Braxton Up-date

From an e-mail David sent:

Braxton had an EXCELLENT weekend at my house this weekend. He is officially done with the first 6 weeks of Chemo as of last Monday, and today and tomorrow are officially his last two days of radiation. I'm SO glad! His radiation all last week and today and tomorrow are focused on the areas where the tumor was and 3 possible spots on his spine, so they aren't radiating his throat, and it's getting better. He is finally able to swallow, and this weekend he ate well. I hope he will be able to put some weight back on. They say they are going to give him 6 weeks off to eat and build strength and gain weight before beginning the 2nd wave of chemo with will be 6 months long. (At the beginning of each of the 6 months he will be in the hospital for 3 days. Not looking forward to that).

How is Braxton?

I haven't heard any updates. Can anyone share what's going on? My kids are still praying for him. Especially 3 year old BreeAnna. Her prayers are always EXACTLY the same, but has recently started praying for Braxton. The other day she said a prayer and at the end was all sad because she said she forgot to pray for him. She had to say the prayer over.

I Wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas

My husband finally has a small idea of what it is like to grow up in our family. My dad has been singing "I Wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas" since after Thanksgiving. While we were Christmas Shopping, we found a hippopotamus that sang the song. Brian's response - "I thought your dad made that song up." Welcome to my world.

Sad to have missed the Party

Here is our Christmas card. I can't figure out how to put the final version of it up but this is pretty close. My name is spelled wrong (there's no e after Ann) and the real one says Love The Thurgood's!

It sounds like the annual Montgomery Christmas Party was fun. I was sad to miss. But I am sure you are all thanking me for not coming and sharing my cute BreeAnna's throw-up germs. Ashley and Jaden came home all wired and I think they quite enjoyed themselves. They LOVED that the kids could take gifts from the adults and not have them taken away. Jaden had a quite a few funny things he told me (that I can't remember now-I just remember laughing at how hard he was laughing). Thanks everyone for being there and playing with my kids.

If anyone wants an invitation to our blog send me an email to at.thurgood at gmail dot com..

Merry Christmas everyone!

Taste of Montgomery

While I was at the grocery store the other day I needed some BBQ sauce. Now this is quite the daunting task as there is practically an entire aisle dedicated to the official condiment of Texas. As I was scanning the rows, I came across this one. It's got to be good. After all, I have Montgomery running through my veins.
But alas, no. Perhaps the authentic Montgomery Inn "along the Ohio River in Cincinnati" would have satisfied the palate.
Any way, just thought I would share it with you. As I'm sure others would think I'm crazy to be posting a bottle of BBQ sauce ;)
Love you all!

Hello Family!

I am so excited to be able to contribute to the blog. I hope this catches on and I get to hear from all of you too. A blog is a great way to not only record what is going on, but also to keep everyone updated. Posting to come soon. Ciao!

Up and Running

Well, I finally got the blog moved. I've sent out invites to the authors on the old blog. I've also started a Facebook group for our family. You can blog, join the group, or do both. I'll update this page with my progress on the picture uploads. Also, the links on the page are good. I would love to add any blogs that other family members are keeping. I added the ones that are up simply because I have the addresses. I hope you are all doing well!