Jason was still in the hospital on Father's Day so we couldn't do our traditional breakfast in bed. He couldn't even eat anything! He had requested some pictures of the kids to put in the room so I thought I would get those there for Father's Day. In fact, I found a great deal on a digital picture frame. The only problem was that I have not had a good picture taken of J.R. since he was 3 and Joel since we had his blessing pictures taken. I have felt terrible but we haven't really had the money to do professional pictures like I always have for most of my kids and I kept having things come up on the days they were doing school pictures so I didn't get them over there either.
The plan was to take the kids to the hospital to see their dad with balloons, the picture frame, a book and homemade cards. But, I had to get pictures of Joel and J.R. first. So, I grabbed my camera and took them to my parent's backyard. J.R. was easy. Within a few shots in each pose I knew we had gotten decent shots.
Joel on the other hand was another story! I took so many shots of him and was not sure what I was getting. One minute, he would give me a completely cheesy grin, the next minute he wouldn't even look at me, he would not stay in place part of the time, he was teasing me part of the time, he even started to cry a couple of times. I left hoping that I had at least gotten one shot that would work for Jason's picture frame. But, when I looked at the pictures I just had to laugh. I had captured Joel's personality on film! Many of the faces he was pulling are the faces he pulls daily. He can change emotions quickly and he makes us laugh everyday. I loaded these pictures into a slide show in the order they were taken and yes he can go from crying in one shot and smiling in the next! I think I got some decent pictures what do you think?
As for a quick update on Jason, he is home now after being in the hospital for 14 days! He has a PICC line for nutrition and antibiotics and we have a home health nurse coming to our house. He had a doctors appointment yesterday and everything looks great. He will have a CAT scan of his pancreas on Monday and a doctor's appointment on Tuesday. If all goes well he will have surgery to take his gall bladder out on Wednesday. They will keep him overnight to see if he can tolerate solid foods yet and if he can they will take the PICC line out and we can move on with our lives. I'm so happy to have him home!
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Tiff...This is crazy, when it rains it pours eh? I hope Jason gets better quick, there is nothing worse than a sick spouse or child. We'll add him to our prayers, you have such a good attitude though!
We have been praying for you so much! I am glad things are finally getting to where he can have that surgery and finally -hopefully- move on! Also, that link for Joel's pictures isn't working for me. I want to see them, so I'll be watching to see if you get that working.
Please keep updating this so we can hear how Jason is. What a trial! Gall bladders can cause so much trouble. We hope that he can recover quickly and that your wonderful family can move forward. Cute pictures of the boys! Aunt Barbara
Oh my gosh! Your little Joel is soo cute!! He put a big ol smile on my face! I know what you mean about the pictures. I always had cute pictures every 2 months for Andrew and Kayden, and now if you came in my house you wouldn't even know I have 2 more!!! I even got my girl, and still no pictures...that is not totally true, it's just I haven't learned how to get them off my camera or computer yet!! So glad Jason is doing better, oh yea and speaking of Jason, look at the legs on your older son!! Sorry I have brain issues and can't remember his name. that reminds me of another story; the other day I got mad at Emma and couldn't remember her name and called her Emma Scott, Kayden's middle name. You know all middle names are good for is cuss words!! Are you going to the reunion? Hmmm...I forgot already about big Jason...see! I need therapy....medication...vacation!
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