Easter April 12, 2009

Tom’s new glasses (above) 4-15-09

Tom’s new “window” from losing a tooth. 4-17-09

Ben -hard to believe he’s so happy & good-natured despite all the crud in his ears…you should have seen the massive chunks they’ve already removed! UGH!

Tinker’s homecoming to lots of excited little hands!

We lost Diamond, our black lab/border collie mix of 12 years just before Easter. This was traumatic for all the kids, of course, and no thrill for mom or dad, either, but we were fortunate to find a young chocolate lab needing a home rather quickly. 🙂 Tinker joined our family just after Easter.

Then, Tom’s glasses came in…just a little near-sighted, but he’s quite excited to see “closer” now – the far away stuff isn’t fuzzy any more – AMAZING! And then to wrap up the week – he lost a tooth!!! WOW! The excitement!

On a less than thrilling note, most of you know Ben’s been battling ear infections since January. The ENT confirmed on Friday that he needs tubes. We’re planning on that this week. Doc assures mom that all will be well, but also cautioned that his left ear will be more difficult than most because there seems to be a collection of blood vessels & a lot of fluid. Recovery could be a little more than usual, but all should be well. Prayers are welcome & much appreciated. 🙂