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It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I figured it was time for an update.

My mom stopped by on her way back from Charleston a couple weeks ago on Mother’s Day. We took her out to a nice dinner and got to spend the evening with her before she left for home the next day. It was another short visit, but it was so nice to see her again and spend time with her – especially on Mother’s Day.

Last weekend, thanks to Grandpa Welch, Eric, Jessi and I flew back to Canfield for a visit with Mom and Dad Welch. We arrived late Friday night and Maggie (their great dane) was so excited to see us. On Saturday we slept in a bit and had a relaxing morning before the three of us picked up Grandpa for lunch. We feasted on Jib-Jab (the best hot dog shop ever!) and had a nice visit. Later we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. It was pretty good, but I was a little disappointed with the ending (I’m not a fan of alien movies). Sunday we went for a nice walk at a park, visited Angels for Animals, had a picnic lunch and then a nice bonfire at night. Before we knew it, Monday was here and it was time to fly back to Charlotte. I can’t believe how fast the weekend went, but we had a really nice time.

We’ve had Madison with us now for a year. It was Memorial Day last year that we took her for her first visit to the vet. She is now growing from a kitten to a cat and she definitely has a unique personality. She makes me laugh every day. She loves to play with bottle caps. We started playing fetch with them, but she doesn’t bring them all the way back anymore. She also loves twist-ties and the plastic seals from milk jugs. Needless to say we haven’t had to spend a lot of money on toys for her. Recently, she has found some favorite spots for her naps. I hope you enjoy the pictures below:

Woo-hoo!! New Kids on the Block are back!! I’m so mad I missed their performance this morning on the Today Show, but I at least got to see it online!

Let’s see, what’s been going on this week…

Well, I know ya’ll are dying to know how my finger is doing…so I’ll just give you a little update. I saw the doctor on Tuesday, and I improved my range of motion by 20 degrees in both of my knuckles! Also, my swelling went down a lot! He’s happy with how things are going and I should be healed in a few months (hopefully). I had my physical therapy on Wednesday and my therapist said my finger was looking a lot better. I got some more exercises to do and I have one more appointment with her in two weeks. Hopefully that will be my last appointment and then I’ll be on my own. I’m hoping within the next 4-5 months I will be back to normal. The doctor said I have a good chance that my knuckle will go down to the size it was before, but I’m preparing myself to have a larger size knuckle when all is said and done.

My mom is spending the next week in Charleston, SC with my great aunt Katie, so she drove down yesterday and is spending a couple nights here with us. I was able to take a day off of work and we were able to have a really nice day of shopping together. We hit the usual TJ’s and Marshalls and of course Talbots. The visit has been really nice so far, and Maddy hasn’t been too bad. She’s really not used to a lot of people in the apartment (and by a lot I mean more than just Eric and I), so she’s not very social. We’ve had a few moments of bad behavior, but as long as we leave her alone she’s fine.

Well, I’m just chillin’ waiting for Lost to come on. Last week’s episode was FANTASTIC and I’m really looking forward to tonight’s as well. I really want to learn more about Ben and Charles W’s relationship. What the heck is going on??