update

just wanted to let everyone know that chris and thalia are both feeling better from their health scare last week. thalia got new antibiotics and her swelling is completely gone. the bite site is still a little red, but not too bad. now that that is over, we get to work on more molars! chris' leg continues to be quite a bit swollen but he is pretty sure the overall swelling is starting to go down. apparently the three bite sites look like huge pimples, which i told him not to mess with. he went to our primary care doctor yesterday for a flu shot...she swabbed one of the sites that had burst to see what kind of infection it really was (the ER docs just figured MRSA). both of them are continuing their antibiotics as prescribed to ensure nothing comes back.
thalia and i had a relaxing weekend watching football:

and what a great day it was: Michigan and Texas won, Notre Dame and Ohio State lost!!! AND Butler won, making them 6-0 for the first time in almost 20 years!! It's pretty neat seeing that, because when i was there, our football team wasn't very good. I'm still a Bulldog through and through though!
Aside from football watching, and still trying to teach Thalia how to do "Hook em Horns" with her fingers, we have had some big milestone moments over the past week. Thalia put her own socks on this morning. Last night, she helped me unload and load the dishwasher! She is also starting to speak in sentences (Thalia sit down and color; Walk Nugget outside; Martha is downstairs...its really quite impressive).
Tomorrow Thalia and I head back to our ypsi house for the last time. we are going to be spending a few days there, trying to go through most of our stuff and get rid of what we can before the move. when we do move, after thanksgiving, i am going to be swamped with work, so i am trying to get a lot done before then. let me know if you are in need of dishes or silverware!
we had the inspection on the house in NC yesterday...it went well but there are some things that need to be fixed. while i was there, i got to figure out where most of our furniture is going to go! that made me feel a bit more at ease about the whole thing.
alright, back to work for me. thanks again for all your love and prayers...it has been a long road, but i can see the light. hope you have a great week!
much love and not much sleep (molars)
c, c, and t