Decisions Made

It took a few days for me to get over the disappointment of having to continue wearing this hard collar and not being past the recovery stage. It helped having these lovely flowers to look at that my colleagues at CR sent me.

Look how beautiful they are in the vase that came with them:

They came actually the day before I left for Stanford and can you believe it is over a week later and they are still beautiful! The tulips (my favorite) are open now. Thank you, thank you! I miss you guys too!

Well, after much thought and consultation Mom has decided and we have agreed it is best for her to stay here. Mom was not comfortable with me being here by myself that long with the kids without help and unable to drive. I have to say, that after watching a day and thinking how I would need to do things if it were just me, though it is difficult to say, I am not yet at the point where I feel I could manage on my own. I thought about looking into going back to work a little but then I was talking to someone on the phone for about 30 minutes and I had virtually no voice. I wouldn't be much good with no voice. So, I've decided to focus on walking since I am allowed to do that. Mom, Mackenzie, and I walked to church and back this past Sunday because there was finally a break in the rain. It was a little windy but, a little wind doesn't hurt anybody. Thanks Mom for being supportive and walking with me in the not so great weather.

Steven has created a new costume, "Underwater Diver."

The backpack is his oxygen tanks.

He wanted to wear the whole get-up in the bath. Rob was able to get him to ditch the "oxygen tanks" and use a swim cap instead.

Steven also appears, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, to have decided that he is ready to wear underpants!

The above, Spiderman ones, are one of his favorites. He decided on Monday afternoon just after his friend Drake left. Drake had a little accident just before he left. Steven saw and was talking to Drake a bit while Drake's Mom, Tamara, went out to the car to get dry clothes for him. Steven wanted Drake to spend the night and Tamara said that they needed to be doing a little better with potty training first. Tamara meant Drake but, I think Steven took it as he had to be potty-trained too. He's had a few accidents but, he even is wearing his underwear to school and using the potty there too! We had the problem before that he'd have an accident and then get too discouraged to continue. He also would start fine at home but then refuse to use the potty at school and then wet his pants. He'd get bummed out and then refuse to wear underwear because he got embarrassed. I think it helped seeing Drake handle his accident so well. One woman's laundry is an other's ticket to the potty-training express train! I've been waiting for so long for him to be ready for potty-training. Now, I think, he's finally ready to go all the way! I'm so excited and proud of him but, a little sad. It is a sign that my little boy isn't a baby anymore. He just seems so much bigger when he's wearing underwear.