Christmas Day.....With a Not-So-Good Ending

Christmas Morning! Santa came and brought gifts!

Disney Princess Games from Aunty Shannon and Kelly

Opening her gift

Stamping Set from La'a, Tutu, & Papa

Doctor Set from Grandpa & Grandma

Food Basket from Grandma & Grandpa

Train set. As Kaila said, "Like what Matthew has!"

My first train set! Thanks Nana Jana and Nano Paul!

More "Who Dat!" gear as we head into the playoffs. Thanks Tita Mila!

Disney Princess pop-up tent and tunnel! Thanks Nana Jana and Nano Paul!

In the afternoon, we baked and decorated sugar cookies. Kaila did more eating of sugar than decorating.

Also in the afternoon, we had nice Skype conversations with my parents and sister, and Kaui's family back in Hawai'i. After those conversations, it made us REALLY miss being with family during the Holidays. Gosh, we're just SO far away from our family and friends. Thank goodness for Skype, at least.

But our good Christmas day turned into an awful Christmas night. On Dec. 23rd, Kenna threw up when we got home from the Larson's Christmas Light Show. Considering that she started laughing and playing after she threw-up, we thought, "maybe she had indigestion, since we didn't burp her before putting her in the car." Then, she had diarrhea the next morning, making us worried that maybe she had some sort of bug. After putting the girls to bed Christmas night, my stomach started feeling funny and I got really tired. So I headed to be at around 9:30pm, hoping I could just sleep it off. I woke up at 12:30am and headed to the bathroom to......um....well.....you know what. Kaui, too, said her stomach wasn't feeling well at all that night. So Kaui and I spent the entire day of Dec. 26th down and out with the stomach flu. Fortunately, the girls had all these new toys to keep them occupied while we thought we were going to die on the couch (well, at least I thought I was going to die. Kaui was a trooper). Kaila then got sick the night of the 26th and was down and out all day the 27th and yesterday. But the one nice thing about the stomach flu is that once it passes, you're back to your normal self with minimal lingering effects. Yet another situation where being far from family blows chunks.......literally.

Thanks to all our family and friends for the gifts. We are so blessed to have you all in our lives, and thankful for thinking of us.