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Quick Update

So the last time I blogged was 2 days before I gave birth to my son. He came early, despite what I thought. Needless to say, he just turned a year old yesterday. Hard to believe.

The other major thing that has happened since then is that Grandpa passed away. It was decided that he would go on Hospice and live out his remaining days at home. The doctor's weren't able to do anything more for him and the pain was just too much.
I hate that he's gone, but I am glad that he's not suffering anymore. It was becoming more and more difficult to visit him and Grandma and see the pain in his face... watch him lose more and more weight every day...
Last weekend we had a memorial for him at the cemetary, with a nice family bar-b-que afterwards. My mom and uncles put together a memorial garden at Grandma's house so that she can sit on the benches people gave her at the funeral and just think about him. I haven't seen the finished product, but I'm sure it's beautiful.

I"m going to end this entry and begin another. I wouldn't normally do 2 seperate blogs in one day but the other thing I need to talk about needs it's own place...

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