for the neglect that we have been giving our website and our loyal readers.

First off, let me start by saying - we’re all fine (including baby Emerson!).

Quite a bit has happened over the past week or so and I’ll try to catch up as much as possible.

Saturday afternoon: we got the call that Margot’s dad was not doing well and that his wound was becoming infected and that they might have to go in and perform surgery. There were also some major financial things that needed to be dealt with.

Sunday: we make the decision that Margot should go to NYC to see her dad and it is really unclear to his condition and if he will even pull through this. The infection has spread and we were told that his “gut was hanging out of his body.”

Monday: Margot gets on the nice C2C bus which has internet access and soda and somehow manages to get to NY in 3.5 hours. (We still haven’t figured out how this is done!) Margot sees her dad and realizes that he’s in bad shape. She also starts to plow through the financial mess.

Grammy and me actually go to J&L’s house to stay for the few days that Margot’s gone. It was nice having someone around to help with dinner and kid time. Plus, the last time Margot left I kept thinking we had predators in our house and hated being alone. So this situation worked out really good.

Tuesday: Margot stays at the hospital most of the day. Graem goes to daycare.

Wednesday: Margot comes back home at 11pm and we are all a happy family again. When she left it appears that her dad is recovering and the antibiotics are kicking in. Plus, she has sorted through the financial stuff and there’s now a gameplan for how to proceed.

It’s so nice that we’re all back home and can resume our nightly family hugs.