Dear friends and family -



Thanks for visiting Georgia's page! As most of you know, Georgia had been struggling with worsened seizures since January 2010. She subsequently underwent seizure surgery which resulted in a functional hemispherectomy on July 21st at Denver Children's Hospital. We really appreciate all of the kind thoughts and prayers that you have showered on her (and us!) - please keep them coming! We hope this website/blog can be an easy way for us to keep everyone informed on how Georgia is doing. Bare with us...we're new at this!


Love - Rick and Alicia







Monday, August 9, 2010

chill Lil

"So who's taking care of Lillian, through all this?" you may ask.

Well rest assured baby sister has been in good hands. For the first few weeks of Georgia's hospital stay, Lil had the pleasure of being entertained by four very engaged and doting grandparents. Lucky girl. And while G was busy breaking all sorts of TCH Rehab records, Lillian was nailing her own milestones. First came the roll-over (not easily done w/the girth she's working with! :) and now she's even moved on to sitting up in the Bumbo seat (see her sweet victory smile below).

With G doing so much better, Alicia and I decided it was time for us to resume full-time parenting of both girls and said our goodbyes to Nana, Papa, Gram & Pops last week. Both sets did great and we really appreciated their help – though Desi will never look at a newspaper the same way! (Susan, thank you also for the post-its – pls know that the dishwasher has been unloaded and the coffee supply replenished :).

So quick Lil story before I turn you loose on the videos...

Well it turns out the little bugger has developed quite an appetite over the past few weeks and is packing on the lbs (as are we all!). She’s drinking so much in fact, that we’ve tapped all our milk supplies and had to try the formula route yesterday. Suffice to say, Lillian appreciates the real deal and let me know it by hurling all over the back seat of the Subaru once we got to the hospital (thankfully not on the ride there). Still, even after her Poltergeist move in the car, Lil remained quite calm and was happily carted into the hospital where a fresh bath awaited – though not before heaving a few more times in Georgia’s room. Nice, eh? Don’t worry, the videos below don’t capture that special moment. Enjoy…

sitting pretty

Lil reading?! (soon...)

G & Lil bunking up at TCH


Getting ready to visit big sis

Posted by rick and alicia at 8:24 AM

7 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM

    So good to also hear about Lil. Jamie and I have wondered who was holding down the fort. You're so lucky to have 4 grandparents to help out! You must be getting SO anxious for Friday to get here! Good luck with the homecoming.

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  2. jamieAugust 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Oh, score! I checked early and found myself a non-10:45pm post to read!! Ya-hoo!! I just emailed Alicia an hour ago and wanted to ask who was watching Lillian. I didn't want to be a pest, though, so refrained from asking and now here's the answer -- it's my lucky night!!! So cute and so big already ~ where does the time go??

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  3. jamieAugust 9, 2010 at 6:45 PM

    Oh, Lord....my mother and I are sitting 200 miles apart reading the blog and posting 2 minutes apart from each other....

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  4. UnknownAugust 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    I was setting my site up so it was all set for morning viewing and you had already posted! What a pleasant surprise! Go G Go G Go and now Go L Go L Go! Wow where does time go?? Not only did I get to view my two favorite CO girls...who could forget dear old Desi...our favorite:) :) :) Good night from Boston XOXOXOXO

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  5. UnknownAugust 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM

    Weird!!! And Lil is adorable!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Georgia and Lillian, you both look great! Papa, Gram, and Pops learned that Desi really appreciated the WALL STREET JOURNAL even when it was waved at him through the kitchen door window.
    Rick and Alicia, look for a UPS delivery of a
    year's supply of post-it-notes from Cincinnati!
    It was a joy taking care of Lillian and seeing that she got to the hospital so that the Denver
    Grenolds could be together! Georgia, you are a marvel! Love, Pops and Gram

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  7. LisaAugust 11, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    Look at the girls go!! Lilly Yeah for sitting and rolling:) Can't wait to hold you soon.

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