Advents Corner

I was reading about the mix up in medication with Dennis Quaid’s twins and it just amazes me that things like this can happen.  We have software to track everything and everything has a bar code.  There is software for just about every business from hospitals bar coding pills to assisted living software to your membership at your local tanning salon.  I know when Lani was in the hospital I was asking 20 questions every time someone brought something into the room to put in her IV.  It is scary to have worry about things like that but if we don’t who will?  I feel it was the fault of the drug company for not marking the two different dosages a little better.  We always have to account for the idiot factor.  Just because you can tell the difference does not mean that everyone can.  The dosage the twins were given was 1,000 times the amount they should have received and it did not occur to the person pushing all of the medicine into those little babies that something might be wrong.  I am happy he is suing the drug company maybe it will open their eyes.

Christmas is getting so close and that means all of our family will be soon.  Weekend after next Mom and Dad fly in the same day Michaela flies out.  It is going to be so nice for them to be here for Christmas with Lani because this year she is so excited about the tree and the lights and the Christmas cards.  I is going to be so much fun Christmas morning with her opening all of her presents, I better make sure my digital camera battery is fully charged because I would not want to miss anything.  I can use the regular camera and Matt can use the camcorder so we can make sure we have every angle covered.

I might get to go to Vegas.  Matt has to travel there in January and we are trying to come up with a way for me to meet him out there on the weekend.  I have never been and I think it would be cool to stay in a nice Vegas hotel like the ones you see on CSI.  Having a little one makes things like this a little bit harder; this is a perfect time to have grandparents around the corner.  A nice little weekend get away for us would be so nice but I guess we will settle for the nights we put her to bed then sneak out to the movies. 

Isn’t this the most beautiful cake and it is RED VELVET!!!  I thought it was so pretty I had to post it.  I have always heard that working with red velvet is very difficult but I think I might need to make this.  It is just so pretty.

President Bush gave out the wrong number in his annoucment about the new Hope program to help those who are being affected by the adjustable rates on the mortgages they took out for their home.  The correct number is 1-888-995-HOPE   The number he gave out was to the Freedom Christian Academy in Texas. 

Read the verse to your child then let them color the picture.