Monday, January 8, 2024

December 2023; getting in the Christmas spirit

Advent, vacation, Christmas activities, grandparents, puzzles and crafts.


Advent gifts continued. This year I shopped Tik Tok for a lot of them and Ally was pleased and surprised.




Vacation!

Maggie was not happy being dressed up.


We watched Charlie Brown Christmas, it was Ally’s first time seeing it.


We did a puzzle as a family, all 3 of us.


Beth came over and decorated our tree.

Cat leg warmers were another Advent gift.


We watched White Christmas and ate dinner.



Becky made a Maggie ornament for this year. 


Grandma Debbie and Poppy Dave arrived on the 23rd 

Ally tried a mocktail. 

We did another puzzle





And ended the night watching Elf.


Sunday, January 7, 2024

Early December 2023

The week after Thanksgiving Ally was sick all week. So sick we ended up in the ER for some IV hydration and a variety of tests. With some anti-nausea medication and hydration she felt much better. 


Back from Ohio and Ally headed to the mall to check out post Thanksgiving sales.


Turns out Maggie the kitten loves the Christmas tree.

Catching up on homework.

Then came the sickness 

Even Cloey felt bad for Ally

Daisy was never far away, even if she was hiding under Ally’s bed.



By Wednesday we were in the ER. I brought our blanket in from the car and Ally laughed at me, but then she was happy to have it.

Resting more the next day.

Finally ready to go back to school, a week later.

Cloey has gotten pretty reactive about nail trimming so we have some new drugs to calm her down and we’ve been trying to do it ourselves.




Daisy was not impressed with Cloey at all.

These two are such good sisters to each other.


First volleyball practice of club season and she drove herself. It’s amazing.

After school one day we took the cats to the vet. We had a double appointment because we are worried about their weight. Daisy is so skinny, she lets Maggie eat all the food. So Maggie is getting chubby.




Turns out Daisy is now her ideal weight and Maggie needs to lose a few pounds.


We decorated for Christmas 

My oldest friend, Matt has a job in Cambridge now and will be her one week a months for the foreseeable future. We had dinner. So nice to catch up.


Best weather

Seriously sister love.


Ally’s Advent started on December 13!



Friday, December 22, 2023

Thanksgiving 2023

Ally and I went to Ohio to see my side of the family. Lots of dogs and lots of cousins.


Jackson 16, Ally 17, Kaitlin 18 & Meredith 13 
We were at the Columbus Zoo for Zoolights which is a long-standing tradition at Thanksgiving for us.


They tried to recreate an iconic cousins picture from their childhood.




There was a meet and greet with Rudolph!

The bears were awake!







We spent some time with Adelaide and Amelia.

I had dinner with my brothers and their wives while Ally and her cousins did a Virtual Reality thing on their own. 

Lazy mornings with Uncle Frank’s dogs. Always a good time.

Heading to Thanksgiving.



Uncle Phil made 5 pies!!!

Everyone is good about humoring me for photos. 





Aunt Martha and I dressed as twins. 

Ally’s Thanksgiving plate.

And a selfie with mommy.

The teen table

My brothers and me.

Katy and me.

This is My brother, Ally’s Uncle Frank, his wife Trish and her daughter Andi who spent Thanksgiving with them too this year. 

It was a lot. Travel. Social time. And we really missed Becky. But it was good to spend time with my family.