My intentions while on vacation were to take tons of pictures, keep up with the holiday editions of the photo of the day and to update the blog. Unfortunately, 3 hours into our 10 hour drive to Virginia, Jaia threw up. And then again half an hour later. I immediately thought she was reacting to something she had eaten but it turns out that it was the stomach flu. An extremely contagious stomach flu.<\/p>\n
So far it has hit 3 Fullertons and 2 Kings. Jaia, Dan and I were first. Then my mom and as of this morning, my sister is the latest victim. It’s been horrible. I will spare you the gory details.<\/p>\n
With how fast this virus attacks, we’ve had to turn away visitors and cancel our annual Christmas dinner with my parents best friends rather than infect anyone else. And since Liz only got sick this morning, we are considering pushing Christmas Eve and Christmas morning back a day. It wouldn’t really be an issue except that it’s not exactly how we were all intending to spend Jaia’s first Christmas – with someone constantly running for the bathroom.<\/p>\n
The good news is that those of us who were first sick are starting to feel better. Jaia is getting her appetite back and Dan even cracked a beer this evening.\u00a0 Thankfully, after a few very grim days, things are finally looking up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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