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Now, onto the updates.
So there's not much new to post today. Jake had a follow-up doctor appointment, and besides learning that we want to find a new pediatrician, we also found out that he's over 19 pounds, and his lungs have cleared up. We're going to continue using the nebulizer twice a day for another week just to make sure.
On Friday night our house had an unsuspected visitor. Mother nature decided she wanted to take a peak at our basement and followed the storm water up our drain and fanned out quite a ways. I spent the vast majority of Friday night, and into Saturday morning sucking up all the water with my AWESOME shop vac. If you don't have a shop vac or are unhappy with the one you have, go buy one of these for Christmas. All the Anderson men have one (Jake doesn't yet, but he's not even walking... when he is, it might be a good reason to upgrade!). MPnA also came down Saturday to help clean up, and to hang out. Michele and I bought their old snowblower, so they were kind enough to bring that down as well. To help defer the costs of transportation, I sent my dad back with several sheets of drywall. I think he got the better end of that deal.
Michele left Jake with me on Sunday while she went Christmas shopping with her mom and Lynette. It sounds like they did some pretty good damage. I'll need to get started eventually!
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