Christmas Eve Eve

Lilly got to go up skiing on Thursday with her cousins, Brooklynn and Emma.  Uncle Aaron and Grandpa Butch joined us as well.  It was a fun day with the sun out.  Lilly improved a lot and was working on her turns.  She even got off the bunny slope and skied down Success (one of the long green runs at Deer Valley).  It was a fun day for all of us.

Friday was a log day.  Sarah and I had to get up early to head up to Primary Children's.  The blood sample that they took on Thursday didn't work to get any lab results, so they wanted to take a full blood draw.  This means that they either access the port or do a needle in the arm.  We knew that Sarah wouldn't like the needle in the arm, so we had to go up to Primary's to get the port accessed.  Her ANC was up around 4,000 but her hematocrit had dropped a half a point to 21.7.  Hopefully her hematocrit will go up the next draw on Monday.  

When we got home (around 10:30am), we had a big family picture taken.  Since we hadn't been together as a full family for a long while, my parents wanted a picture.  We tried a couple of shots in different areas of the house.  Hopefully we got a good shot of everyone.

Friday night was the big Blackham family Christmas party.  The past few years it has been here at my parents.  That meant that we had to help set everything up.  It was a good party with a Nativity and Santa coming at the end.  The girls had a fun time.  Sarah came up and spent some time as well.  Jess, unfortunately, got sick earlier in the day and wasn't feeling good during the party.  She ended up going to the ER right after the party, and found out that she had a UTI.  

We are grateful for all the support that we receive and the prayers made on our behalf.