Special Deliveries

Oh my gosh....sooo much stuff has happened since I last talked to you! First off, Mommy worked on her camera last night (by hitting it a bunch of times, ha!) and it works - for now. So I can actually post pictures today of what's happened. Last I talked to you it was Friday morning and we were going to have a PJ day - it was so much fun. I wasn't too keen on eating (I never am when I'm sick) but I was all up for playing. Last night around 8 PM Mommy gave me my bath and I was off to sleep...until about 3 AM when I woke up with the worst cough ever! It lasted about 5 hours...honest! Mommy gave me some cough medicine and thought it'd knock me out but I was wide awake. I had a little bit of milk, some yogurt and lots of play time with Mommy. We read books, played with toys, and even watched some of my favorite Mickey Mouse Clubhouse video at 4:45 AM. But my most favorite thing was "redressing" the Christmas tree. I finally noticed it over there in the corner of our downstairs den. Well, somewhere around 5:30 AM, I thought it needed some extra ornaments and told Mommy I'd take care of the job. She laughed soooo hard when she saw me get my toys out of the brown box, crawl with them over to the tree and hang them on the branches! She couldn't figure out how I could do all of that and yet still can't figure out how to color without eating the crayons! Ha! But the tree is now perfect! I finally got tired around 8 AM and took a short nap. Since then, I've taken one other short nap but don't want to miss Daddy coming home tonight! Since my fever's been gone for 24 hours, it's safe for him to come back home. He's still dizzy and in some pain and although I can't love all over him, I can see his face and talk to him. Mommy's got her big annual staff Christmas dinner at the church tonight so Nana's going to bring Daddy home and stay with us while Mommy's at her dinner party (since Daddy is still on restriction from lifting anything over 10 pounds). I can't wait to see Daddy and HOPEFULLY (keep your fingers crossed) have a great evening and sleep really good so tomorrow ends up being a great day!

Oh, but before I forget to tell you....guess what? COUSIN AVERY PAIGE FULFORD is here! She was born yesterday, Friday, December 7th, around 3-4 PM (we forget the exact time) to Aunt Shannan and Uncle Joe in Tupelo, MS. She weighed about 7 pounds and 13 ounces and was about 18 inches long. She had dark hair but it was "Fulford red" at the roots! I can't wait to see pictures....as soon as I do, we'll pass them along. Congrats to the happy family...we love you all!

And guess what else? There was a special mail delivery for me today. A package from CLARICE, Santa's Special Reindeer. It was awesome! I got to go get it from the mail lady who said she couldn't believe Clarice was sending me something...I asked Mommy if we could open it up in my big black and white chair and she thought that was a super idea. I practically opened it up myself and read the letter from Clarice....she sent me a t-shirt made by Santa's elves! Can you believe it! Check out the pictures! I can't wait to wear my t-shirt tomorrow!

(Although I'll have to tell Clarice that I must suffer too from Santa's A.B.U.S.E. syndrome of overeating sno balls and cocoa because the shirt was a bit snug even for it being 12 months....I'm already in 18 months clothes! But I'm still going to wear the shirt because I don't want Mommy putting me on a diet like Santa's on!) And speaking of elves....

"ab" the elf update - Oh my goodness! There's trouble with a capital T at the North Pole. When I woke up at 3 AM this morning, me and Mommy found out that "ab" had already stopped by our house with a new letter and surprise. (Oh....here is also the picture from my surprise the other morning...the glitter crayons. They are so neat...and taste scrupdidliumpcious! Ha!)

Today's letter (and cool Zebra slippers) told me that a big black and red checker board appeared out of the snow around the 5 poles we talked about yesterday. There was a note about "the games beginning in 5 days." Me and Mommy didn't know what that meant but I sure liked hearing her talk about the word "checkers"....she would kiss my cheek each time she said it and I giggled and giggled...in between coughs that is, ha! "ab" had to hurry back to the North Pole because a full elf-general council was meeting - all 5,555 elves have to be in attendance. Me and Mommy practiced that number over and over giving each other four high 5s in a row for 5,555. What fun! I can't wait though to hear what happened at the meeting!