"Me & Diego"

Julianne has entered that fun phase, The Imaginary Friend. We love Diego (Dora's cousin) and have watched his adventures from the animal rescue center for a couple of months at least... and now suddenly, he has come to stay with us. He's always playing with Julianne, and everything she does includes him. We sing his song, we read his books, especially this one where he saves Christmas with the help of Linda the llama.

Last night we were driving around in the dark looking at Christmas lights, when she told me "Diego's ear popped, and it really hurts!" That entailed a trip to the on-call doctor, who was in Lawrenceville on Sugarloaf... but fortunately her ears only had a little bit of fluid. We got an antibiotic prescription just in case, anyway, so that is a relief.

Christmas 2007 will be remembered in our family as the year of the Infirmary. BD's had several painful episodes with her kneecap and had to borrow my old crutches.. My mom's broken her toe badly again, PLUS she and I have the same sore throat/earache thing that has had my dad sick for a week. And poor uncle David doesn't need to catch it from us, because he has back surgery scheduled right after the first of the year.

But all that really matters is how eagerly Julianne and Diego await Christmas morning and evidence of Santa's visit!!