Back Surgery

On December 11th at 5:30 am, we arrived to the check-in desk.  Kirk had Lumbar Back Surgery where they went in through his stomach (anterior), moved organs off to the side, and between L3 & L4, L4 & L5, had coils and screws put in and some bone graft that will eventually grow together. The doctor said he created an "environment" for the body to build itself.  He is experiencing a lot of leg pain.  It is a good time for time to pass and time to heal...

I wish I could be a better care-giver, but I kind of stink at it.  I'll keep trying.

Parenthood update

Sorry, I'll get some new pics up soon...

For the blog diary update, this needs to be said.  I am fairly certain that I've got an angel for a son. He's a normal toddler, don't get me wrong, with all the fussing and potty-training and pickiness in food, but overall my impression is he's pretty angelic.

At Christmas, when you open up a new present, he says in a throaty voice, "N-I-I-I-I-C-E!"  You'd have to hear it to believe it.  And just yesterday, we had our own little fashion show of underpants.   He is interested in "sinking Cherrios®" and finding the little "pocket" in his brand new Cars® underpants.  This was absolutely entertaining.

More later and some pics... and NO I did not actually take pictures of his underpants, just grabbed an example online.