Corrie laps

She was on lap 8 or 9 when I finally got the camera :P
The CareBear purse and wallet is from Diane, an advisor at work. They had a surprise shower for Sheila (also due end of Dec.) and me/Carrie.
The bus she's talking about is the bus ride at Walmart's arcade thing. It was replaced by a horse though :(
At the end, you can see Johnny's ear injury!

Corrie and Oliver last weekend

As the weeks get colder we have to find more ways of staying busy indoors. Corrie usually does a pretty good job of this, (see picture) smile, but last weekend we made a trip up to Granger to see Oliver and the rest of the family. This was all we could get from the two of them running around. They had a good time, mostly exploring the upstairs and jumping on the beds. This weekend we hope to rake more leaves in our yard and then the next, travel to see the Powell's for Thanksgiving.





O: "Corrie...?"
C: "I'm right here Oliverrrr!"

Dr. Jones

Just an update from Brian: I was supposed to have a checkup around September... but you know we've been a little busy. Finally got around to setting up an appointment with a provider here, and went in today. /\ This is Dr. Jones /\
He was wearing a bow tie today too, so I guess that's his thing. Nice guy - his son may be a student in our program next year...so it would be interesting if I was his advisor! Today was just filling out all the registration forms, vitals, trying to remember my recent medical history and relay it to Dr. Jones, and scheduling a few more things (CT scan next week, follow up with Dr. in December). He noticed one of my lymph nodes was a little swollen but said it's probably nothing - and could only feel it because I was thin. Nevertheless he wants to keep an eye on it because of my history, of course. I did tell him that my nodes (in my neck) have been through a lot this year. Remember my finger? I had the same thing in my ear a few weeks ago, at the end of the conference I attended in Chicago. Urgent Care swabbed it and tests came back MRSA. Scary for a while there, but it went away with strong antibiotics. Oh, I didn't post about that? Sorry - no pics on that one! I looked like a boxer with a huge cauliflower ear or somthing and couldn't sleep on that side for about a week. Was more concerned for Carrie and Corrie, but docs said not to worry if we were careful.

Funny story about the clinic here: they made me take off my shoes and measure for height. Turns out I'm only 5'10" or 5'11". Of course their wall scale thingy is a bit off! :) They said they already have an ongoing debate about it - but I told them it was definately at least 2" off. I'm about 6'1.5" They drew blood for tumor markers and I was on my way with my Spongebob bandaid.

the last day of Fall

Monday was probably the last of these days. That night it was down in the 20s, and the rest of the week isn't much better. We're hunkering down for a long winter inside! See you in a few months, colors?

the new poll

Instead of making you choose between family, friends, God, your health, etc., I thought I'd put up a few random things that people might be thankful for :)

Notice you can also 'follow' our blog; it's over on the sidebar...about halfway down.

the Corrie hour

...between bath and bedtime.

Corrie's other costume

Corrie on the night after Halloween, in our HRL room in Bowling Green. "I'm all ready for Halloween!", jumping on the mattress on the floor.

the lion costume, part 2

the lion and the jackrabbit (?)

One of the first places we stopped in Bowling Green was the carousel at the mall. Corrie was the Lion for Halloween - for about 10 minutes - and then we went to dinner. Next, you'll see how she was the Underwear Sock Girl the next night :)

C-o-r-r-i-e

Here is Corrie spelling before our trip. Clips from the weekend should be up tomorrow :)