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Jon and I both went with Grace up to Dartmouth today. The dentist met with us pre-op and said after looking at the x-rays, she thought her front teeth looked really bad and she expected to have to take out the four upper front teeth. This just seemed horrible to us, but I signed the... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 19, 2024, 8:51 pm
Category: Grace

Two Days of Appointments

For the most part, these last two days went pretty well. Grace was a trooper as we navigated the multiple confusing buildings and talked with many providers and was poked and prodded by various specialists. Her audiology appointment went pretty well. The doctor was impressed with... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 12, 2024, 3:18 am
Category: Grace

Leukemia

The only known curative therapy for JMML is a bone marrow transplant, so we will be going down to the Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute . Their team is one of the leading cancer centers for treating JMML. We had our first visit on December 12, and are still processing... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 8, 2024, 2:38 pm
Category: Grace

Dartmouth Emergency Room

The pathology report indicated no parasites, and no bacterial infection, but confirmed the swollen lymph nodes. The doctor said, “I do not like the look of her paleness, and that spleen is really big. We need to see inside; go downstairs and get to imaging right away.” Grace had an... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 8, 2024, 2:37 pm
Category: Grace

Pregnant!

We were intentionally not posting online to allow for some in-person notifications, but we are happy to now announce that we are expecting a baby in late May! There are various people rooting for a girl to make the statistics and/or pattern more "fair", but we don't know for now and... (More)

Posted by jondaley on December 14, 2023, 3:37 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Capital One Referral Code

I switched to Capital One after being with Citibank for years (decades, actually). Citibank started a poor security practice of sending you a text message that says "never share this with anyone", and then they ask you to repeat that code over the phone (even after authenticating me with... (More)

Posted by jondaley on January 12, 2022, 11:30 am
Category: Reviews

Pocket Notes

I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 2/1 - Jonathan, "Even Einstein didn't have a triple-digit IQ." Noah, "Isn't that the guy with screws in his ears?" Jonathan, "No, that's Frankenstein." Noah is losing teeth all the time, I have trouble keeping track... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 31, 2017, 12:00 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel

Pocket Notes

I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 1/4 - The whole family plays Cousin Memory. Nathaniel repeats incessantly, "I turn! I turn!" January - Nathaniel knows where all the dishes go. He loves helping to unload the dishwasher and he is good at sorting... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 31, 2017, 12:00 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel

Pocket Notes

I am posting my backlog of pocket notes. Sometimes details are sparse. 11/10 - Nathaniel was a messenger to me from Joy: "mum" [come], held my hand to bring me to her. 11/22 - Jeremiah singing while playing, "I love you God, 'cause you make me happy..." 12/4 - Joy pinworms ~12/10 -... (More)

Posted by joyful on December 31, 2016, 12:00 am
Category: Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel

Noah Is 10!

Happy birthday, Noah! Welcome to the double digits. Ten was one of my favorite ages. I am sorry that I can't give you my Be 10 Again! tshirt, but you are just too big! But no matter how big you get, you'll always be my baby. I love you! Noah is an artist:... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 28, 2016, 9:01 am
Category: Noah

Molars, Hair, Tape Armor

6/17 - Nathaniel gets three molars at once. upper left, lower left, lower right. The upper right made its appearance 6/22. 6/21 - Haircut day for some. (It's pretty hard to get everyone in one day.) I cut Noah's hair, and some of Jeremiah's (he got impatient and I... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 25, 2016, 7:06 am
Category: Noah, Faith, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel

To Mom

Happy Mother's Day! I love you. Here is something I played in church this morning and thought of you. How Can I Keep From Singing? Love, Heather (More)

Posted by joyful on May 8, 2016, 12:24 pm
Category: General

Nathaniel's First Enjoyable Snow

April 4, it snowed six inches. The next day, I wrote this: Today the snow is still there and the sun is out and the sky is bright blue. It feels like a gorgeous February day! But since it is April, Nathaniel is just that much more developed that he can enjoy this snow day to... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 17, 2016, 3:59 pm
Category: Nathaniel

July and August 2015 Pocket Notes

7/6 - Noah is building a paperboard New England village. 7/6 - Jeremiah opened the cupboard under the kitchen sink with the TotLok. He was so proud of himself. "There we go. Open!" (sounds like "deh-do. Opih!") He closed it and opened it several times, each time repeating... (More)

Posted by joyful on February 29, 2016, 8:09 am
Category: Noah, Joy, Jeremiah, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Is Born!

Once again, we were blessed to have Grandma and Dad-o with us for a birth. Jeremiah was still too clingy on Mommy for us to be comfortable having him at the birth. He did well completely away from me, but had trouble when nearby and I was unavailable. That is exactly the situation a... (More)

Posted by joyful on January 6, 2016, 1:36 pm
Category: Nathaniel