Archive for January, 2010

Holidays 2009 – II

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Christmas was just the three of us. We had a real tree again for our living room, and Mike found one that had great proportions. William “oohed and ahhed” at the lights and helped hang a few ornaments. (Notice we went with mainly paper, wood and foil ornaments this year to avoid breakages).

William is [...]

Holidays 2009 – I

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Yes, we are blogging out of chronological order, but I wanted to share our Thanksgiving and Christmas pictures. Especially Christmas, William’s second and a year when he really started noticing shiny stars and Christmas lights. He thoroughly enjoyed our talking Santa Advent Calendar and Cat (or “eyes”) Advent calendar – you can’t leave the pets [...]

The year is 2010

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Julie’s strength is beginning to return and she is trying to widen her food choices since the reversal surgery. There are still irritation and itchiness to deal with – not fun – but she is trying to rest and use pain remedies rather than always `pushing through it’ during this important period of healing. We [...]

Julie home from reversal surgery

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I am happy to be back in the warm confines of our home! My hospital stay for the expected take-down, or reversal, surgery was a few days longer than expected, but it will have been worth it if I can recover without any more trips to the ER.
Will is delighted to have both of [...]