February 3, 2013

Matt's becoming quite the "Grizzly Adams". A lot of people have commented on his facial hair and said he should keep it. He hasn't decided when he'll shave.

Nana & Grandma Wendy took the kids to the new "Carousel" exhibit at the Museum of Idaho and they all had a ball. The kids all dressed up and posed for some pictures. The top pictures reminds me of a "Super Heroes" pose.

Grandpa Russ and Cooper snowplowing our backyard. 

Cooper seems to be the common denominator in these pictures. He is such a little ham. In the top picture, he asked Grandma to give him a foot massage with lavender oil. Below, he let Scotlyn dress him up as Justin Bieber then they continued to dance and put on a show for us to see. 

I know some of you are anxious for updates on Matt but our life is really pretty boring. He continues to spend his days sleeping and drinking a lot of liquids. He still wakes up not feeling well but improves as the day continues. His dad and he have taken a few trips around the town during the day, nothing too strenuous. We attempted an evening out with the boys Friday night while Grandma & Grandpa took Scotlyn to Sam's Club. He hit his head getting into the car, not hard, but enough to make it sore for the next day. That's got to be a big no no. Today was the first day he was left completely alone for a bit. Russ and Wendy had to head home and I took the kids to church. I'm sure he enjoyed the peace and quiet because he was asleep when we got home. I know he is anxious to start driving, this seems too soon for me, but the doc gave the ok. He will be putting around in his Jeep, which again, I think is too hard for him to drive, but he'd rather not take us to work/school that early to keep my vehicle. I don't remember if I posted this or not, but he has 4 weeks left of not lifting more than 10 pounds. He's trying to ween himself off of his pain meds and only take Ibuprofen. He has had some memory lapses, but hopefully that's just him plain forgetting. I've noticed some slight personality differences, but again, this could be the medication and it has only been just over two weeks since someone took part of his skull off and opened up his brain. We continue to take it day by day and are so grateful for all the cards and gifts that he has received.