So at 4:00 in the morning I awoke to find a big shiny strech limo on my doorstep. Daddy installed my carseat and we were off to the airport. This was my first limo ride ever.
Security was a breeze and the flight to Minneapolis went great. With no delays in sight we headed to the gate to board the plane to Sioux Falls. We were in flight for approximately 20 minutes and the pilot came on the loud speaker to inform us that we were directed to return to Minneapolis as our engine was having issues with de-icing. Now for those of you that do not realize this, the flight from Minneapolis to Sioux Falls is 38 minutes total. By the time we got back to Minneapolis, we should have been landing in Sioux Falls. However, Christmas came a little early as Delta delivered a plane two gates down, loaded our baggage and in record time delivered us to Sioux Falls by 2:30 p.m. We were greeted by Grandma and Grandpa Kappenman. Needless to say this storm of the quarter century held off in our favor (more on that to come)!
Because we were supposed to get in at 12:30 p.m. we were a little starved, so we hit the drive through on the way to Uncle Todd and Aunt Barb's house. As it was taking forever, my mom simply asked if they were killing the cow, whereby I responded with a jublient "MOOOO!" This is one of my newest words.
We finally made it to Todd and Barb's just in time to get ready for Christmas Eve. Soon enough Aunt Lori, Uncle Mike, Danny, Bryce and the newest addition Brooklyn arrived. Not sure what to think of her, I just stood by at a distance watching her. Uncle Jeremy came and we opened up our gifts from him. Then Aunt Carol and Uncle John, Micah and Macy came over and we ate dinner. Next thing you know Santa's sleigh arrived up on the roof and down he came with his Elf to deliver me a stick horse that makes a "neigh" sound. He said he had to come early as he was trying to beat the storm. After he left, we spent the rest of the night opening gifts and playing with our new toys.
Christmas morning came and with it we found A LOT of snow on the ground. We weren't sure that Grandma and Grandpa were going to make it as there was 12" of snow. But they plowed through and arrived in time for breakfast and gifts around the tree. Uncle Jeremy showed up a little later that afternoon. Most of the day was spent sholving, playing in the snow with daddy, and figuring out my new toys. It continued to snow all day into the next; by the time the storm was over we had approximately 19" of snow. As for what I got for Christmas, here's the list of goodies: Elmo Live, big drawing pad + crayons, chuck the truck, clothes, savings bond, spinny alphabet/animal thing, tool and hammer, to name a few. I also spent the day feeding Oscar, that dog eats everything and anything you give him, hence his nickname "half fat." The dog is almost as big as I am!!
On Sunday morning we went to church to see baby Brooklyn get baptized. I made it all the way through the baptism and was doing fine until I got to go up front for the children's sermon. Once I figured out that I could walk around, which I did the entire time he was trying to tell me about homeless people, there was no way I was going to sit there and listen to the minister talk about grown up stuff. So my dad and I ended up hanging out in the fellowship area discovering all the areas of the church. After the service, we headed downstairs for breakfast and cake to celebrate Brooklyn!
The remainder of my Christmas weekend was spent getting sick. I still have that perpetual runny nose that just won't stop. On Sunday night, my breathing was very labored and my parents were very worried. So around 2:30 a.m. they woke up Aunt Barb who came in to check on me. It was discovered that I had a fever of 101.5. She called the ER and spoke with a pediatric nurse who stated that the labored breathing was due to my high fever and my body working overtime. Once the fever was gone, my breathing returned to normal.
Overall, my second Christmas was white, wonderful and full of wacky family!
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