Good Evening,

Yeah, we are all finally healthy!  It has been a long three months.  I was talking to one of my girl friends in California tonight and I realized that one or both of my girls have been sick for three months.  However, we are all doing great now! I am really enjoying the pleasure of being with my girls, and with the help of Beverly Hall now I am getting enough of a break to feel good and like a person again. 

Sharmi is doing pretty good, but she has been tired the last couple of days.  She doesn’t have any specific reason drug wise, so I am just watching her closely and I keep checking for a fever.  Last night when I was putting her to bed she was complaining of being hot.  She pulled up her sleeves and was rubbing her arms.  I felt them and I told her that they didn’t feel warm.  She said “mommy, you can’t feel it because your hands are too big.  You need little hands like mine.”  It was really cute.  In addition to her feeling hot she was itching all over.  This is typical when she is on steroids but she shouldn’t be itching now.  She was also itching this morning.  (I can’t help but think, “please don’t let it be shingles again.”)

Chantel is becoming such a fun little girl.  She is not the calm mellow little girl that we originally thought.  She is very fiery and she is giving Sharmi some competition.  She is learning to fight for toys.  Today she was claiming her toys and saying, “mi, mi, mi.” 

What is really cute is when she copies her sister.  Today I was in the office and Sharmi came in helling excitedly “Mom, mom, mom….!”  She kept coming in to tell me how many inches things were that her and Nana Hall were measuring.  So a few moments later Chantel comes running down the hall, through the entry and into the office helling, “mum, mum, mum.”  We laughed and told her how cute she was and so she went back down the hall and did it all over again.  It was really precious.  One of the girls’ favorite things to do is chase each other around the house and roar, laugh and giggle.  There is nothing better then watching your children enjoy each other. 

Life is such a blessing when you can enjoy it together.

Cheris