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Two Good Things.

First Good Thing: Avery had his tubes inserted yesterday, and everything went off without a hitch. He returned home and slept about 4 hours. When he woke up, he was in the best mood - and has remained in this great mood ever since. The Doctor explained that the inside of his ears looked pretty nasty - and that there was so much buildup of fluid (in and around the eardrum) that in addition to the pain, he was probably hearing about 30-40% less over the past few months. No wonder he has been a bit cranky, huh? So, now we have our beautiful Avery back to normal. He is talking more, playing more, and actually sleeping again. We love him so much, and are so happy to see him smiling again.

Second Good Thing: Our great friends Jason and Dicksy came to Asheville for the weekend, and we called in the babysitter, and met them for a long lunch at Early Girl Eatery. I have not laughed that hard in the last 6 months. I have written about our overwhelming love of J and D before here, but every time we are around them, we feel so lucky to know them. They used to live in Asheville, and the four us became as thick as thieves. (So much so, that Jessica and I joke that we basically stopped making friends with other people for almost 3 years.) We were involved in each others' weddings, took trips together, played music together, and they gave birth to their first child here in Asheville, as well. They moved back home to South Carolina in the spring of 2003, but we have all managed to stay in touch. We now make it a point to see each other, and when we do it is just as amazing as it has always been (like this picture from a few years ago at Lake Wylie). They hold as special a place in our hearts as anyone we have ever known.

So, Jessica and I finished our weekend with good feelings, great fellowship, and optimism about the impending spring weather.




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Kudzu Asheville said…
Yay! So thankful Avery is feeling better.
February 21, 2011 at 11:41 PM
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