So today is my Birthday and all are plans had to be canceled. Elle and Hans have had the stomach flu this week. Thankfully Mark and I are still feeling OK. Mark had to go in and get his blood checked and it was way to thin which means he may not have to take as much medicine. I had my level two ultrasound done and the baby is doing well. I just have to be very careful because my body is not responding that well. I have been getting many phone calls and I thought this would be the best way to let people know how things are going.

Elle is my little sunshine. She has the dramatic gene and when she wears her emotion on her sleeve so when she really loves something one knows!!
Elle wearing her Christmas pj's!

Christmas Day and the day after Christmas when we head to Rockford are our favorite. Elle was so hungry when we got to Stockholm inn for breakfast she ate a whole bowl of whipped cream.

Christmas night we open gifts from with my family and Hans got so many transformers he was thrilled.

Christmas Day we had a house full of family and it was such a wonderful day. Hans loved having all of his cousins that are his age to play with.

Christmas morning we opened gifts and Elle got her first Star Wars shirt which she had to put on right away.

Christmas Eve we spent the day with Great Grandma and Grandma getting ready for Christmas Day.

We let Hans open a few gifts early because he was so good when I cut his hair.

We spent the night at Great Grandma's and Hans and Elle opened their gifts from Uncle Erik and Auntie Kim. Elle likes to ride the horse and put her dolls on it so it gets double use.

Elle did not like Santa so much at Christmas with Great Grandma's house!

We started off the Christmas season attending Brent and Jodie's wedding in Galena. We had such a wonderful time staying there.