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| 4 Generations of Mauldin men |
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| Jeff and Charlie with his grandparents |
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| Bromley snuck in the picture! |
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Grandpa Mauldin
Last week we got the unfortunate news that Jeff's grandfather had passed away. This was his dad's father. He passed away in his sleep, so he did not suffer at all. He was a generous, kind, funny man and will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Lauri's Checkup - Good News!
Lauri and I returned to M.D. Anderson today to get the results of Lauri's chest CT scan, X-ray, and blood tests. We have these checkups every 3 months to check to see if the cancer has returned. The good news - Lauri got a clean bill of health! The radiologist report reads "No evidence of metastatic disease"!
This was a nervous appointment for us; it marks about 1 year since we found the last nodule in Lauri's lung. For the past four years or so, we've returned to M.D. Anderson to find out the cancer had returned about 1 year after the previous finding. So while we were very hopeful, we were worried we'd remain on schedule, and find another nodule this time around. Thank God, not this time.
We are due to go back for another checkup in December, and I'm sure we'll be nervous again. But for right now, we've broken through a barrier we've been working a long time to break.
This was a nervous appointment for us; it marks about 1 year since we found the last nodule in Lauri's lung. For the past four years or so, we've returned to M.D. Anderson to find out the cancer had returned about 1 year after the previous finding. So while we were very hopeful, we were worried we'd remain on schedule, and find another nodule this time around. Thank God, not this time.
We are due to go back for another checkup in December, and I'm sure we'll be nervous again. But for right now, we've broken through a barrier we've been working a long time to break.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Fredericksburg-Wineries and A Baptism
This weekend we went to Fredericksburg to tour some local Texas wineries and celebrate the baptism of our niece, Rebecca. We arrived on Friday night and on Saturday went to 3 different wineries, Spicewood, Flat Creek and William Chris. We were very impressed with how good the local wines were. Sunday was the baptism at Resurrection Lutheran Church, where Jeff's mom is a member and also where Carrie and Chris got married. Rebecca did great and didn't cry at all during the ceremony! I have the honor of being her Godmother, while Chris's brother, Jeff is the Godfather. (Kinda crazy that Carrie and Chris both have brother's named Jeff! And Chris's mom is named, Laurie! They were meant to be together!) Anyway, after the baptism we had a great lunch at the house.
Monday, we went to even more wineries. This time we went to Texas Hills, Pedernales Cellars, Woodrose, and Becker. Whew! That's a lot of wine drinking! We had a great time and found something we liked at each winery, but Becker was our favorite. We pretty much liked EVERYTHING they had! Now our wine fridge is fully stocked.
We came home today and will have just enough time to reset and repack because Thursday we leave to head out east to Louisiana. We are spending the weekend in Covington for my mom's birthday celebration. Should be fun! I'll leave you with some of the highlights of the trip from this weekend.
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| Spicewood |
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| Texas Hills |
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| Flat Creek |
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| William Chris |
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Charlie at Woodrose
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Pictures from Destin
Ok. Here are just a few of the pictures from Destin. I am still having problems uploading from iphoto to picasa, so this will have to do.
View from our room
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Update
We went to Destin, Florida a couple of weeks ago on a family vacation. We had a great time and got to relax and get away from it all for a week. We took a ton of pictures and I'm still trying to figure out how to import them from iphoto to picasaweb. Bear with me. My picasaweb account is almost full, so I need to find somewhere else to post my pictures. This will take some time as I have a 10 month old that is very mobile and doesn't stay still! Speaking of Charlie (again), I believe he has had a growth spurt. He has been sleeping a ton (which I love!), taking 1.5 to 2 hour naps, twice a day. Sleeping 12-14 hours a night, only waking up once to eat. I hope this trend continues. The past two days he's slept until 9:15am! Awesome! He know weighs 20 pounds and is 29.5 inches long. SO he has grown 2 pounds and 2 inches in about a month and a half! If I have done my interpretation of the growth chart correctly, he is still in the 25% for weight but has jumped to the 75% for height! I have noticed he has gotten taller lately. He is crawling around like a madman, pulling up on everything and getting more steady standing while holding on with only one hand. We are practicing walking around the house, although he doesn't seem too interested in that all the time. We will keep working on that. So I guess that's it for now. I'll leave you with a picture...
Monday, August 2, 2010
Cutest Baby Contest
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