good to be home

Today I was off, President's Day, so work was closed. It was nice since we arrived home from Portland last night and I was able to sleep in & not wake up at 4:30 am! I think most of you already heard the Portland update so I will just share a mini version...... Jayton has a new plastic surgeon- who we really liked! His other plastic surgeon is now doing burn related surgeries. We are on the waiting list for surgery, the hospital is about 8 months out so it could be sooner or later than 8 months. We have to go in one day for an outpt. surgery where they will implant tissue expanders that Jayton will have for a week. After the week we go back and they will do another surgery where they will use the new tissue to repair his fistual to help prepare for his future bone graft and then also lengthen his soft palate (VPI) a bit to help his speech. He has air emission and this will help him from having to try so hard when he speaks. They were impressed with his articulation so the VPI will be beneficial. That is the mini version! We had fun in Portland though- Went to Chuck E Cheese on Friday so that was my birthday dinner LOL! and a perq for Jayton doing so GREAT at his appointment. They had all new games- it was a lot of fun. We also went shopping. Mainly bought things for Jayton since L-town has no decent clothing for boys so when in Portland we stock up! I also went to Craft Warehouse, but did not go overboard, just bought a few things that caught my eye.
Well today I helped the kids make picture frames since when I did craft night at their school I was not able to help them make frames so I promised I would today. Also today April & Jonny came over to visit. Ashlyn was so excited. He was so cute, smiling and gabbing away. It was nice having a baby around. I think that is that. I need to go work out and watch some tivo'd reality TV!