Almost a week now.............

Well, so far so good. Matthew had one tiny set back that Daddy figured out more than Mommy did. (from the "down under" stuff) But nothing big. It's been fixed, Matthew didn't like it. Other than that? Life is good. Matthew is doing well but is liking Mommy staying at home. I can see that. Actually? I'm liking staying home with him. He's such a doll. He asks me all kinds of things. Loves to talk more now. His vocabulary and working with consenants are great! He has a J now. His R is getting there too. There is only one thing that is worrying mom and dad at the moment.

We've seen liquid come out of Matthew's nose just once since the surgery. We aren't sure if that was a mishap, like you or I drinking coke and it goes up your nose type of thing or something else. I know our surgeon said that the liklihood of another fistula forming was pretty high. (Although we are praying it doesn't happen!) We are doing everything right. I just don't know until we see the surgeon on Friday. We will go downtown to Children's for an appointment. Hopefully it will be GREAT news! We need some about now. ANYTHING! *besides bills from Children's for Matt's surgery*

Rebecca is in her rare form as always. Since we pay more attention to Matthew, especially mommy, she does just about anything and everything to get our attention! It's really OLD already! Anyone with kids (more than 1) knows about this!!! Daddy tries to teach her what is going on, especially with Matthew, but who knows with her. Her birthday party is coming up soon! She's having a PRINCESS party. You know the Diva must have her Princess party! *oh good grief* (When I was little, it was all about the birthday cake! Who cared about the "theme" or what you got, or where you went..........oh, but I do remember my first Burger Chef birthday party and McDonalds party! DOES THAT DATE ME OR WHAT?!?! *Alright, don't answer that!* Your old too because you remembered it!;o)

Charlie is living large! Literally. He's lost weight being in our family! He's gone from 91 pounds, down to 87.5. He's pretty healthy. *yes, he went to the vet last weekend* Just a distemper shot and he was good to go. His hip dysplaxia is present and pretty obvious, but not stopping him from doing anything. We have him on some organic/herbal stuff which is helping alot! He can run with the BIG DOGGIES! We take him for walks just about everyday and he goes to a dog park every weekend and the kids playground park every weekend. The kids LOVE him! LOVE him! He is estimated to be about 6 or 7 years old which makes him getting into his "older years". I must admit, he's a perfect match with our family.

Kitties are good. Driving the dog crazy, or vice versa, but Poodie, Livie, and Oliver are doing just fine.

Did I cover everyone? Oh yeah, Daddy is good. We are moving on our 6 month post placement for Matthew also! YEAH GOD! *very happy about that*

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