Happy New Year (Jan 2, 2008)

I'm back at work for the first time since Dec 22 and it feels like I have only been out a couple days. I'm still really sick and not looking forward to getting on a plane tomorrow (luckily it's only an hour flight) with sinus congestion.

Molly is still very congested as well and she has not been sleeping well at all. We've started to give her supplemental oxygen at various points during the day and all night. She is still on antibiotics, and she is still getting regular nebulizer treatments. Hopefully the combination of all these things is going to help move things along, although at this point it seems unlikely.

For New Year's eve this year we decided to make it even less eventful than we usually do. We grilled a couple steaks, drank a few glasses of wine, and all went to sleep well before midnight. Gavin and I had a sleepover on the couch downstairs. He has been asking if he could do that for months and since I have been sleeping on the couch for what seems like two weeks no it made sense to go ahead and do that. He and I both woke up around 4 am and he wanted to know when the ball would drop. I told him we missed it by a few hours and we'd have to wait until next year - when we'll record it just to be on the safe side.

At any rate, despite Molly's current displeasure, we have a lot to be thankful for as we say goodbye to 2007. Overall it was quite a successful year and we couldn't be happier. We're looking forward to another great year in 2008 and, of course, wish you and yours a healthy and happy '08 as well.