merry christmas eve!

melanie is doing better this morning. urine output and blood pressure are better. ostomy output is still down. her heart rate is also still lower than expected. she continues to drain more than usual out her g-tube. she appears to be feeling better this morning and is more like her happy self.

they each opened their present from each other this morning then melanie took a bath. then they got to open the rest of their presents. now it's lego-putting-together time. :) scott found "baby in my pocket" (similar to puppy in my pocket which melanie loves) which has been a big hit for melanie. they are tiny little babies that melanie loves to take care of. the boys have been busy putting legos together.

in case you don't notice in the pictures--the boys got their hair cut last night. this is the shortest ethan's has ever been; first time he is down to no real curls. he looks adorable. i am anxious for some curls to come back though too. :)

glad melanie is feeling better this morning; hope she continues to feel better and has a good day tomorrow at grandma and grandpa's house too.

the tree before the celebration

melanie with her babies and puppies from her brothers and baby sister

ethan and melanie showing off the baby's gifts from brandon, melanie, and ethan

melanie playing with her new puppies and babies

ethan with his police car from brandon and sisters

brandon playing the game from ethan and sisters

getting ready to open presents and stocking stuffers

melanie opening her new baby

big smiles on christmas eve

melanie christmas eve morning

ethan super excited about his lego!

ethan's first indiana jones lego set--he was super excited!

chocolate sniffing his gift

melanie opening chocolate's gift for him

chocolate with his present

melanie showing one of the baby's gifts

melanie with her new baby

the gingerbread house we will put together soon.

melanie playing with her new tiny babies

ethan putting together legos

brandon putting together legos

brandon playing legos

melanie with her babies

brandon with legos, of course!

chocolate wanting to play with his present

melanie and her new doll

chocolate carrying around his new present and whining