24 January 2010

Brandan finally had his hernia repaired in a drive-by surgery Friday morning. He was home before 11 am. Who wants to be in a hospital, anyways? Home has a better nurse to patient ratio, unlimited smoothies and sheets with a higher threadcount. The center of gravity of our house has shifted to the front where Brandan is recovering on the foldout couch. This is now the prime spot for stories, movies and board games. The photo was taken Friday. As of today (Sunday), Brandan is moving around and sitting up better. We're looking forward to a week with Brandan at home.

Brandan is finishing installing some speakers on our patio out back.

 

For MLK day we sewed quilts for our local NICU.  Sophie and Rylee loved ironing the squares and fought over who got to iron.

Here's Abe posing with the finished quilt. (Helen hopped into the photo with her drawing of "5 little monkeys swinging from a tree. . .") 

Sophie is playing church volleyball this winter, which she pretty much hates. She hates it a little less after Saturday when she served the winning ace for one game. Her team looks pretty cute in their matching T-shirts and socks.