February 17, 2012

Hair cutting and Mardi Gras (and yes, an update on Matt)...Oh My!!!!

Nana and Auntie Sarah took the kids to the Snow Fest a few weeks ago and I forgot to post this picture. I love the look on Cooper's face as he is yelling at Sarah to get into the sled. He was worried that it was going to leave without her and she wanted to take a picture. 

Scotlyn has been wanting to cut her hair and donate it to "Locks of Love". They require at least 10 inches and she wasn't ready to cut it up to her ears, so, she decided to donate it to a program sponsored by Pantene and does the same thing. She only had to cut off 8 inches. She loves it and looks very cute.

My school's annual fundraiser was held on Saturday, February 16, and we all had a great time. It was Matt & me, my mom & dad, my sister, Matt & Rechelle Hintze (friends of ours), and Debbie & Clark (friends of ours). We didn't bid on anything but did buy a bunch of cake pops for our table's dessert. We dressed up in an 80's punk rock theme and danced the night away. 

I love this picture of two of my boys. Cooper came in to snuggle with Matt one morning and gave him big kisses and a hug and sweetly said, "Daddy, when are you going to feel better?" Here's the part where I update most of you on the reason you're still looking at our blog. Things continue to remain the same as they did in the mid-week update. We are heading down to Salt Lake this week for two days of doctors appointments for some follow up tests and hopefully some answers for a few questions we have. Matt was able to see a GI doc who wasn't overly concerned with the way his gall bladder and kidneys were not working properly. He decided to take some more blood tests and see where we go from there when the results come back. We still have a long road to a full recovery, but the sun is shining and things are looking up for him. He continues to have headaches each day and hopefully those will diminish as time passes. The kids are aware that he doesn't feel well a lot of time and are very patient and good at trying to stay quiet. He has also noticed an indent on the side where they removed part of his skull. The swelling has gone down enough and we can see a visible difference from his left side. This will be another question to ask the surgeon when we see him. I'll post another update when we return from Salt Lake at the end of the week.