Wii Go Together

Caroline and Tate each enjoyed playdates with their friends.

Student of the Week

Caroline is the "Student of the Week" this week! We're so proud of you, Caroline!

No news is good news

No big news to report. Caroline's enjoying being back in school and feels good. She has another follow up appt. with the Pulm. next week and will see the ENT as well. He will scope her to make sure she doesn't have any granulation tissue around her trach. She's enjoying dance and art classes and hanging out with Sophie!

We signed Tate up for T-ball. He's excited about playing. He's enjoying school as well and looking forward to his birthday party. Can you believe he'll be four? I cannot. I certainly can't believe it's time to register for Pre-K. He'll stay at his current school which we love. He's really into Star Wars right now. He calls himself a "Corntrooper." That's a cross between a Stormtrooper and a Clone something or another. I need to get with the program, I know!

Thanks for checking in!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! We wish you health and happiness in 2009.

Doug, Shannon, Caroline and Tate

Christmas Blessings

We kicked off Christmas at Stone Mountain on 12-23 with my sister and her family. The kids had a blast on the train, loved the sky lift and thought the 4D Shrek movie was the bomb! That certainly got us in the spirit!

We spent Christmas Eve with Doug's family at his parents house. We got to watch baby Pierce (so cute) open his presents. Caroline and Tate followed their cousins Claire and Cole around for a good part of the night. Cole gives a mean typewriter and gave Tate quite a workout. Claire sat with me and Caroline and told us about being a senior in HS and getting accepted into Berry College. We're proud of Claire. She's a sweet girl and will do well.

Our family had the best day today. The kids were healthy and happy. Santa hooked them up and we enjoyed time with family and friends and "BCF's" (best cousin friends!LOL) They laughed and played, laughed more, played more. Their laughs were contagious. Couldn't help getting a little giddy myself. This was our first Christmas without my grandmother, Nanny. We sure do miss her. Mom surprised Trisha and me with videos she had put on DVD's of us growing up. Sniff, sniff. She presented them with a box of tissue. I blew through mine in less then 5 minutes. Caroline enjoyed watching me grow up and finally agrees that yes, she does look a little like me afterall! :-)

It was a wonderful Christmas making many new memories.

Goodnight and God bless!
Shannon

Christmastime

Hello all and Merry Christmas!

The kids have been busy getting ready for Santa. I discovered that Caroline's quite the gift wrapper! She's a pro and what a huge help! She and I stayed in one night and wrapped, drank hot chocolate and watched Elf. I so enjoy her company. What a blessing she is. Tate's a big help, too. He's sure to move the Gingerbread man daily to count down the days 'til Christmas.

Caroline's trach infection is back and she's starting a new antibiotic today. This one will be given via her nebulizer directly into her trach. We're praying this will do the trick and she'll feel good for Christmas. Her Thanksgiving, well, sucked. She felt so bad and really struggled to breathe. Hopefully we've caught this one in time. Any cold is going to turn into something as she just doesn't have the lung capacity to keep things moving in her chest. Plus, her newly diagnosed pulmonary hypertension is an unwelcomed added feature. Her Pulmonologist added a diuretic to her meds a couple of weeks ago to help drain the fluid from her lungs. It helped. He had also put her on a new antibiotic for a micoplasma pneumonia/sinusitis. Either one did the trick. It's a wait and see with this infection.

Doug's hunting this weekend. He hasn't been in years! I'm thinking we'll go see Santa and take it easy. Can I write that in the same sentence?? The kids have their lists ready! Caroline wants a keyboard, camera and some wigs! Tate wants a light saber (Actually, two. One green and one red!) and anything else he has seen on TV. They're both sooo excited!

Pulmonology Follow Up

Caroline has a much needed follow up appt. with her Pulmonologist this morning. She has continued to cough since the week before Thanksgiving. Her O2 requirement has continued to be high as well.