January Business

First item of business, OLIVIA underwent her second eye-muscle surgery and the surgeon was quite pleased with the outcome! Previously, both eyes would drift outwards. The ophthalmologists measured the amount of drifting at each visit, and used that number to determine how far back to reattach her muscle on the side of her eyeballs (loosening up it's grip to prevent drifting). Surgery is AMAZING! How they figure this stuff out, I'll never know. Had they done too much, they would cause her to be cross-eyed. He said she was right on, thankfully. I'm grateful that Olivia could be a beneficiary of such a service!

Second item of business... WHERE IS THE SUN AND WARMTH?! Hello, this is Texas! Well we did catch a little break and enjoyed the park together. But we're ready for the 70 degree weather that's headed our way next week. Thank you Martin Luther King, Jr! We're headed to the zoo. (That sounded trite-- Abby learned a lot about Martin Luther King, Jr. and doesn't understand a world that would judge based on skin color. She listed people in her class that would be in another school if things had not changed, and it saddened her. She asked a lot of questions about segregation and understands it all quite well (for a 5 year old)!)

Third item of business... Gavin at 4 months. I'm bad at posting new pictures of him, so here are a couple of him playing.

This picture is when he was still 3 months. The kid likes to eat! I wish sleep were on that list too!

Fellowship

CONGRATULATIONS, BEN!

Ben got the Nephrology Fellowship spot that starts next July (making him a specialist in kidneys). Though being an attending didn't last as long as I would've liked :), I'm proud of him and his dedication. Love ya, babe~

Christmas in Texas

December was chuck full of festivities that kept our Christmas spirit alive! The first week of December, Ben's grandparents came for a visit. How fun for me to have grandparents again :)

Catching the Christmas Festival in Gruene, TX

I had 2 Christmas concert series with the San Antonio Symphony and Mastersingers, so my holidays were a tad busy with rehearsals and concerts. We sang Handel's Messiah, and did a Holiday Pops Concert with many classics and a sing-along.

The Marble clan came to our house for Christmas this year. It was fun having them and doing Marble traditions! ...Some being opening family gifts on Christmas Eve in order of age (until my girls couldn't wait anymore) and having a prime rib dinner.

...And Christmas morning was full of excitement

So we love December at our house! Having a baby boy at this time of year makes my heart more full in remembering a sweet baby Jesus and His gift to us all!
May your 2010 be bright!
Our New Year's Festivities

(For those wanting to see Ben in these pictures... sorry...he was the photographer.)