Once a stoner... always a stoner..

So the day after christmas i went to the emergency for severe side pain and it turns out I have a 4mm kidney stone... which i guess is huge in terms of it being a stone in your organs. The pain was unbearable, but because we were at the emergency room i had to wait it out for an hour before they called me in. Anyways it still hasn't come out yet and because i haven't been at my job for 90 days yet (feb 11) it's going to have to stay in there until i get my insurance. I keep picturing it doing major damage... like scraping at my insides. Anyways i guess my body just makes stones because i also had gallstones which i had major surgery for in 2006. Such a stoner...

neglecting the blog...

Xmas eve with the knights

We spent xmas eve with my parents at our house in Vegas. When I got home from work at 4:30 the festivities were in full swing. First we ate our traditional chinese food. Then we did our annual pajama exchange. This is a spin on one of brandon's family traditions....


Gracie opened her jammies from grandpa

Brandon opened his jammies from my mom...

I opened my jammies from brandon...

My dad opened his jammies from me....

... And then he liked them so much he started to change immediately!

Grammy opened her jammies from gracie....

Then we took our traditional family pic in front of the tree, and watched Home Alone!

Grunwald Family Christmas 2008

This year family xmas was at aunt marilyn & uncle kurt's house. brandon, gracie and i arrived at my parents house on friday night and drove back with my parents on monday morning to spend the holiday at our house in Vegas. This was gracie's first family xmas experience since last year driving 500 miles with a baby fresh out of the NICU seemed just a little overwhelming! This year christmas was a brunch on Sunday. aunt marilyn out did herself with some yummy treats.

I was the one to cry this year at the gathering due to an amazing gift from my amazing cousin Jen. who knew i would get so emotional over a pair of uggs...LOL!

Gracie saw uncle bob with these on and had to wear them.

Jen & Mike....

Bradley and Jessica who was home from florida...

After being mocked for telling them to skwoosh in I got a really cute pic...