Then, we headed back to their house for dinner and gift opening.
Here's a photo of Luke with his Grandpa Koehn.
Each person in the family has a stocking hanging above their fireplace. Luke is the newest member of the family, and here's his stocking!
Because our family isn't too large, we all buy gifts for each other. However, the adults do draw names for stocking stuffers. Marc had my mom's name. He bought her some Diet Pepsi as well as this KU rock -- could be used as a desk "ornament" or a door "blocker." Though my mom teaches at WSU (and also earned her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees there), she earned her PhD from KU. Therefore, she is also a KU fan!
Our nieces, Grace and Natalie, each received Cabbage Patch dolls. Here is a cute photo of Natalie getting ready to feed her "baby." Natalie is just over 18 months old and is already quite the "mother."
It was a great evening except for one incident. During dinner, Luke was sitting with us at the table in his high chair. He had been acting kind of "different" over the last couple of days. Well, during dinner, he proceeded to vomit almost his entire bottle. Yep, right during dinner -- talk about changing the dynamics of the dinner. We felt sooooooo sorry for him. He had to be changed, of course. Afterwards, however, he was in a decent mood for awhile (in fact, the earlier photo of him with his Grandpa was taken after the incident). Then, by 8:00 P.M., he was tired, and it was past his bedtime. Marc and I finally got him to sleep in his carseat. We finally left. Luke slept the entire way home. He then slept all night long. So, he must have some little "bug." Who knows?Out of new parent worry, we stopped at a Wichita Walgreen's that was open all night -- even for Christmas. It was packed with business! We picked up some Pedialyte just in case.
My point to the Walgreen's stop was that there were many people in there just buying some basic groceries. I had to wonder if many of them had families to go and spend time with on Christmas. As I was standing in a very long line to make my purchase, I realized just how thankful I am to have families (Marc's and mine) to spend time with all times of the year. We have so much to be thankful for....I did take time to thank the cashier for being there that night. She couldn't have wanted to work that night. I just said to her, "I really appreciate you being here. We certainly didn't plan on having to make a Walgreen's trip, but things happen." She just responded with a cheerful, "You're welcome."
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