Dad update

I talked to Dad on Monday after his testing, no results for a few weeks. But hes doing well, sound's like he's in good spirits.
He is such a gadget guy, he'd love to share that little tiny camera with you. It was a medical marvel of technology. It's amazing to me that they can take pictures of your insides but can't cure the common cold.....go figure.

"Cirque du BeBe"

Last weekend, the Hoban ladies gave Judith a circus themed baby shower. Hosted at Lisa & Jerome's house. Tho she still has a few months to go (April 30) we just needed an excuse to Party! Lisa, Eileen put together a beautiful set up, here's the center pieces. Made the cutest invites.There was a circus gift train, the old fashioned popcorn cart was pooping away. Every one joined in for the games that Kim put together. You'll notice admit tickets around every ones neck. So you cant say the "B" word or you lose your ticket.

These are out of order, Dan came at the end to check out all the presents....

Here's the book Supriya put together called "M is for Me". It has all the cousins in it as you can see L is for Liam & Lyla, N is for Nolan. While opening the gifts we played Baby Bingo.

Mom made the 3 Ringed cake, too cute. Note the tickets around Judith's neck, I think she won this one.

Here's Eileen doing the Baby Bottle Bowling with a rolled up diaper. As Aunt Marion & Lisa watch. Bri was the Pin Girl, she keep the bottles all lined up, good job, thanks Bri..

Here's Tibor using up whats left of Aunt Judiths lap....

Cousins, Kami, Allie & Dayna...

Aunt Eileen with Allie & Kaitlyn.....

here's Bri with Miss Duggan.....

It was a wonderful family & friend filled afternoon, now the waiting begins.....

We can't wait for you to get here Baby Hoban.....

Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary!!

Today is Eileen & Bill's 26th anniversary.
I am not up to date on the calendar so I missed Birthdays too. Kenton's was on the 5th, Rolland's was the 7th. I hope every one had a great day!!

WOW, that's a lot of dates in the same house, big party month for the Hartwick's.

February Dates

February:
5th - Kenton’s Birthday (1992)
7th - Rolland’s Birthday (1989)
9th - Eileen & Bill’s Anniversary (1985)
19th - Duggan Molnar’s- Birthday (2009)
14th - Margie’s Birthday (1968)
17th - Shawn’s Birthday (1980)

Visitor from Detroit

So all the Cali Hobans know, Aunt Marion is here visiting. She is here till Feb 12.I'm sure she is enjoying the warmer weather and if you get a chance stop by, have a chat and a cup of tea.
(Her birthday is tomorrow, 1-27) So Welcome Aunt Marion & Happy Birthday too!!

Parents Chrismas Gift

The "Dinner of the Month Club" is a very fun gift to give our parents, it lets us take the time to make a special evening with them. As you can see Eileen & family had Jan and they spent the last weekend in Needles with the Hartwicks. Along with that we gave them the "Pie of the Month" from Grand Traverse Pie Co. So they will get special deliveries of their choice of pie.
They will probably get a little more unexpected company too.

Prayers

I know most of you are on Dad's mailing list, but just in case I ask that you keep him in your thoughts & prayers. You might not check your e-mail but hop on to see whats happening on the 'Herald'. It will be a long day for them, he had to be at UCLA at 8:30am. It might not seem early but in SoCal traffic if they left the house at 6:00am they might make it on time. So please pray for them, Mom need the support too.

Here's Dads posting:

Today, 1-25-11, we had a visit with the UCLA GI Dr regarding tests of the small intestine looking for the cause of my anemia. First we will do a non-invasive look at the bowel using a small wireless video camera the size of a large pill. I swallow the capsule with the camera inside and it moves through my gut and intestines while transmitting video images to a small recorder that I wear in an external belt pack. This takes 8 to 10 hours for the passing. Great technology. I am doing this tomorrow,1-26-11. Next, in about two weeks they will do a deep spiral endoscopy through the throat. This is a corkscrew device that drags the endoscopy camera through the intestines. They can investigate about nine feet into the small intestine with this device. If they find something of interest they will do a biopsy and will remove any polyps they come across.
That's all I know for now.