Paul's Update - 11/05/06

Dear Friends:

Sunday was a pretty quiet day. Paul & Tabby's cable is on the "fritz" and so it was a video day. He was not up a lot except to go to the bathroom. He seems to be a bit tired ... that could be the effect from the medicines! Dad was able to get Paul to stand up by only holding his hands this afternoon. Dad has to be right there to catch him since he doesn't have good balance. He has a habit of trying to stand before he is leaned over his legs far enough which causes him to end up falling backwards a bit ... Dad catches him to prevent him from actually falling. His legs are very strong and once he is in motion he can stand up very well. Ozzy (the puppy) is beginning to get quiet a personality. He is very playful and loves being up in the bed with Tabby & Paul. He crawls all over Paul and loves to get up in his face. We have to watch him because if he starts to annoy Paul he will grab him and push him away. If he grabs with his right hand there isn't much control there and he has a tendency to squeeze him too much. Max was not feeling very well today. He was throwing up quite a bit. He is a little fussy ... I hope it is just the teething! Everyone else is doing well. We do have good news in addition to Paul's progress ... we are going to have another grandchild!! Carolyn is about 8 weeks pregnant. I was not able to say anything until this week because Carolyn wanted to go to her first OB appointment before we made a general announcement. She will be due in June of 2007 ... actually she is due on Max's birthday!! Billy is convinced that it is a boy ... he has a 50/50 chance! Alysa (the big sister) is very excited to be having a new baby brother or sister! This week should be a quiet week for Paul. He will have blood drawn again on Thursday.

Have a great day! Lynne & Carl