The Fetrow Family: Our December

I feel like December was a blur. It came and went so quickly and was filled with lots of things.
This month was busy. I was working constantly and Brad was busy with his new job as well. I feel like we took a lot of shortcuts this month, for instance, for the first time in a long time, we didn’t go out and cut our Christmas tree down. We ended up going to a lot and buying one, and it was a small one. We didn’t put up any Christmas lights outside and we did minimal decorations inside. We didn’t take Sage to see Santa for her first Christmas :( I got pretty sick at the end of the month and Brad got a serious burn injury at work. Needless to say, we were a hot mess. Together, we could barely manage to take care of Sage. We had a team of amazing friends step in and help us out!

We spent Christmas with my side of the family this year. We decided to try out spending the holiday with one set of family. Last year we spent it with the Fetrow side and this year, my Grandparents stayed in town and all my cousins made the commitment to spend Christmas together, as we all did years ago. It was a great time and I was so happy to spend Christmas with my Grandparents this year.

Sage had a great first Christmas, getting to spend it with her grandparents and great grandparents and all of her cousins and second cousins! If only she knew how special that time really was :) She got all kinds of cute clothes and toys and even a new mobile for her crib!

Brad’s hand is healing really well. We were able to go to a burn specialist, thanks to my Dad and Deborah for setting that up. The doctor confirmed that it was second degree burns on his hand, she cleaned it all up, and taught us how to bandage it up properly to promote faster healing. Today is the first day in two weeks that Brad did not put a bandage on his hand. It looks almost back to normal and so far, no scaring!

I’m feeling somewhat back to normal, although I think this month is finally catching up with me as I am exhausted!! I'm glad to have this week off of work to get in rest before going back to the office full time next week.

I owe a BIG THANK YOU to all of our friends who helped us out this past several weeks with Sage, watching her during our transition time when I left for work and when Brad came home from work, helping Brad take care of her while I was at work, and when I was sick, coming and picking up Sage or coming over just to let me get some sleep. Thank you Kelly, Ben, Ariel & Ben and Sam & Kim.

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas filled with lots of love and laughter and you were all surrounded with people you love!

Sage and her cousins