4th of July and More

Seems like a long time since my last post on Father's Day - I'll attempt to catch up!

We have been dealing with a challenging situation - my Dad had a light stroke the week of the 4th of July, affecting his throat/swallowing. He has been hospitalized since 7/2/09 and may get dismissed today, 7/10/09 - he passed the swallowing test today and might get to start eating a soft diet. He has had a feeding tube this week. Things are improving.

Amanda, Chad, Peyton and Apollo arrived in Clinton on Thursday evening, 7/2/09 - yea! We enjoyed every minute of them being here through Sunday afternoon. Peyton even visited her Great-Grandpa (and Great-Grandma who was visitng) in his hospital room a few times, which made their days. It was Chad's 9th Olde Glory Days celebration in Clinton and Peyton's first - the 16th for the rest of us. Peyton was adored by all Clintonians who saw her at the events around town, including the parade. It was soooooo much fun having all the Todds here to enjoy the holiday with us. Peyton is now crawling - was very, very close last weekend. Watching her on the blog was fun. She is such a cutie and quite a little poser for pictures. She eats so good - and kisses her Grammy and is all smiles when she sees her grandparents - which thrills us. Peyton and Grammy got to hang out together while the parents shopped for cars, played golf, etc., which was a wonderful time for Grammy at least. Fun, fun.