HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

WE'RE BACK HOME!

SPRING?...NOT QUITE YET.

SPRING TRYING TO NUDGE WINTER OUT OF THE WAY

March Mud! March Snow.

Spring comes and goes in Vermont. We had 3 days up in the lower 50's and then today I woke up to about 5 inches of snow, I guess the weather isn't quite finished making us shovel the pretty white stuff. (We're tryin' to warm up.) Oliver and I will be warming up quite a bit soon, (maybe) because we will be heading to the Carolina's this weekend! I've felt a little like I did when we were preparing for Oliver, because there is alot of stuff for traveling with a baby. So, we'll see if we land along with our carseat and stroller and Bjorn and baby food and bottles... and a baby Oliver and a mommy (hopefully it will be me).

Our first warmer days brought us outdoors quite a bit, I think I went for 4 different walks in one day accumulating to probably 4 hours of strolling around a very small town. I'm pretty sure that I'm known as that crazy girl that walks and walks and walks with her poor little boy who lives in a stroller bubble. (Oliver's stroller has a weather cover so we can get out in some fashion most days.) Just to give ya'll an idea of how many times I passed by Jeff's Barber Shop, our Post Office (farthest point in town from our house) is 0.3 miles from our house. Around and around I went. Oh well, Oliver's got to get his vitamin D!

Riding without the "boy-in-the-bubble" weather cover! Oliver is sooo excited in this picture.

Just a random "what are you doing, Oliver" video.

It was Eric's Birthday this past Wednesday (a whopping 27!) and boy has he had an interesting 27 years. His medical history is indeed unique, but it seems that nothing can keep him from touring the world... and occasionally visiting a doctor or two. He's played soccer in Ireland and England, studied in Germany and southern Africa and visited Holland, Belgium, Luxemberg, Switzerland, Nicaragua and visited 31 states...whoo...and he'll be back in Europe this summer! London, England get ready!

Now, the list above and below is by no means Eric's whole life, they're just things about Eric's life that can be organized into a list. And I guess the thing I am most amazed by, is that as the list below is concerned, I've never heard Eric ask, "why me?"

Broke arm at 5...competed on the national level in triathalons, national champion at age 8

Cat scratch Fever at about 8...not a friend to the feline family

First observed seizure at 12...now in Law School

Broke arm again at 13 or 14...and finally got a plate put in while on foreign study in South Africa

Broke nose at about 13...has a very keen scense of smell

ACL and Meniscus at 15

Meniscus again at 18...can crush through snow and ice walking to school

College and Beyond...broke arm again, 'lots of butt surgeries, seizures, and finally Crohn's Disease and now the docs. think he's got ulcers but nothing keeps Eric from being, well, Eric and I think this video showcases the best of him.