Happy Holidays!

To all of our wonderful family and friends,

We hope you have a happy Holiday Season & healthy and prosperous 2009!

Love,
Marcie, Ray, Ray San and Karma

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!

I am lucky enough to have an understanding boss that loves snow days just as much as me. No work for us today!! It was nice to just hang out with Ray San and give him his first brief experience with snow. He actually really seemed to enjoy it. He was fussy because he was hungry but I wanted to do a quick picture with him in the snow while he was awake. As soon as we went outside and the snow fell on our faces a bit, he perked right up and was looking all around. We took a couple of quick pictures and then it was back inside for lunch. Here are Ray San's first snow pictures.

Me testing the weather first

The beginning of our snow

The snow is still coming down and I LOVE it!!

I also promised random Ray San pictures and here they are. He is just too dang cute =]

Mommy... I hate this!!

If we don't get to see all of you, we hope you have a happy Holiday Season & healthy New Year!

Love,

Marcie, Ray, Ray San & Karma

Our Hectic Weeks!!

I will start with the important thing. We are home from Ray San's surgery. They repaired both hernias no problem. They weren't able to do the circumcision though. Apparently Ray San has extra extra skin that needs to be removed as well. We will meet with a specialist in a couple three weeks when Ray San goes back for a follow up appointment. Here are some pictures from his surgery day (12/05/2008). Oh and he weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was almost 22" long.

Waiting in pre-op

Isn't he SO cute in his little gown!!

After surgery

Due to Ray San's surgery, I missed my annual gingerbread house decorating party. Instead, I went to my friend Peabody's house and we decorated together. I bought a pre-assembled house (so nice) and didn't open it before I bought the candy to decorate. Let's just say I had enough candy to decorate 3 houses!! Here are the pictures from that.

My house

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Peabody's house
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Peabody also bought me four little cupcakes for my birthday from Trophy. They were SO tasty!!

Also, Nurse Jeanne came by for a quick visit. It was nice to see her again. I think Ray San recognized her voice and touch. He was just checking her out and wasn't fussy as usual. We didn't take a picture since I was not thinking. We are planning on going back to the NICU over the holidays to say hello and show how Ray San has grown. I know we miss the NICU staff and hope they feel the same way. The reason Jeanne came by was to drop off the quilt. When we leave the NICU, we are supposed to get a quilt to take home with us and we didn't. Jeanne picked one out for us and we love it. Look at the cute jungle fabric!!

We also went to a Santa and cookies party hosted by Merrill Lynch. Grandma Pat and Grandpa Ray got invited by a friend and we got Ray San's first Santa picture. This Santa was incredible. He's an old world Santa so more like Kris Kringle. He keeps his beard and has his own clothes. It was such a neat little treat and I'm so glad we were invited. I hope to get more invitations in the coming years. Here's our cutie =]

With Grandma Pat and Grandpa Ray

I also have a bunch of random pictures to post so look for them in the next couple of days!! Daycare is closed tomorrow so Ray San and I will be hanging out if anyone is bored =]

Flying By For A Quick Post

Tomorrow is Ray San's surgery for BOTH hernias. We check-in at 11:45 a.m. and surgery is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at Children's Hospital in Seattle. He has to stay overnight too. I'm worried about him being under for 3 hours but we all know how much of a fighter he is and I'm sure he'll be just fine. Think good thoughts for us tomorrow and I will hopefully be back later with an update and some new pictures.