Merry Christmas from… Hold on… not quite ready… Put the snowball down… please… What is the baby eating? Ok… close… let’s try one more time… Perfect! Merry Christmas from all of us!

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Five years ago today we had a blizzard. Four years ago it was measurable snow… same thing for three and two years ago. Last year about this time, I took this picture: Why do I keep track of this? Simple. Five years ago today is the day that I married the DW. For several reasons […]

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I’ll be the first to admit my phone isn’t smart – and I like it that way. I have never felt compelled to be “connected” at all times. Most nights my phone ends up with my keys somewhere near the door. And if I forget to turn the ringer up, I won’t look at it […]

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Peanut was back in Iowa City last Thursday for her post-surgery checkup. The schedule was three-fold. Peanut met with her surgical team for a recovery follow-up. She met with her GI doctor for a routine check-up. And, she met with her wound care nurse for some special attention for a horrible case of diaper rash. […]

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We knew this day would come…I just didn’t believe it would get here so fast. 13 years have passed at the speed of light! In my mind, our now 13 year-old daughter should still be 7. I can’t help but feel a wee bit sad about this, but all of that is overshadowed by the […]

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We fully intended to write another update much sooner than this…but with we’ve slipped into the “sleep when baby sleeps” mentality, which unfortunately for Peanut that means she isn’t sleeping well. 🙁 I actually began writing update #2 on Halloween, but with irregular sleeping patterns and focusing all our energy on Peanut when she’s awake, […]

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In the past roughly 50 hrs since surgery, Peanut has made great progress. I’ll admit, Tuesday was discouraging as she was in quite a bit of pain and slept a lot. She had a rough last night into early morning today. However, as the pictures below show…her recovery is going full speed ahead! One of […]

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As we mentioned in a previous post, Peanut was scheduled for major bowel surgery on the 28th (yesterday), and we’re happy to report, that it went as well as can be expected. We (and her team of doctors) had three main goals to accomplish with by doing this surgery. 1) to “take down” the ostomy […]

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Sissy was watching Peanut while the DW and I were finishing up some chores on Sunday morning. I normally don’t try to fully understand these things, but from what I’ve been told, Peanut found a comb left out by one of her older siblings and was ‘combing’ Sissy’s hair while she was sitting on the […]

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I mentioned at the end of Wednesday’s post that anyone familiar with the workings of a hospital know that plans are subject to change and normally do… well guess what… Peanut is back home. While Peanut’s surgery needs to be done sooner rather than later, it’s not an emergency (which we are thankful for), and […]

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