Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family.

Unfortunately, Aaron is under the weather, but after pancakes and gifts this morning, Averie and I made the drive up to the hospital to get our stockings and celebrate the holiday with some cuddles from AJ.

Extra big thank yous to our nurse last night who went the extra mile helping out Santa and even taking pictures and making a first Christmas sign for AJ.

Although this is definitely not the most ideal way to spend Christmas, we are still so very thankful that we are all able to celebrate today.

Averie and her new baby doll – she thought he looked like her brother, we gave him the spare trach that CHOP had given us to play with.




Day after Christmas – Averie wasn’t wanting to give up her brother. I pulled out the camera to catch her saying “He’s mine”… She stopped saying “He’s mine” after this happened: