More ahead...

So I had planned on posting all of our Christmas pictures tonight, but I have a sick little ducking in the house, so this will be a short and sweet post of Christmas Eve instead!

My sweet little guy - dressed up for church but then we weren't able to go because we thought Nicholas was going to be called in to work early the next morning (so Santa was going to make an early stop by our house), as you probably read in my post on Christmas Eve, but then praise the Lord the other resident stepped up and worked after all! 

Although it's the first time in a LONG time we've missed the Christmas Eve service, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because the little guy started getting sicker and running a fever. :(

poor little thing.

but i did enjoy his sweet cuddles while we watched ELF!

And he stayed up a little later than usual, and we left out our cookies for Santa, of course.

silly goose, those are for santa!!!

His fever went away but he's still really congested and has a cough. I called the pediatrician's office yesterday and they said it sounds like a viral thing, no need for medicine, and it should last 7-14 days...and as long as his fever doesn't come back or he doesn't start pulling at his ears, just let it run its course...

However last night he woke up at 3am coughing and crying...ahhhhh! And stayed up for a couple of hours...AHHH! He hasn't done that since he was like 8 weeks old and that was not a fun time. And he has had the hardest time going down tonight, and bedtime is usually a breeze around here. Keeping my fingers crossed that my little 12-hour-sleeper will be back tonight.  The four hours of sleep I had last night were just not enough.  The good thing is that he seems to feel fine when he's awake. Just praying he gets better soon - that cough is pitiful to hear from such a sweet little thing.  Okay, it's 9:52 pm and I'm going to bed. I think that's one of the earliest on record for me. Goodnight!