Hi All...

Well.. it's a beautiful day.. the sun is out, it's 47 degrees with no wind and the ground isn't muddy. Ohio weather doesn't get any better than this unless the temperature is a bit higher. Finally, maybe I can stop complaining about it.

It's absolutely amazing how well Mr. Mike is doing (I don't want to say this too loud and jinx it). He did have a few times yesterday when I was concerned about his breathing, and he did sleep a bit more than usual, but all in all, he's fine. We haven't seen any clots at all since last Saturday (WHOPPPEEEEEE!!!) , and I'm praying they stay away forever now.

His leg is wonderful... he's been very cautious using it to jump on anything though even though he's walking and running great again. He wanted to jump on the lazy boy yesterday but seemed afraid to, so I picked him up and put him on it. It was awesome to see him back on his throne. And then last night... the same thing wanting to sleep on the bed with me... picked him up and put him on. He was able to jump off of both the chair and the bed without re-injuring himself, so I'm hoping he'll be a bit more confident with it soon. I just knew that once that bitter cold was gone that his leg would heal. It was so painful to watch it all that time.... feeling better and then tightening up again... but that's over with now.... :-D

Sweet Miss Katie is learning a lot... she's discovering new things every day. It's really fun to watch her. She's just like a newborn baby who has never experienced so many things. Yesterday, she started barking viciously in the living room. I went to see what it was that was so threatening, and I laughed my butt off. You see.. it's been quite a while since we've had sun flowing through the windows around here, so when the sun came through the window and cast a definite shadow of the chair and end table on the wall... it scared the crap out of her. She couldn't figure out what that was on the wall or how it got there... but she was determined to scare it away. LOL

Haven't had a chance to check on everyone's thread yet today. I'm going to try to get there in a few minutes. I hope everyone is doing well. Please know how much I love and appreciate each and every one of you.

Love & Blessings,
Joanna, Mike & Katie