Quick Update-- September 14, 2010

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much to our friends and family for their well-wishes during the past few weeks. I'm slowly but surely getting better... I have about 90% of my usual energy so that's a plus. As I regain my energy, I'm also fighting an infection that has developed in a half inch gap that has opened up in my incision. However, I'm confident that everything is going to turn out okay. Meanwhile, poor Roger (who has had to keep all of the trains running on time in spite of massive sleep deprivation) has developed a cold; Ellie-Kate has an ear infection, and Chelsea pulled something in her back last Wednesday. It's been a rough patch for us, but God has provided in many, many ways, and the whole experience has really underscored for me just how much that we need Him to pull us through. I praise Him for His timing... If this situation had to occur, I am so grateful that it did so after the fair but in ample time for us all to recover before we leave on our big trip to DisneyWorld to see Britti in October!!!

Meanwhile, we've also been very busy, with the start of school. Chelsea's having a great tennis season and start to junior year; Emmy loves her new teachers in fifth grade, and she is starting band and will play the french horn, and Ellie-Kate is growing like a weed. She loves to laugh, and she adores to play with her panda, Pei-Wei, her baby dolls, puzzles, and any musical instrument that we can find. She wakes up singing her ABC song or "She's Comin' Round the Mountain." She's such a happy baby... Still working on that potty training thing, though :)

We hope that you're having an awesome start to the school year and fall season! Enjoy the pictures that I just posted from the past week :)

Christie