Sass and Sandwiches
December 11, 2007 12:00 AM

Here it is, another long awaited update. I actually tried to type an update this past weekend and my computer decided when I was half way done that I was taking too long and kicked me off. Don't you just love technology!

We had a very nice Thanksgiving with my family in Illinois. It was a very long trip, but well worth it. Each day that we were there was packed with plans to visit with two or more families. Juliana actually got to see snow for the very first time. The night before Thanksgiving it snowed a little bit. Kendra was out in it the next morning trying to make snowballs to throw at Papa. Juliana didn't want anything to do with it. She is my tropical girl. Give her a sundress and some flip flops and she's happy! Kendra can adjust to anywhere that she can be active and moving.

We will have all of the kids together again for Christmas this year. Gregory and Kaitlyn will be coming to spend a couple of weeks with us. It is so nice to have them all together. We don't have any plans while they are here other than Christmas day. It will be pretty quiet around here I think.

Juliana has been out of school for over two weeks now. We are running back and forth to a couple of different doctors twice a week. She has an infection in her jaw where the internal distractor is right now. Last week we thought that we had taken care of it, but it is oozing pus again. We will see our surgeon here locally again tomorrow and see what he has to say about it now.

She thinks that she is so sneaky: I took the girls to a Christmas party last weekend and they each brought home a stocking full of candy and little toys. Silly me, I thought that Kendra had already taken care of all of the candy in both of them. But obviously she had not. Juliana took her stocking up to the play room and helped herself to a red lollipop. When I went up and saw her she was opening a package of Smarties. I called her name and she dropped them and held her hand in mid-air. She looked up at me with the "I didn't do anything" look. Maybe she thought that I wouldn't notice the red all over her face and shirt.

This morning she was in the bathtub and she was being silly. I asked her, "Are you being sassy?" She shook her head yes. I asked, "Are you going to continue to be sassy?" She shook her head yes. I asked, "Do you want a knuckle sandwich?" She shook her head yes and then signed "tomato." I will be sure to get you a tomato with your knuckle sandwich!

—Tami