Days 32 & 33

Days 32 & 33... combined because of tiredness the night before

Here we are, on the home stretch. Do you remember what it was like in school the day or days before Christmas break, or summer? You know you're approaching the end and you start to lose focus. You go a little crazy knowing it's almost over. You wouldn't be like that if that holiday wasn't coming up, but because it is you turn in to this half-capable human that is about to go crazy.

That's me. And Jared.

We know if we needed to do, God would give us grace to continue this whole starfish adventure, but because we know the appointment is next week, we are going a little bananas. Tuesday is the day when he gets x-rays and, if his leg healed well, he can get the cast off. Pray for a healed leg please. The doctor's office called me yesterday to "reschedule" Ethan's appointment. my heart sank, but then the rest of the message said it would be for the same day. When I called back, the lady I spoke with said the appointment would have to be the 11th or in July. Umm, no. My starfish would be a beached and shriveled up amphibian if we waited until July. I told her what the message said, we went through all this rigmoral, and finally settled on an 8:30 appointment on Tuesday morning. Ahhhh.....

So as we finish out these last few days, I am thinking if it went much longer I would need a back brace. and a neck brace. I am definitely weary but I think a lot of it is mental- knowing that were on the final stretch, God willing. Yesterday my mom came up to help with Ethan while I taught, and then starfish and I went exploring Athens. Our days look pretty much the same (minus day trip to Ikea; what a wonderful day that was). We watch Clifford, Toy Story, Cars, or Handy Manny, we find an excuse to go out somewhere and then I realize he weighs more than the ol' 27 year old body can handle, and then we go home. I make a smoothie, and around 4:00 he gets in a fussy mood. I endure until Jared comes home, we both try to work with the mood, and then around 6:30 he suddenly gets real giggly and happy. Go with it.

Today we did take a field trip to the Woodard's house. Ethan saw the toddler slide they had gotten for him and he went ape. So Alice and I helped starfish go down the slide and quickly realized it was a bad idea. By the 7th time, we were pretty tired but Ethan would do the sign (baby sign language) for more. That's what the pictures are of on this post. Anyways, he had a good time and I can't wait for him to be able to do it by himself.

Tonight was a snuggleless bedtime. He was just in a bad mood; I think he is going crazy too. So we put him to bed and remembered that cast or no cast, Ethan is still an almost 2 year old with almost 2 year old type behavior. Game face on, jared and i are ready to deal with it.

In other news, we discovered Ethan likes shredded cheese. He also likes it all over the floor. He does not like sausage. That's probably a good thing.

That's really all. The countdown continues... 5/6 days until the cast is potentially and hopefully removed.

Thankful for:
swedish pancakes we ate for dinner, friendship with the Woodards over the past 9 years, coffee, and for the time I lost my cell phone but a week later my sister in law, Jen, found it in the portable crib. I just randomly thought of that and am thankful for it.