libby and traded them for opening), and Gran made a very nice Christmas dinner. Friday we traveled to Edgerton and celebrated with Kevin's family. We all got so many nice things, especially Miss Olivia. The only thing that would have made it better was if we could have seen Dad and Candy. So thank you for helping to make Libby's first Christmas so lovely.

We're still working on getting all of our pictures and videos uploaded with captions. It was on our project list for this week, but obviously, all of our plans were derailed. Until then, enjoy the chair photo of Baby New Year.