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coming off of almost 2 straight months of colds, we weren't sure how the girls would fare on the flight. clearly, they were ready to see family and play. they did great! we brought along bailey's nebulizer for her nasty cough, but she only really needed it for the first couple of days. poor bryn, though, developed an allergic reaction to her amoxicillin the day before christmas. on the 24th, she woke up looking like freddy kruger. luckily, she wasn't too disturbed/itchy. 

the holidays were spent at church with grandma merry and pawpaw where bailey got to participate in 2 christmas pageants. grandma carol cooked alot of yummy chinese food. bailey got to ride her first pony (named goldilocks) courtesy of grandma merry's friend warren. AND a big snowfall meant snowmen, sledding and snow angels.

for the tail end of the week, matt, bailey, bryn and i attempted our first family vacation (just the 4 of us) in chicago. not going to lie... it wasn't necessarily relaxing. but it was still a lot of fun. we spent some time with cousins rich, joe and steve and their super sweet families. we visited with tina, jon, bella and avery. AND spent a day at the field museum checking out animals and dinosaurs.

bryn was a true party girl, making friends with EVERY single table at EVERY restaurant we went to.

:-)

and now back to it. bring it 2013!