Recovery update.

I had a few moments while Jake is busy with Sesame Street and Austin is napping, so I thought I'd update with some pictures of how Austin is recovering. He is doing really well. He is such a tough little guy! He wakes up almost every night hurting (last night he woke up, but got himself back to sleep), and he is still having rough times during the day, but there are many happy moments as well. I was so blessed to have Gary with me for a week. He took work off last week to help me out, and federal employees got Monday (Columbus Day) off, so yesterday was my first day alone. It made me really appreciate all of his help; it was really hard until about 11:00, when Austin took a nap. After that, I was able to get things a little more under control. Today is even better than yesterday, so hopefully within a few more days, Austin will be feeling much better. Enjoy the pictures!

This was on October 6th (just a few days after surgery). I love those smiles!


Jake is doing really well. When Austin first got back from surgery, Jake wanted to hide from him. The next couple of days he wouldn't go near him. Finally, he started to become more comfortable with the situation. (This picture was also taken on the 6th).

Here is a close-up of his face (10-08-11). Such a cutie!


On Sunday (9th) I decided to see how Jake would react with Austin in the tub. Jake loved it! He kept laughing and playing with Austin. I finally had to take Austin out when Jake began dunking buckets of water on Austin and thinking it was funny. It was good while it lasted! In the picture Jake is singing in his "microphone" (really a tub toy). He's been doing this lately. It's pretty funny!


Here's another close-up picture of Austin's face. This was taken yesterday (11th) after a bath. His stitches are starting to come out. I'm sure they'll be gone within a few more days. (I think he looks a lot like Jake did at this age).

Finally, before bed last night we tried on some sunglasses. He looks like such a cool dude!