Family Photos Part II

A few more...couldn't narrow it down to just 5.

Family Photo Shoot

A friend of mine took a bunch of pictures of us at this beautiful church not too far from our house. There's a gorgeous fountain, a waterfall, a bridge, etc...perfect for pictures. Here are a few favorites, although you can't see the BEST one since it's likely our Christmas card pic this year. ;)

Pumpkins and Leaves...Fall has arrived

Jackson throwing leaves (I love how they're in focus while he is not):


Jackson balancing at the pumpkin patch:


Cody picking his pumpkin (serious business):



The Running of the Pumpkins (note both of Jackson's feet off the ground):


Jacks on our playscape in the backyard...cutie

A few special pictures from the last 2 months

Cody's First Haircut:


Portrait of the Artist at work (Jacks is all about coloring and writing these days):


Playing with Floam (which is now embedded in the carpet in every room of the house):


Caught green-eared (Cody likes playing with Jackson's markers and decorating himself and the furniture with them):


A Bath of Brothers after-shot...brushing teeth and bonding:

Happy 2nd, Codes!

Super Halloween

Hiatus

Well, my last post was August 26th. And on August 27th, we took Cody to the ER because his limbs were shaking and he couldn't keep his balance while walking. After several hours of them taking us very seriously because something was obviously wrong but no one really being able to tell us what, they finally came back with CT scan results. First it was that the ventricles of his brain were enlarged. "What does that mean?" we wanted to know, but they couldn't tell us exactly. Then, it turned into that his ventricles were enlarged and there's a lot of excess fluid in there. "So what do we do about that?" Um.... Finally, the doc who'd been with us the whole time told us that there was a mass in his brain, a fluid-filled mass. "So basically, he has a brain tumor?" Yep. At last, an answer.

They moved us up to the neuro-ICU almost immediately after that and sedated and intubated him in a matter of minutes. The sleepy drug they gave him, called Versed, didn't seem to do anything at first...he continued to cry and thrash and tell all the nurses and docs around us, "No nono." Then suddenly, he started laughing. We were all instantly hilarious. And once, randomly, he started and said, "AH!" Whatever he was seeing, it was gooooooooooooooooooooood.

The emergency surgery on 8/28 went well, and Cody stayed in the hospital for about 2 weeks after that (we were discharged once only to go back that same night). He's been home and improving and running and talking and being a superchild.

So THAT is where we've been....and now we're back. AH! :P