Tyler here comes Grammie!!

Hi Tyler,

Grammie is coming to see you tomorrow!!  You better be ready for lots of hugs and kisses.  We are going to have so much fun.  I love you so very much!!

Love,

Grammie

Mary comes to town!

Mary and her birth mom came from Illinois to visit her family last week.  Larry and I were invited to come to their hotel for a short visit.  Mary has grown so tall and looked great.  She remembered us but was reserved.  We could only visit for twenty minutes because Lily was very tired and pretty much had a meltdown while we were there.  It was so great to see Mary and we hope to remain in touch with her for many years to come. 

Food Poisoning, flu and eating issues

Wow! What a rough weekend we had. Larry and I came down with food poisoning Friday night and were sick until this morning.  We were hardly able to move and still had to care for Lily and Emily.  Lily had the flu which included fever, diarrhea and not eating well.  Emily was throwing up her bottles.  Things are looking a bit better this afternoon.  Lily's fever is down, Emily drank her last 2 ounces without throwing it up, and Larry and I are mobile.  In addition to that, Larry's sister's house was in danger with the fires yesterday. The fires were only 1/2 mile away from their house.  They were watering down their roof last night.  These fires are so scary!

My first Halloween!

We dressed Lily up as a pumpkin for Halloween and took her around to a few of our neighbor's homes to "Trick or treat". She seemed to have fun but is still a bit young to really understand what was going on. Her sister, Emily, came along but we didn't dress her up. She was content to just be in our arms and look around at the ghosts and goblins.