FEBRUARY 15TH UPDATE

WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS ALREADY MID-FEBRUARY. NOT TO SCARE YOU, BUT EASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT SUMMER WILL BE HERE AND SOMETIME IN JULY OR MAYBE AUGUST, OUR INVENTORY OF GRANKIDS WILL DOUBLE, FROM THREE TO SIX. THINGS IN THE KAMMER HOUSE-HOLD ARE MOVING ALONG AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED. SINCE IN THE NEXT MONTHS THIS BLOG WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE NEW GRANDCHILDREN, YET TO BE BORN, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO FEATURE THE CURRENT "BUNDLES OF JOY" THAT ARE IN OUR LIVES, SO I HAVE ATTACHED A FAMILY PHOTO TAKEN AT CHRISTMAS TIME LAST YEAR. IN THE PICTURE IS BREANNA, AGE 11, HANNAH, AGE 7, AND RACHEL AGE 5, AS WELL AS PROUD GRANDPARENTS, GRANDMA SHARON AND GRANDPA BERNIE. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN DURING THE LADIES CHRISTMAS TEA AT CHURCH, WHICH SHARON COORDINATED.

CHRISTY HAS BEEN BUSY VISITING HER OB-GYN'S. SHE HAS TWO ASSIGNED TO HER. ONE HANDLES THE "NORMAL" OB-GYN STUFF WHILE THE OTHER IS A SPECIALIST IN MULTIPLE BIRTHS. BOTH DOCTORS ARE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE BABIES AS THEY ALL HAVE STRONG HEARTBEATS AND ARE ACTIVE. LAST WEEK THE BABIES WERE ABOUT 2 INCHES IN SIZE. CHRISTY HAS STOPPED WORKING AS BEING ON HER FEET ALL DAY MADE HER PRETTY TIRED. WE HAD BEEN CONCERNED THAT THE ODORS OF THE VARIOUS CHEMICALS USED IN THE BEAUTY SALON MIGHT PASS TO THE BABIES THROUGH CHRISTY'S BLOOD, AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE ASSURED BY HER DOCTORS NOT TO WORRY, HAVING HER AS A STAY AT HOME MOM TO BE, MAKES US FEEL BETTER. PRELIMINARY TESTS DONE LAST WEEK FOR DOWNS SYNDROME WERE NEGATIVE, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DOWNS SYNDROME. CHRISTY HAS BEEN HAVING HEADACHES AND SINCE SHE CAN'T/WON'T TAKE ANY MEDICATIONS, SHE JUST HAS TO SUFFER THROUGH THEM. STEVE HAS ACCEPTED THE ROLE OF A FATHER TO BE WITH FLYING COLORS. HE HELPS WITH THE WASH, KEEPING THE HOUSE IN ORDER, AND GENERALLY WAITS ON CHRISTY HAND AND FOOT. THE "PRINCESS" OF COURSE LOVES THIS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE PRAYER CHAIN HAVE BEEN A REAL BLESSING TO STEVE AND CHRISTY. PLEASE KEEP THOSE PRAYERS COMING ON YOUR APPOINTED TIMES. SHARON ADVISES THAT THERE ARE STILL A FEW SLOTS UNFILLED, SO IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE PRAYER CHAIN AND WOULD LIKE TO BE SEND SHARON A NOTE AT SLKAMMER@PREFER.NET. WELL IT IS GETTING LATE, AND I AM RUNIN GOUT OF STUFF TO SAY, SO UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS. BERND AND SHARON