Friday, November 26, 2010

Busy Days

We've been awful about updating the blog lately but things are just so busy around here. Dyllan is on the move and without a constant eye on her, she's into everything. So we don't have a whole lot of time to ourselves lately. But it's amazing watching her grow. It feels like she does more and more each day. Still not standing on her own or walking yet, but it feels close! We're pretty sure she could actually stand on her own but she's still unsure of herself. She wants to keep a hand on something even though she barely holds on. She also "cruises," walking around the room holding on to things.

Tonight Dyllan had her first "big girl bath," which was exciting. As she's started to really love bathtime and always wants to play in the tub, we decided to ditch the baby tub and see how she'd do. She LOVED it. We all ended up pretty wet with all the splashing but she had a blast. Enjoy some photos below.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!! We certainly feel blessed here at the Getz household and are thankful for our little girl.



"I love big girl bathtime- even if mommy makes my hair look funny!"


"Can Ducky come in too???"

Friday, November 5, 2010

Forging Ahead!

Things continue to improve here at the Getz household as Joe is finally feeling better from the headaches he was getting and is able to get up and around more as a result. There were a lot of theories what was causing them (the spinal anesthetic, the pain meds, dehydration, surgery itself, etc) but having stopped one of the pain meds seems to have made a difference. Dyllan laughs when Daddy walks around in the walker and obviously is completely unaware of what's going on except that Daddy now spends more daytime with her since he's not down in his office...she definitely likes that. But he'll likely be back to work full time very soon now that things are looking so much better. We even ventured outside of the house for the first time last night and Joe did very well with the short car ride to Applebees and using the cane.

We still can't thank everyone enough for the notes, get-well gifts and meals, and most importantly the prayers. You have certainly helped us through it!


Dyllan in her PJs and ready for bed on Halloween night


Dyllan likes to follow daddy and his walker around in HER walker!

Sharing a laugh! Dyllan sometimes cracks up at Daddy limping around...poor guy


Traffic jam with the walkers