Nov 28th - We Are So Blessed

Doug & Anthony arrived around midnight Tuesday night. They had an uneventful drive from Indy (Doug slept most of the way).

Thanksgiving dinner was an overload, as always. Doug and Kelsey did most of the cooking. Andy's folks came over to eat and spend the afternoon. They are good people and we enjoy them.

Check out Anthony's "glow".

The photos below are from last week. Lydia and Kelsey had a good time playing in the leaf pile. Doug and Lydia played it the same pile yesterday but I don't have any photos of it.

Having popsicles.

 Late this morning I came back in the house to put a new set of batteries in my hearing aids. I just barged into the bedroom. I didn't realize that Lydia had been put down for a nap, in our bedroom. I got here out of her playpen and we took a nap on the bed. well one of us took a nap. I got up after she went to sleep. I went in and got her when she woke up. She was "snuggly" , which is normal. After letting me rock her for awhile she crawled down and went over and crawled up on Kathy's lap for a few minutes. (All the "kids" were shopping.)

In the afternoon we went outside and "worked". She is getting real good and raising the bucket up and down, so good that I'm concerned that she is going to drive it into the ground while we are moving and bring us to a screeching halt.

There was a large brush pile out in the "meadow" when we moved here. I've added to it. It was large enough that I didn't want to set in on fire where it was, to much on one side of it that might catch fire. Andy helped me and we moved the entire pile over to another area, close by, and burned it as we moved it.

Kathy was feeling pretty good last weekend and then she just went downhill. She was in a lot of pain Tuesday and Wednesday. Her follow-up with the surgeon, in St. Louis, was Wednesday at noon. I think the trip was worse for her than her trip home after surgery. The surgeon told us that everything appeared to be OK. He told us that fluid was building up around the mesh and he thought that was the cause of her pain. Before we left the hospital he had told us to expect the fluid build up. He had not told us that it might cause severe pain. He told us that if she did not feel better by Monday he would have her scheduled for a scan in the Jefferson City area and then, based on the result of the scan, he might have us come back to St. Louis where he would use a needle to draw off the fluid. He did not want to do it, didn't want to mess with her belly again unless it was absolutely necessary. Fortunately she felt better Thursday. She did manage to do a good job of staying out of the kitchen but she was far more active than she had been. I thought she would really pay for it today (Friday) but she is in the kitchen working on supper right now. She is tired but I think she is feeling much better.

This was the first time in many years that Ed & Cindy and at least one of their boys was not with us for Thanksgiving. We kidded about it a little. Even though Ed & Cindy weren't here this year we had Ott's, Andy's Mom & Dad. Of course Andy, Kelsey and Lydia are also Ott's.

We are so blessed to be have friends, family, a warm place to live, all the food we want to eat, etc. GOD IS GOOD! Thank you Lord!

I hope your Thanksgiving was as good as ours. May God bless you and yours.