January 24, 2006

• Hello again!

  Well it has been awhile, hasn’t it?? That little wee babe is not nearly so wee! Carson is sitting up and starting to crawl and soon to be eight months old. He is the most sweet natured baby and such a joy. Here is a picture of Kevin and him at Christmas.

  
  

  

  
  

  They live in Edmonton so I don’t get to see them as often as I would like. They were here for almost a month at Christmas, so I got my Grandbaby fix. 

  
  

  Steve and I just got home from a Mexican cruise. It was our third one, and this time we took two of the boys. It was a blast!! Steve and I both said about halfway through that it was our best vacation ever. We usually go away once or twice a year by ourselves, but since Steve won this cruise on our last one, we figured what the heck. Well it turns out the boys made it even more fun. Who would have thought?!!

  
  

  We flew to Los Angeles the night before our departure. At one thirty in the morning, my cell phone rang. It was Annie. She was at the animal hospital with one of our cats. She had suddenly lost the use of her hind legs. Just over $600. later, the cat is walking again and the cause is unkown. We did find out her thyroid is enlarged.

  
  

  Shortly after boarding the ship, my cell rang again. It was Kevin, my oldest son and daddy to Carson. I started telling him all about what we’d done so far, thinking he was calling to say bon voyage. After a bit, he told me it wasn’t really why he was calling, he had some news. Now he is due to leave for Kandahar on Jan. 27th, which sickens me. I got hopeful that for some reason he couldn’t go!  Turns out, he and Jillian are having another baby! Can you believe it, I’m going to be Grandma again!! I am so excited and really hope after two boys, this is a pink one!

  
  

  One of our little boys, who is almost two and has been with us for over a year, is leaving us on Feb. 1st. He is a doll, and we will miss him very much. Other than him, we’ve had kind of a revolving door with placements, none lasting more than a few months.

  
  

  Oh, how could I forget to mention this….the second to last night on the cruise, Steve went to the Casino. He was only gone maybe fifteen minutes when he was back. The lucky buggar had put a twenty into a slot machine, played three turns and hit the jackpot! He has the best luck of anybody I know.

  
  

  I haven’t downloaded any of our trip pictures yet, but will post some when I do. I am going to try my bestest to start posting here again.

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