This is a picture Jeff took today at Kati's birthday party. Tonight when I was looking at it I began to think that this would be Timothy's future.....surrounded by girls and grinning from ear to ear.

I hope Bear and Bo will be gracious enough to the girls to be in the same place at the same time since they won't be able to make up their mind about which one of my boys they love the most. This way the girlies won't have to go back and forth to keep up with both of them.

Our little guy

Dr McGoodDaddy said he would be up and around in no time and he was right. Bo took it easy Thursday and Friday. By Saturday he was crawling all over the place. On Monday I had a worry that by dragging his cast behind him he could be causing some damage so I told him he had to walk.

He was not pleased with me at all. But after some encouragement form his big sister he tested the waters. The first time he stood on his own he declared he was "brave, brave, brave". Walking on it made him really nervous. He was worried about putting his foot/boot all the way down and taking a step. Jeff made a joke about a walker and I had already been thinking along the same line. I drug out Kati's stroller for her baby dolls and that seemed to give him a little more confidence.

As of today he is all over the place, as long as you don't ask to film him or take pictures. Then he claims he "can't walk so good". This morning he was sword fighting with Jeff and he even ran a little.

Tomorrow he will go back to school. I'm a little nervous but I think he should do just fine. But I bet he will be one really tired little guy when school is over.

Here are some photos that I loved
This was taken the day after surgery. He looked great for a few hours and then he was just bet and in pain but it was fun while it lasted.

Such a sweet face

This is the big boot he wears. The tubes coming out of the cast area is a cooling device, just like an ice pack. Dr. McGD wrapped it in there at the time of the surgery and I am so glad he did. We just hook Timothy up to the machine and we don't have to worry about another thing, if the ice is falling off, if he is trying to remove it, if it's getting to cold and bad for him. This machine is just perfect.

X-rays

You may need to click on this photo to enlarge it enough to read.

What a day

A lot of times when I tell people that Timothy has problems with his feet I hear, "Really, he looks fine to me". While I am glad that there are a majority of people who can't see what's wrong sometimes it's frustrating because I want them to know, to really know.

Here are my pictures for people to really know.

This photo was taken last night before bedtime.

This is a print of his foot from last night.

We needed to leave our home by five this morning to ensure that we were there on time. We waited until the last possible moment to get him up.
4:50 in the morning and he is still chipper!

Every hospital needs comfy chairs to wait in.

Bo was really excited about the little things, his nifty socks, his bear cap, and his tiger gown.

He was the one going into surgery but he was the one making us feel better.

At his pre-op appointment Jeff told Dr. McGoodDaddy that we wanted to know the color of Timothy's cast ahead of time. We were going to buy some coban that matched and make Daddy Bubba a cast as well. Once he heard our plans he said not to worry that Daddy Bubba would be taken care of.

And boy was he. He received his own name tag for his ankle and allergy awareness tag just like Timothy. They got Bo and Bubba matching caps. When Dr McGD got there he marked Timothy foot for surgery and then placed blue wrapping around Bubba to be sure he had "surgery" on his correct foot as well.

I was so pleased that he was in such a good mood. It made things easier for me.

They gave him some medicine to make him okay with leaving us and he was hilarious! He told us a complete nonsense story that had us rollin. He would pinch Jeff's lips together to keep him from talking and called him Brendon more than once. Before he left he announced, "Somethin's happen to my whole body" with goofy eyes.

The surgery lasted about an hour and a half. When we got back to him he was really screaming. It took a while for him to calm down and it was incredibly heart breaking to know there was nothing I could do but hold him.

We didn't stay in recovery for too long. We left as soon as we could. He just wanted to go home and I just wanted to give him whatever he wanted.

Jeff had the great idea to move Bo's bed into the living room for ease.

Don't Timothy and Daddy Bubba look so cute with matching casts.

I will post x-rays of his foot later so you can see how different they look now.

He is sleeping right now. I hate not being able to instantly take his pain away. I feel so helpless. No body likes to see their baby hurting.