Best gift to us all, Grandpa lifted his right leg with his left (impacted) leg!

It took two nights to find ‘a’ tree as the lots seemingly vanished just before Christmas, but we happened upon four tall ones in the waiting, chopped off the top and bottom of our choice pick, and took it home to become the chosen one. 

The Lawers (Noonans and Posts) have descended on Seattle, with boundless energy for visiting Grandpa at UWMC. So glad we stockpiled 1/2 a pig, 1/4 of a cow, and endless salmon filets in the freezer! 

Christmas Eve brunch with the Fetcheros!  

While Xanna was all too happy to watch Meryl sleep, us cousins headed to see Macklemore!  

...When you act silly behind the camera, and get no response.   

Open and closed, open and closed...repeat! 

Kristi and Erin stopped by between holiday parties to celebrate Meryl’s new do and the start of a lifetime of hair-flair. And while the Seahawks aren’t worth mentioning, the steak sandwiches with cheese sauce are. 

Cellar Dwellers do meat and bold reds! And, Meryl had her first bone marrow. Of course she loved it! Xanna is feeding her Cheetos.

Mom, Xanna, and Meryl went to the salon today:)

Xanna told Meryl all about raising tadpoles tonight while reading about speckled frogs sitting on speckled logs. With Xanna here, that means Grandpa is ‘also’ in Seattle! They flew down this morning and checked into UWMC rehab today. Milestone achieved, and on to the next step! 

  This year, we all headed to the Mahan’s on Bainbridge Island for our holiday cousins get-together. Kids everywhere, we over potlucked, and Matt brought his espresso machine for the morning...success!

 ...With little Miss. Blue Steel.