Floating along

While our family wades through this ordeal, we are trying our best to keep things as normal as possible for Bruce and Phoebe. Grandma Raymond is doing a great job with the kids: she takes Bruce to school every morning and shuttles Phoebe around to parks, the swimming pool, and playdates while I go to the hospital to be with Oliver. Yesterday Phoebe had a playdate that involved making volcanoes. Today she gets to hang out with her old Joy School buddies. She still talks about Oliver, calling him "my baby," and listing all the blankies and toys she wants to bring him. Bruce keeps busy and happy between school, afterschool activities, and building rockets on this cool program that he got for his birthday. He still knows something is amiss though: this morning he snuggled up next to me in bed and said, "I wish Oliver was here." Amen!