As Our Year Winds Down....

What a Christmas it's been for the Schroeder clan.  So cold you feel you're in the Polar Express stream, Snow!, and lots of time together. 

Max has had a rough go of it with his epilepsy.  He had breakthrough seizures while we were in Minnesota the middle of the month and it's been a tough time ever since.  It has taken a couple of weeks to stop the seizures; the only way to do that was with heavy doses of his medications, which makes him pretty much a bump on a log.  Once he'd gone a couple days without seizures we started to lower his dose and are hoping to have him back to his goofy self sometime soon.  He is a bit more alert than he has been, but still isn't any more active than a lump of pudding.  It's been hard on us all to watch our active boy take such a down turn, but we have hope that he will continue to bounce back even if it is at a snails pace.  

Max and Gracie, this past summer in their little music video

We had a lovely Christmas.  We enjoyed our traditional breakfast of cinnamon rolls while opening gifts, then we headed off to the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City for Christmas dinner.  Stress free and nearly mess free:)  I loved the opportunity to spend the entire day with my family with no distractions whatsoever... a rare treat to be sure.  

Hard to keep Annie still with all the excitement, but she had a christmas tree sweater complete with a lighted star :)

 Grammy gave her a gift card to her favorite place to eat

 She'd been wanting those for two months

 Sarah found a mug for her that says "World's Greatest Mimi"

 Our free-spirited little explorer

The other BIG NEWS around here is that Sarah started on her insulin pump the day after Christmas.  She is loving the ease of managing her insulin with a push of a button rather than multiple injections every day.  She and Gracie are now "podding twins":)

We hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas, surrounded by those you love, along with sweet memories of Christmases long past.  Praying that 2018 brings God's amazing blessings.  Happy New Year!