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I have fallen behind on my updates! So much has happened in the last month or so! Ali has started a new preschool. Yet again I had a problem with her preschool and pulled her out. There is a preschool at our new church and they had openings, so Ali is now going there. She loves it! She is in a pre-k class with all 5-year-olds so she is being challeneged and learning daily. She comes home with homework! She loves having homework, it makes her feel like a big girl, and she is just learning so much.

Ali ended up in the hospital overnight recently. She developed a stomach bug on a Wednesday, had a fever and was throwing up. She started throwing up blood on Thursday, so our Dr told up to head to the ER. We were there forever, and it was determined that she was very dehydrated and needed to stay. She had an IV (and was such a trooper about it) where they gave her fluids, anti-nausea meds and Zantac for the bleeding (it was determined that the bleeding was from her tearing her stomach lining and throat from throwing-up so much). She was doing much better by Friday afternoon and was sent home. It was scary for a while there, late Thursday night she was pretty much unconscious, the Drs couldn't really wake her up. They sat her up and moved her around and asked her questions, they were able to get her to open her eyes for a few minutes and answer a question.

Ali had a fabulous birthday party at Pump-It-Up Party at the end of January. She had 17 kids come and just about as many parents. They had an amazing time! I highly recommend the place! Pictures to come!

This is vacation week. We started the vacation out with my nieces' baptism on Sunday. They askedme to be a God-mother which is such an honor. Jeanne-Marie (Pete's sister), Frank (Jeanne's husband and Pete's best friend) and I are the God-parents for both of them. I have the absolute pleasure of babysitting the girls today while Julie and Pete are at work. I will have lots of pictures to post soon.

I have to go make a bottle for Miss Lily.