Another Snow

So those dufi (multiple dufuses) weathermen didn't make the right call earlier this week when they said Sunday would be an ice storm. It was nothing but snow, now about 5 or six inches as of the afternoon. So earlier in the day we took Jack out after bundling him up real good. He has never been out in the snow, so it was a momentous occasion.
He liked it and looked up a few times and caught a few flakes on his face, which puzzled and amused him. The flakes were nice and fluffy, so when one fell on my finger, I put it up to his face and he ate it, then made a funny look, cause he isn't familiar with cold stuff.
Kate joined us and we got a few pictures.

The Fritzes

Kate went over to her fathers house yesterday to visit and catch-up. Granddad is staying with them for a few days after getting home from the hospital and recovering from his double-bypass. (wow!)
I probably should have gone, but since I have had visitors in my house for the last five weeks, I had plenty to catch up on myself, and ended up accomplishing alot of things I have meaning to get to.
Kate took a few pics so I am posting a few of those and some from a previous visit a few weeks ago.

Making a Good Impression

I went to the dentist again early this week, the third time in as many weeks and it looks like I will go back for a fourth time if I am lucky. The problem started when I went for a regular checkup and I asked to have one of my molars checked because it was a little tender on a few occasions when I would bite wrong.

It turned out to be a slight crack in the tooth and that I would need a crown eventually. So I made an appointment to make an impression. The initial impression was not good, so we made another. The anesthetic was wearing off, sowe made another appointment the next week and made a new impression during that appointment. They sent that one off to the lab to have the permanent crown of gold made from that.

I had the appointment on Wednesday afternoon to have that crown finally put in and of course it didn't fit perfectly, so we made another impression. The worst part was that I had to pick Jack up across town, so when he made the impression, I did it without anesthetic. Only hurt a little.

Pictures of Jack

I have accumulated a bunch of pictures from the last week. jack in the sink, where we gave him a bath, to Grandma being here, to just cute shots.

Mom- These are all high resolution images if you click on them, so if you want a copy of any, just click on the image and a much larger version will come up.
Enjoy:

Snow Day

Well, not all snow, there's a lot of ice, too. Enough to shut the schools, but not enough to call off work. The county...

It took me 20 minutes to get into my own car yesterday after work because of the buildup of ice. The window was solid and I couldn't find the ice scraper. I used my keychain, which had a little cutting tool and then turned on the heat. I cut my finger in the process when it scraped itself across a sharp icy spot. I didn't feel it until I saw the blood, running down my hand. The cold kept me from feeling it.

I got a band aid and cleaned it up when I picked Jack up a daycare a few minutes later.


This morning, I went out the front and took a few pictures. Of course, the dog loved it! She didn't like i when I asked her to sit, so she has that "poor me" look on her sad face when I took the picture.

The ice is not too thick to cause power outages and other stuff. It is starting to melt on the streets, but not on the cars or the sidewalks. They treated the streets last night and early this morning, so they are in decent shape, but with ice, you never know just where its frozen and where its melted, so I am not risking my boy, my car and my self just to go in to work. I can do some teleworking today and get in a few hours, at least.

Abbie and Ellie Visit

Abbie came up to see GG and also check in on Grandad, so when she stopped by, I took a few pictures of Ellie, who is ten days older than Jack.

Abbie, If you want any of these, let me know and I will send you a high-resolution version.

Update: Great Grandparents Doing Well

In the last week, GG has been moved out of ICU and into a regular hospital room, and now is doing rehabilitation. This is pretty strenuous stuff, they want to keep her very active, so she can bounce back as soon as she can. She wants to remain non-dependent upon the family or other health care workers.

Her progress has been very good since the last surgery and her mental capacity has improved greatly. She remembered my name, knew I was married to Kate and recognized Jack, too. We all hope this keeps up and her improvement continues so she can be back.

Kate's father's father, Granddad, had surgery this week as well. His surgery was supposed to be a triple bypass, but it turns out that it was only a double bypass. The surgery was a success and Charlie is on the mend. We will probably go see him at the hospital this weekend or next, so he can see Jack, too.

This week has been very good as far as great grandparents are concerned. And we are thankful!