Christmas Eve

Christmas was great and full of love, sickies, family, Motrin and sheer kid delight. This was definitely our best year in the Christmas season because both Fin and Cole were totally head over heels in love with the magic of Christmas and everything was just amazing to them. To spare the length, I'll break the post down into two parts.

Christmas Eve dawned with Ms. Lilah having been sick for a week and a half with a fever and double ear infection. After resisting 2 antibiotics, I had to take her into the doctors office 3 days in a row for antibiotic shots, one of those days being Christmas Eve. Poor thing, Merry Christmas.
That morning we had the traditional Keegan Family Brunch which is my favorite thing we do all year. My dad generously takes us all out (this year was at Mimi's) and we all push tables around much to the waiters chagrin until we can all fit at one table. And they said it couldn't be done...



Lilah rose to the occasion and had a ball being passed around and baby chatting with her cousin Kate.


My dad always brings Santa hats for all the men...





Sick baby eyes...


Where it all began..





Cole was a literal Christmas Elf this year. He loved everything Santa and Frosty the Snowman and was thrilled to bits when it was FINALLY Christmas Day.


Christmas Eve night we gathered at Pat's parents house. RIGHT before we left, Finley felt warm to me and I took his temperature and he had a fever. Being in denial, b/c I was still dealing with a sick baby and getting NO sleep at night, we doped him up with Motrin and off we went. Little did we know...

As always, Denise made delicious food and spoiled all the kids with tons of presents. Here's Erin joining in the fun of getting pink highlights with the nieces :o) Cole may or may not have requested pink and blue highlights as well.


Fin was going downhill fast while we were out (hence the lack of pictures of him). He came home and crashed and got up off the couch only long enough to set out cookies for Santa and reindeer food. Cole took full advantage of this opportunity and started chomping away all of Santa's cookies until I had to cut him off so Santa would have some to eat. He also had a lengthy conversation with Eddy the Elf saying goodbye to him until next year. It was the cutest.


Putting the kids to bed, I noticed Cole had a fever too so we tucked them in with Motrin and water cups and set out Christmas for the next morning praying the kids would be well enough to enjoy it...