Tis the Season...

modeling her stocking made by her Grandma

...to get sick.

Which is a bit ironic since I work at a school with young kids (some who like to be very close and give hugs and chew on my pencils and need reminders to cover their coughs and so on) and have yet to call in sick in the past four years.

But, when I am on maternity leave, and can count the times I've left our house in the past three weeks on one hand - I manage to get my first case of strep throat ever.  

And Erik may or may not be on his way to the same diagnosis.  

Nothing is too bad when you wake up to this sweet face

Fortunately, little Elsa has been a trooper - enjoying lots of snuggling time with mom (and a special day of snuggling with Grandma and Grandpa Flott so her mom could rest) and sleeping for a couple longer stretches at night.  

She also continues to grow (who knew?)...and has recently discovered she likes to play on her floor gym and doesn't hate her swing (as much).

Ok mom and dad, I'll sit here a couple minutes, but as soon as  you try to eat dinner, I'm done. Cool?

We're just hoping this is it for illnesses for Team Golden for a long time because we are all getting ready for a great Christmas!