for pop pop #1

here's a long story short: my dad (aka 'pop pop') had another bout of diverticulitis (sp?) & possible colon perforation & is now scheduled for a ileostomy on monday. he will be in the hospital (cleveland clinic) for 7 days after...missing christmas. my dad LOVES christmas, so this is pretty hard on him & our family will miss him dearly for our celebration. but celebrate we will! b/c he has taught us well...to love our family & have a good time during holidays (especially christmas).

we were going to drive up to see him today, exchange the gifts, etc & have some enjoyable moments before the surgery...except addy woke up with an intense cold, wes already has the cold (he would be ground zero, we are all getting it from him this time), & i am starting on it. which means we can't visit my dad with our infectious selves. so we will use this blog to keep him posted on the pre-christmas spirit in our house & we have promised many tidbits of addy & amelia throughout today (i will work hard to figure out how to post video).

disclaimer: some of our blog readers may find the next few posts to be not that exciting...stuff that maybe only grandparents would be interested in (specifically: pop pop). feel free to tune out if you want!

addy waiting & waiting & waiting on lunch...we have started to put a hair band on to keep her hair out of the food, so this is her, sans pants (w/ 'big girl' undies on!) & w/ slippers loudly proclaiming that she's ready to have lunch.

another attempt at putting the hair band on. lookin' good!

i did it!

addy showing us that she is quite the lady & has her napkin ready for lunch to be served. she ate 4 dino chicken nuggets, a mini can of peaches, approximately 1 tablespoon of ketchup, & a very tiny part of her napkin that was soaked in peach juice & dipped in ketchup. good stuff.

addy was very excited this morning when we told her we were going to visit gramum & pop pop today...she had her snack, shoes, & sippy cup in hand & was pointing at the door within minutes. when we explained a bit later that we couldn't visit g-mum & pop pop, she was very sad & gave a few pouts. but we then explained that we are going to take lots of pictures of her throughout the day so that pop pop can see her & what a fun time she's still having at home, she chippered up quickly & is now fully enjoying the camera.

while i type she is running around the circle in our house (from kitchen, to 'den', to living room, to hallway, & back round & round) with griswold chasing her. she's also throwing her toy heart, something i believe pop pop helped her learn. she will be getting some benedryl soon to help her sleep...good ole benny.

today we can now dress amelia up in the santa claus outfit & take her christmas picture...we may even go to the zoo to look at lights, depending on how the sinus issues go. more pictures to come!