Anyone Seen Oliver?

Yes, this is the dog's water bowl...

Little Red Riding Hood

September

It is hard to imagine that a year ago we were thinking about open heart surgery. Oliver is healthy and happy, and he is charming. He waves and claps his hands, but not on my command. Only when he wants! We meet with the GI doctor in two weeks. Hopefully she'll pull the Mickey Button out.

Life is good, and we are grateful for this season.

I Love Birthday Cake!

We celebrated Oliver's birthday last Saturday with some friends.

Happy Birthday Oliver!

July 14th was Oliver's first birthday. We celebrated with a five mile bike ride to Kent Station, and a mud pie at the RAM. Oliver was gracious enough to share his birthday ice cream with the rest of us.

I'll post photos later!

Mic-Key is in!

I just spoke with the surgeon, and the Mic-Key was placed with no problems. While Oliver sleeps, the cardio people will do an echo cardiogram to check his heart.

Surgery rescheduled...

Oliver didn't have surgery on May 1st, because he and his siblings caught a nasty bronchiolitis and flu. He is now in that post-flu feeding frenzy and packing on the pounds.

The second attempt to place the Mic-key button is this Friday, May 15. I'm pretty impressed that in 5 months we have not accidentally ripped the peg-tube out of his stomach.

We named our new chickens (thanks Lacey for the idea!): Madeleine, Condoleezza, and Hillary. Unfortunately, Hillary got lost under the crawl space of our home, and we haven't seen her for weeks. We like to think that she's on a diplomatic tour around the neighborhood and will return to us soon.