So a lot has happened since the last posting. Kate continues to grow so fast and is getting more beautiful every day like her mother. Kate is now able to roll over on her own which makes her parents very proud. She is laughing and making "talking" noises all the time. She is such a delight to be around and we just love having her here to be a part of our family.

Also since the last blog I was hospitalized with pneumonia for 11 days. When I first got sick I thought that perhaps all that I had was the flu. I was throwing up and had other intestinal issues. Then the night before we went to the hospital I was able to keep food down so I thought that I was getting better. There was this persistent pain in my chest on the right side, but I thought that it was just a pulled muscle from throwing up so often. Well, at about 5:30 am on Jan 1st I woke Molly up and said that we had better get to a hospital because the pain was unmanageable and I could barely breath. 11 days later of pain and chest tubes I was able to go home to recover. I feel so very much better but I still get winded easily and where the chest tube was is still a little painful.

So what is the lesson? Don't get pneumonia.

Please enjoy some pics of me in the hospital and some of Kate.

Here I am in the first day at the Hospital. I don't remember this picture being taken.

Kate playing in her favorite toy, the "exer-saucer".

Great Grandma Andersen holding our precious little girl.

Kate was one of Santa's reindeer this year, and Molly was trying to hide behind her.

Kate in her beautiful blessing dress that Molly also wore when she was blessed.