whew.. busy

We have been doing well here. Lots to look forward to. Our oldest daughter Lindsay's wedding is in 4 weeks. So there is a torrent of activity getting things ready for the big event. The funny thing about a large family is everyone plays a part and organizing all those kiddos to their responsibilities is no easy task. Abel is the ring bearer, pray to god he doesn't loose the rings. Lillian is the flower girl. I don't know how on earth I will keep her hair styled and dress neat for the ceremony. May wrap her in bubble wrap? The older girls are bridesmaids. Just try keeping them from starting some kind of brawl with each other over " she looked at me wrong " Teen age angst.
Lillian is 14 weeks into treatment and handling it well. She is usually pretty sick on Fridays though , never sleeps after her injections on Thursday night.. so we lay low on Fridays. Treatment is working and we are looking forward to her yearly follow up to Vietnam to report the word CURE!!!!!
Abel is such a smart boy . He loves to learn. We went to the upgraded planetarium yesterday and he is quick to shout out the names of constellations and talk about the milky way galaxy. This is impressive to me because I don't know as many constellations as him.. he listens so well. We are going to our cabin this week on vacation so I am praying that Abel will catch his first fish. We are catch and release kindof people but it will still be a lot of fun. Abel is also thourouhly enjoying the new peddle boat we bought for the kids this summer. My hubby and I couldn't see anyway we could get our pontoon boat up and running this year so a little peddle power and the kids are having a blast.

Long time

Well i haven't been doing a very good job at keeping this up, but life gets busy. Lillian has pneumonia right now but we are greatful for the wonderful strong antibiotics and good care as she was able to stay home with us this year instead of another hospitalization. Our dog JOJO contracted pneumonia as well. I don;t think from each other but I'm not really sure if humans and dogs can share the same colds? Since I posted last August Our household has had its fair share of illness. We all had H1N1 in October. Man that was pleasant (Not) . As a Nurse there were people inour hospital who did not survive this flu/ it was terrible. I was ill for a long time with it as well and i did have the vaccine as well but that's another argument.. Abel amazingly came through everything like a breeze , even the H1N1 just 1 day down with an extra long nap, cough and fever, He was fine in a day. I wouldn't have believed he had it except his nasal swab was positive. I swear he has an amazing immune system. He's growing really fast. And he really wants to go to preschool next year. He had his initial tryouts and interview last week so we'll see. The preschools in our community are very competitive but I know my Abel can do it.. We should know in a week or so if he'll have a spot. Lillian tried out too but I'm not so sure yet if we will be sending her. They are being raised as the same age (born a day apart) But Lillian will be starting her 1 year of medication regimen to treat her liver disease. This will be difficult as hr immune system will be assulted by the meds as well as her red blood cells. So at this point I think we will continue her home schooling. On the exciting end Abel has 2 National ads with Little Tikes now. We are so proud of him. This was a kid who would never look at a camera in Ethiopia, now hes a model HA.