It's been crazy!

Sorry I haven't written in a while or posted anything. Life has been crazy. I just finished with my musical production (which went very well) and then we had Thanksgiving. And remember when Arianna was so sick, well, guess who got sick next, ME! So, once again, sorry. Here is what is going on with the Nikkel family. Our Thanksgiving was so wonderful. We had dinner with my family and then on Friday my mom and I and my sister were with all the other crazy people shopping. It was so fun. Then, on Friday afternoon, we went with my family to a local tree farm to cut down our Christmas tree. It was FREEZING! But, a tradition is a tradition! Arianna loved riding in the backpack and looking at all the trees. And of course, she loved being with her cousins. You can see our family photo and also the one with Claire, her and Arianna love to be by each other. :)

Now we have a few videos. The first one is Arianna eating her table food. She's just starting to get the hang of "real" food. She doesn't always like what goes in her mouth...

The next video is Arianna playing her FAVORITE new game, peek-a-boo with daddy while he chases her. She loves Jason so much and has really turned into a daddy's girl. She cries when he leaves! She loves it when he chases her around and then scares her, you can hear her laughing with delight. This video just makes me smile and reminds me how blessed I am. Hopefully, her laughter brings a smile to your face too.

PTL!

Thank God for modern medicine. After two full days of antibiotics, Arianna is feeling like her old self again. She finally slept through the night last night...first time since Friday. It was a beautiful thing. She's still on medication, but she's MUCH better. Thank you for all of your prayers and concern!

So sad...

Arianna is sick, again! She has a double ear infection, eye infection, throat infection AND sinus infection. I swear, when this girl gets sick, she gets sick. She's been pretty miserable all weekend and still not herself. Anyway, the upcoming few weeks are super busy for Jason and I. I have musical tech rehearsals and Jason is starting basketball try-outs. So, please pray that Arianna gets better soon! We have lots of babysitters coming... hope you're all doing well.

Trick or Treat...

Here are some cute photos of Arianna as a kitty. The first one is of her "finding" the candy dish. Her favorite part of Halloween was dumping all the candy out of the bowl. She thought that was so much fun!

Arianna also led her cousin, Claire, astray. Once Claire saw all the fun Arianna was having dumping out the candy, she thought it looked fun too!

Here is Arianna and me. We were hanging out outside waiting for trick-or-treaters...she liked to talk to all the big kids.

Finally, what you've all been waiting for! Arianna has taken her first steps. Actually, she's been walking for a few weeks. Well, I guess walking isn't what you would exactly call it...wobbling on her feet from place to place is a better description. Here she is...