Snow, CES, Surgery, Sickness and Celebration

I am sure you all know by now that the great state of Georgia had snow. Stop the presses! Shout it from the rooftops! (Ok you northerners, stop laughing now.) To be honest, it was nice to see snow again, but it didn't last long and didn't really live up to all the hype. The snow on Wednesday evening had big thick flakes and accumulated quickly, but it was gone by morning because the snow turned into rain. The snow on Saturday at my house was just heavy flurry action. It accumulated a little and then quickly melted away. Even though there wasn't a ton of snow falling in my backyard, Briana loved every minute of it. Here are a few pics...

First snowflakes on Wednesday...

Saturday snow...

Briana dancing for daddy. And when Doug was filming her, she waved and said "Hi Daddy" for the first time. She put two words together and my heart melted...

Briana dancing in the snow and saying "Hi Daddy"...

Before Doug's birthday and all the snow, you all know that Doug had a kidney stone. After the hospital visit, he felt no more pain, so we thought he passed it. Well, after a few X-rays and a CT scan, we found out that he had a 6 to 7 mm stone. OUCH. No way he was going to pass it on his own. Doug talked to the doctor and told him he was going to CES in Vegas, and the doctor said to go ahead and go. The stone was stuck and hadn't really given him any problems since the first attack. So the doctor gave him pain pills just in case and said to have surgery when he got back. Well, the last day in Vegas - Doug had an attack. It was pretty bad. Luckily, the pain stopped so Doug could fly home. Doug did have a few fun days in Vegas and even blogged for NBC Universal - here is a link. Very cool! So the day after Doug's birthday, he had the stone removed. Thank goodness. Of course, Briana and I both got nasty colds that day. Lovely...

Even though Doug had to think about surgery the next day, he had a nice and quiet birthday celebration with me and Bri. I got him a number of gifts, including "Dancing With The Stars" game for the Wii. Oh my gosh, that is fun! You look like a complete idiot doing it, but it is so funny! Briana loved watching mommy and daddy make fools of themselves.

Briana helping daddy open gifts.

Doug is dancing with the stars!

Briana helping me with my gaming skills! I have excellent posture as I do this, don't I? NOT!

Now that I am back among the living, I am going to start working on catching up with reading blogs. I can't believe how many posts I get behind on when I can't check for a few days. I got some work to do!