Merry Christmas friends and Happy New Year, too!

I cannot believe I haven't posted since June. Let me try and sum up the past several months. Caroline's sinus surgery in August was a success. She's been infection free since and is feeling great. She's still off O2. 5th grade is treating her well. She's about to wrap up the first 9 weeks and hopes to bring home all A's. ( I hope too!)Caroline started cheering for flag football last weekend and really enjoyed it. It'll run through November. She rolled in the East Cobber parade this year with the Kincaid Chorus & has started practicing for Alice. No big back surgery planned yet. Trying to get through flu season. She has been complaining of some left hand pain and she'll see a hand specialist on the 18th. Trach clinic is coming up too.

Tate loves Kindergarten and has made some sweet friends this year. He likes his teacher, begs to go to ASP and thinks it's pretty cool to stop by "Ms. Amy's" class for candy. He's playing baseball again at Mt.Paran and loves it!

Took the kids to North GA for fall break with the Green's. The kids loved Nana's cabin, the creeks, the orchards and festival. Nana was the best host & we hope to return soon.

We're all enjoying this cooler weather and looking forward to Halloween. Caroline's going to be a butterfly fairy (precious) and Tate wants to be a Wolfman. (Ugh)

Thanks for checking in! I'll try to post some pics. Our home PC is toast, pictures and all, but I have some on my camera somewhere.

Sweet Summertime

Hi, all! We're enjoying our summer.... full speed! Camp was awesome! Caroline celebrated her 10th birthday with ten of her closest friends. She ended the 4th grade with A's and B's. Not too shabby considering her 25 days of school missed. We met our Nashville friends for a day at Lake Winnie and spent the weekend with the Smiths. Tate attended a BMX birthday party and decided to ride training wheel free and has been two wheeling ever since! He begs Doug to take him to the lake daily. He's become quite a little fisherman. He's looking forward to the McCoy boys returning from Cooperstown with a Yankee t-shirt and we're Tybee bound tomorrow! Whew, made my head spin writing all that. We've been busy! Do you think they'll be bored in July? No new medical news for Caroline. She's stable right now & being treated for another sinus infection--- and we need to get the PICC placed, but are trying to have as much fun in the sun as we can get before then! She also will need a rib expansion, maybe three. AND braces, oh the $$ that Orthodontist will make. !!!Life's good!!!

Springtime

It's hard to believe Spring Break has come and gone. The kids were surprised about their Disney trip and were even more excited when they found out my mom and sister & her kids were joining us. Many wonderful memories were made on that trip! We had perfect weather and the crowds weren't too bad. They all got to do and see everything they wanted to. I enjoyed having my mom and sis with me!

Caroline Claire saw ID on Friday and he's going to review her labs and chat with her Pulm. and ENT and decide where to go. He does agree with a lavage and even talked PICC, central line, or port. NONE of those sound good to me. Soooo, it's a wait and see at this point. Dr. D needs to lengthen her VEPTR--how convenient would it be if he and ENT could coordinate the two?!

Tate walked the field with his team at Turner Field on Saturday. He loved it! He's really playing well this season. I'm going to put him on a swim team this summer--My little fish! He's registered for Kindergarten and is soo excited to go to school with Caroline.

Beauty and the Beast

Today was Caroline's last performance in her school's Beauty and the Beast musical. She had a fantastic time and what a great experience it was for her. She played Maurice's Invention which was perfect for her--and her chair! She has spent the last month practicing. We're sad it's over, but ready to get back to the books! She's enjoyed having her cousins up from Ft. Lauderdale this weekend too. Trying to get through this last week before spring break. It's to no surprise she's febrile today. I think she caught a cold. Let's pray it stays just that. She was in the ER three weeks ago w/ hypoxia & pneumonia. Caught that one early. We'll be at the doctor's office bright and early tomorrow morning...

My sister and her kids came up this week & we took the kids to 'Noog for the day.

Happy Valentine's Day

Caroline has her Valentine Dance at school today. She and Sophie didn't stop talking about it yesterday. They're super excited ( and a little nervous too!). C's CT is this afternoon--in Alpharetta--what was I thinking?? Just ready to get this one behind us. Doug's heading out to NOLA early in the am. Going to enjoy Mardi Gras with his buddies. We're looking forward to hanging out with The Smith's this weekend after our Valentine lunch with the Green's and Stanley's. Good times!! Happy Valentine's Day!! Mmmmmwah!