A new family member...& Christmas Village!

On Saturday, December 1st there were presents on our kitchen table!  Caleb opened them up & we have a new family member.

 Eddie the Elf!  Eddie will visit us every December & make sure that we are all being good boys & girls so that we can have a GREAT Christmas.  He flies back to the North Pole every night & reports to Santa on our behavior for the day.  Caleb wants to hold Eddie so badly - but he isn't to be played with or touched or he will lose his magic.  Eddie brought us The Polar Express DVD & a new Chrstmas book.

 When Caleb woke up on Sunday - Eddie had decided to read some of our stuffed animals a story.  How nice!!  Caleb thought it was pretty cute.

On Monday Taylor had an appointment in Layton at the Rocky Mountain Allergy clinic.  She has a weird rash around her mouth that sometimes gets worse when she eats.  So - probably an allergy or food irritation of some kind, right?  NOPE.  She was allergic to nothing.  The prick test was heart breaking!  They poked her back 4 different times & I couldn't even hug her because her back couldn't touch anything for 15 minutes after the pricking.  A Dum Dum sucker helped - it was a freaking mess, but she wasn't sobbing as hard.  She would start to cry all over again when the nurse would come into check though - that was kind of funny.

 

Since we were already down that way, we met my friend MaLynda & her family at Christmas Village in Ogden.

 Caleb told Santa that he wanted a big truck.  I hope that he is a good boy & can get one this year!  He also told Santa all about Eddie & Santa said that he had talked to Eddie & that he had told Santa that Caleb was being very good.

 One word comes to mind on this one.

Classic.

We ended the evening with dinner at the pizza factory.  Breadsticks, alfredo dipping sauce as thick as frosting, & a vanilla coke.  A fabulous way to end the night.