Janina Podzius: Thanksgiving and the beginning of the Christmas season!

For Thanksgiving, we went over to my mom and dad in laws' home. I felt so bad for my hubby... his throat was hurting so bad that he couldn't even eat or enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. :( Jim ended up going to urgent care later on in the night and got some antibiotics. The original plan was for him to go home with Abby (planned this before he got sick) so I could go Black Friday shopping with Laura (and her husband Pat would be home with their kids). But since Jim went to urgent care then straight home to get some rest, Abby came with and was awake the whole time Laura, Roberta and I went Black Friday shopping! So fun. :) We didn't even go with much in mind to purchase, but Laura and I just love th excitement! The next morning, Laura, Roberta and I watched Breaking Dawn Part 2 at AMC Westgate. Wow, loved it! Then I went home, and Jim and I both took a nap while my dad came over and watched Abby for us. Jim was feeling horrible and I was working the next 4 nights. Jim ended up going to the emergency department at my hospital that night. We thought he might have to be admitted since his tonsils were swelling up so bad, but they ended up just giving him a steroid injection to help with the inflammation, some more antibiotics and some pain meds. Update: Jim saw the ENT doctor yesterday and now is scheduled to have his tonsils removed. Doc said it's a harder recovery for adults than it is for children and that he'd need 2 weeks to recover. Please pray for my family! Thank you.

Cousins hanging out on Thanksgiving :)

Black Friday shopping!

So what am I thankful for this year? I have so much to be thankful for, but the main thing which I think is pretty obvious, is God giving us our beautiful, healthy little Abigail! That girl has changed my life forever. :)

So I worked Friday night to Tuesday morning, then slept until evening (so thankful to my mom for loving on Abby so I could sleep!) and then at night, Jim, Abby and I went to the tree lot to pick out our Christmas tree! I love that we are going to be picking out a real tree every year. Another tradition for our little family is one special ornament every year! Though we haven't gotten this year's special ornament yet. Today I spent decorating our home for Christmas! Still not done and Jim still needs to hang up the lights outside, but (singing) 'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...' in the Podzius household!