Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve morning I wake up to find the dogs in bed with me but no husband. On top of that it looks as if he didn't sleep there at all last night and I swore he was in bed when I fell asleep. It turns out he was up most of the night being friends with the toilet. I came downstairs to find him sleeping on the couch in the family room. Poor guy wasn't feeling well at all.

As planned we were supposed to go to his Dad's house to celebrate Christmas Eve with him and exchange gifts. We ended up leaving late from our house so Derrick had one last chance with the bathroom and we headed out. Derrick did ok while there but there were times where he felt lousy and had to leave the room for a couple minutes.

Elizabeth enjoyed herself and helped her Aunt Alyson open some gifts as well as opening her own. Here are some pictures of everyone holding her:

Uncle Don and Elizabeth:


Aunt Alyson and Elizabeth:



Grandma Carol and Elizabeth:


Grandpa Gary and Elizabeth:


As is tradition since I started dating Derrick, we go to a chinese buffet restuarant for dinner on Christmas Eve with Derrick's family. This time however, Derrick passed out at home after we left his dad's house and said he wasn't moving but said that I should go. I picked up my mom and we took Elizabeth with us to the restaurant and Derrick slept for most of the time we were gone. He did feel better but still wasn't 100%.

Elizabeth was a good girl at the restuarant. She entertained some of the other patrons by offering her bottle of milk to the one guy who had an ice cream cone (probably hoping he would trade) and smiling at another woman every time she passed by. She did sample some ice cream since she ate all of her dinner that I brought with me.

Sticking her tongue out after having some ice cream:


Being cute and trying to grab the camera: