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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!  

We had such a great time with my family at the Lodge.  It was fun to see the old stomping grounds and tour the small quaint town of Occidental.  My sisters and I went through the quirky stores and reminisced all the times we walked around that town.  Christmas with the family was wonderful.  Kai LOVED Christmas.  He loves Santa and presents and Baby Jesus!   He was so cute on Christmas Eve.  After leaving cookies and milk for Santa, he was laying in bed talking about how Santa was coming and bringing presents, but the little man in Rattatouille wasn’t getting any presents because he’s not nice.  He kept jabbering on and on about everything.  It was so cute – he was too excited to fall asleep!  Christmas through the eyes of a child is so much fun!  He really was spoiled with the mountains of presents he received!  

After the fun at the lodge, we spent a few days in Fresno with Sol’s family.  That was a nice time as well.  We chased a movie all over town…it was sold out twice when we tried to go, finally we caught the 9:35 pm showing.  We went to breakfast with Nana and Pampas, and then headed to the park where we met up with Scott, Susan and Niana.  The kids ran all over the place, and Kai ended up taking a 3 1/2 hour nap as we drove home.  

For New Year’s, we hosted an East Coast New Year’s Party.  It was fun.  We played games and ate sandwiches and pizza.  We toasted in the new year at 9:00 pm and everyone was gone by 9:30.  It was a fun time with friends, and we welcomed in the new year with hope and anticipation.  

On Monday the 29th, I had another CT scan; today I got the results.  The new year seems to be off to a rocky start.  Not the news we were hoping for.  The nodules in the lungs seem stable.  However, the ones in the liver have all grown 2-3 mm.  There are also more showing up in the liver than before, and that really concerns the doctors.  I have my appointment on Wednesday of next week.   I don’t know what the next steps will be – whether we will continue with this chemo (it’s been 6 months with minimal results) or begin something totally different and new.  

Please pray as we decide what to do next.  We never made that appointment with the other oncologist – maybe that’s where we’ll start!  

Love to you and may you have a blessed 2009!

Monica

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