Stroud Santa - Ice Storm

My intent was to send updates every 2 weeks, but I have some cute pics I wanted to share before then. Besides, I will no doubt have more pics at Christmas. Aunt Ber (moi), Peyton, and Lainey went to Stroud this weekend, mainly to go see Santa at the Catholic church there. The kids had matching outfits, and both were very good in church. Lainey made not a peep the whole time - in church and the 2 hours following when we had a potluck dinner and visited with Santa. Such good kids. A lot of people at church let us know Jill has been in their prayers. They all gravitated toward Lainey... Everyone wanted to hold her, and she was fine with it all!

Couple of funnies this weekend... Peyton calls the Wizard of Oz Hallmark ornament (with Dorothy and friends) the "Lizard of Oz". Also, when we were packing up to leave Sunday during the ice storm, she said she needed some fruit rollups to take in case we got "scrambled"... That is, stranded!!

JILL UPDATE:
Jill has had 2 appointments with the plastic surgeon, and both times has had saline injected into the expanders. The new ones look great, in my opinion. It is, however, a good thing that she looked at the 'works in progress' site for reconstruction before she had surgery. We looked at hundreds of pics of women who've been through this during their reconstruction, and it has helped to know that they do not look fantastic during the expanding process. The chest area is not uniform, but is growing in size and improving in color. When the permanent implants are inserted, they'll look just fine... even better than before most likely. Her hair is growing so fast, and I think she's feeling much, much better now.

Merry Christmas!!

Amber

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PICS

Big Sis Peyton and Li'l Sis Lainey. Ain't they cute in the matching outfits?! Ms. Blue Eyes and Ms. Brown Eyes :o)





Peyton and Lainey on Santa's lap at the Catholic Church in Stroud.
Peyton wouldn't let go of Aunt Ber's hand... Santa's still a little scary to her!
Lainey's fine with strangers so far. Check out her Mary Jane socks...




Peyton on the phone with Mom Jill at Momo's and Poppy's house.
When Jill told her they had gotten a tree for her to decorate when she got back, she said, "YES!" and pumped her arm...





Father Jim on Santa's lap

Poppy (Ivan) and Lainey at the church. She was sacked out.

A view across the pond at the Quandel homestead. The ice storm arrived early Sunday morning. Pretty, but treacherous...