Jude said grace tonight.  His prayers are usually my favorite.  He thanks God for the simple things, like my smile, and I can feel him pausing to peek over at me to see if I’m smiling in response.  He’s just the sweetest.  For awhile, he was even throwing in requests for a snow day real quick right before his Amen.  Without guidance, one day a few weeks ago, my children started holding hands during grace at dinner.  Talk about making my heart swoon.

Duder reading before bed tonight.  The constant fort building in the middle of the living room was fun, but after day 5, it was driving me crazy because we had nowhere to sit.  Jase is awesome and built Taryn and Jude forts over their beds.  They were thrilled and I have my living room furniture back.  Win, win.

Look mom two hands!  This guy will be 6 weeks post-op tomorrow and that means no more sling!  I think he’d burn it if I’d let him, he is so tired of it!  He’s lost a lot of muscle on that side and PT is going well.  Slow progress but steady.  We hope he will be driving again within the next couple of weeks.  He’s my go’er and my do’er…it’s been hard for him to be homebound more and limited in his activity.  His surgeon and physical therapist swear with lots of therapy and hard work he will be able to do unlimited pull-ups with his new shiny shoulder by spring.