12.13.2007

An Update of Sorts



So dad told me I could just add a pic to the blog and he'd be happy. Well here you go old man. :)

Anyway we've unfortunately got so much going on at the moment that I just don't think about updating this thing. For those of you who may not know Matt officially has a diagnosis of a herniated disk in his back. He's finally been to one orthopedic surgeon and that doc is suggesting surgery sooner rather than later so as not to risk any permanent nerve damage. Matt being the kind of guy that he is insisted on a second opinion so we're kind of in limbo right now until that appointment next week. If that doc says surgery then he'll go ahead with it, if he says something else though Matt MAY want to get a third opinion. We'll see.

The good news is if Matt decides on the surgery it's a MUCH different procedure than it was when my Mom had it. It'll take an hour or less to preform, then his recovery time is anywhere from 2-4 weeks. Much different than the months Mom spent recovering in Tennessee with Grandma and Grandpa Rice. He'll more than likely go on temporary disability and with any luck he'll get his full paycheck for the duration he'll be out. Hopefully at the end of all of this he will no longer resemble Quasimodo and he'll be able to sleep through the night.

As for Alice and I, we're pretty good. We put up all the Xmas stuff without Daddy (minus one or two ornaments which Daddy hung himself) and I must say it looks pretty nice. Alice is mesmerized by all of it (especially a flashing snowman we got from Grandma) and she's even added a new word to her vocabulary - tree. The kid STILL won't say Momma, but she'll say tree. Go figure. She's currently trying to stand up with out pulling up and I have a feeling once she figures that out she'll have the guts to try walking. As it is now she barely holds on to my hands and walks just fine so I think she could do it if she wanted to. I'm happy with her still remaining low to the floor though so she can wait a few months as far as I'm concerned.

The pic is from a few weeks ago when we got our first snowfall. She would have stayed out there for hours if I let her she loved it so much. She even played for 20 minutes in the snow that I tracked into the house afterwards! And just as a sidenote, THANK GOD for hand me downs. Alice's entire outfit (excluding the hat) is comprised of hand me down items. Gotta love that!

Well that's all I've got for now. Hopefully there will be more updates soon, but I'm not making promises I can't keep.