On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

So before I give you the latest Simard update, who can explain to me whether the 12 days of Christmas are the twelve days prior to Christmas day or is it twelve days beginning with Christmas day? Inquiring minds want to know. Jon thinks it is after, I say before.

Okay, on to the updates. First is Avalyn and Murphy's Law. So last week she gets her urine tested and we get the good news that we get to wait a whole month before she needs to be tested and we are all cheers, yeah... ! ... until two days later she is puking her crazy little guts out and they want her back in pronto. (figures?!) The good news is everything turned out fine and the peds office is kind enough to be as paranoid as her mother...= )! (As an aside, they were afraid that the kidneys could be the culprit of the vomiting, although as most would suspect she had the same stomach flu as everyone else.) So we are back to a month (yay...) Assuming Piper stays healthy!

So non--health related news. Get ready! Next month starts our first Girl Scout cookie adventure and we are expecting you to stuff your face with tag-a-longs and thin mints for a good cause! I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile she is having tons of fun with her troup and making new friends every day (lol, must get that from dad).

As for Piper..no walking but oh my goodness she is a character. Today she began doing the monkey walk (on her hands and feet, booty in the air). She is cutting a few molars right now and in spite of the random crankiness she still has time to make us crack up regularly. She is the Simards' daily reminder that life isn't so bad. She can even make Avalyn crack up.

As for Jon and I we are just trying to get ready for Christmas. We are filing a formal complaint against our HOA for giving the Halloween awards to 3 "other" houses (apparently they don't like to give it to the same house two years in a row..bummer!).

Well, that's all for now...

Merry Christmas to all! And to all a Good Night!