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Cooper turns 2!

05 Jun

Today we celebrated Cooper’s 2nd birthday. We decided to make it easy on mommy and daddy and had the celebration at a ‘bounce house’.

Cooper was on cloud 9, he ran and ran and ran. We had friends and some family come help up celebrate. They brought their kids and most of them played just as hard as Cooper. Of course Cooper loved getting so much attention from all the girls. What a cutie! Even Jeanette showed up and made his day!

After about an hour of playing we went to the birthday room and ate pizza, cake and ice cream. Cooper actually ate a bunch of his cheese pizza.

After eating Cooper got to open all his presents. We got them all open just in time for us to get kicked out. The staff there was very nice, they even recorded the gifts and who they came from for us. Cooper of course was ready to play with the toys and we were ready to load the truck. He kept saying “wease, wease” when he saw the train stuff. Trudy opened one of his packages while mom and dad when about cleaning up.

After that we got to ride the slides for about another 20 minutes. Finally Teresa, Trudy and even Timmy went down the slides.

In the end, it was an awesome day. Cooper had an absolute blast and mom and dad were actually allowed to have some fun since most detail were handled by BounceTown.

– Pictures will follow –

 

41st Birthday

15 Jun

Happy birthday to me. I’m spending my birthday mostly in bed … and not in a good way. Still recovering from foot surgery. I’m going stir crazy!

 
 

Foot Surgery

12 Jun

Feet

Today’s the big foot surgery day. Dr. Schumaker performed a neurolysis procedure on my left foot. He cut the tendon between the second inter-space to relieve pressure on the nerve. Amey and I arrived at 6:20am to the Roseville Surgery Center. They prepped me and about 7:15am they walked me into the surgery room. Kinda bizarre walking in and putting myself on the table.

I received a MAC anesthetic; they hooked it into my i/v and the anesthesiologist said I should feel drunk and I did. Like a nice cocktail, I could almost see the beach … 5 seconds later I was out.

I woke up later in recover. I only remember bits and pieces until about 2 hours after we got home. The surgery went well and I have a bandage wrap around my foot now. I’ll have to wear it for just over a week until I meet with the Dr. again on Monday 6/22.

I tried taking the Norco pain med, but it made me nauseus. So I’m now just hanging out in bed with my foot elevated and iced. This will get old quick.

 
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Happy 1st Birthday Cooper

01 Jun

We celebrated Cooper’s first birthday. Started Saturday 5/30 with family and friends. He got to dig into his cake, but he was conservative with it. He was more interested in the Spongebob toys on the cake than the cake itself. Happy Birthday Cooper!!!!

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Dad, Mom and Daniel head home

27 May

Took the family back to the airport for a 6:15 am flight. We have a great visit.

We started out with a trip to South Lake Tahoe. We stayed 3 days and 2 nights at our wonder-family-helper’s condo near the lake. We hit the casinos and relaxed. On Friday before heading back we took the Gondola to the top of the mountain at Heavenly. At the top we have some lunch then me, Amey and Daniel rode the zip-line at the top. Very fun but short ride.

The next day we had dinner at Teresa’s and had a great time.

We took a day off then Dad and I started working on the stairs. Mom made sure everything was OK around the pool. Daniel helped some and kept our Neighbor Henrick company. We didn’t finish the stairs until about 5pm on the day before they had to leave. Dad was a real trooper and busted his butt! I worked on sanding and finishing the treads and he rebuilt the stairs.

Photos and video are now posted at the gallery in Cooper’s first year in month 12.

 
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Dad, Mom and Daniel Visit

19 May

Picking up the family at the airport this afternoon.

 
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2009 Big Sur Camping Trip

13 Apr

Added our first gallery. Big Sur 2009 pictures are now online!

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