August

At the beginning of August, KP decided it was time to run away from home. :)





He didn't get very far.





We spent most of the summer trying to avoid the mosquitos and the heat at the spraygrounds in Richardson.





KP always has a great time.





We also went back to G-daddy's to play on the tractor some more.





G-daddy was nice enough to share his tractor, too. :)





KP is learning the difference between left and right. :)





Cruising





Whew





So, one day, we went to Central Market to play on the playground. While we were there, KP wanted to go up into the fort and down the slides. I found this little lilly pad type setup, and took a minute to show him how to go up them. Within about 5 minutes, he was scaling the lilly pads in less than 10 seconds, running over to the slide, going down the slide, and then running back to do it all over again.





Under the fort





Back to G-Daddy's. KP has now gotten very good at driving his tractor, and very bossy, too. :)





Pit stop.





KP conned Uncle Wowie into giving him a ride on the big tractor





Whew. This is hard work!





KP and G-ma. :)





Daddy and KP





KP and Mimi





Kisses!!





Meemaw!!!





Meemaw and KP





Dylan and Meemaw





KP woke up and decided that he wanted chips and salsa for breakfast. No joke. He had me open the refrigerator, pointed at the salsa, and said "chips please".





Toward the end of the month, KP and Daddy went to the zoo. Our zoo membership is another thing that has saved us this summer with keeping KP occupied.





Sliding. :)





KP has also been working on his gymnastics. It's funny to think that he was a bit unsure on his feet at this time last year.

July - In review

On July 17, KP decided to gather multiple treasures from around the house to share with Goose. I see it more as evidence of all the different rooms that he has raided.





At the end of July, Dylan was recognized by our corporate office as a finalist for the Chairman's Photographic Award in Minneapolis.





While Dylan was gone, Bachan came down to help with KP, and to watch him when I went up to Minneapolis to meet Dylan. While I was still in town we went to the zoo, and KP discovered the joy of puddles.





On Saturday, KP got to visit G-Daddy Lynn and G-ma Sheri, and had quite a surprise waiting for him.





KP also discovered the joy of Chuck E. Cheese after he and Bachan picked us up from the airport





The next morning we discovered a visitor by our backdoor and thought it would be fun to bring him in for KP to examine. KP thought it was kind of neat, and got really interested around the time that it decided to jump out of the tupperware and hop under the stove.





KP decided to ham it up for us after breakfast





Fish face! :)





All of that fun just wore KP out.





At the end of the month, KP had a run in with a few mosquitos. This pretty much sums up our summer -- the battle between KP and the mosquitos. I'm pretty sure KP lost.

Scottish Rite, Bachan, etc.

On Tuesday, we went to Scottish Rite for our yearly evaluation.  Here is an excerpt from our post about our visit last year, and what our diagnosis was when we left:

"He has Thumb Hypoplasia. On the Blauth Classification, his right thumb is a 3A, and his left thumb is a 2. They are also concerned about the length of his radius and some possible missing cartilage under his thumb area." 

Things have not changed much.  At this point, the doctor believes that we may only need to operate on the right thumb, and the left thumb may work just fine as-is.  And again, they want to wait until next year when he is a little older.

At this point, since it does not seem to be a question of if we are doing the surgery, but only of when, we are seeking out a second opinion.  I think it will be much easier to do this surgery to a 2 year old than a 4 year old.

We did find out some more information on what the surgery entails.  They will lengthen the space between his thumb and forefinger, as well as stretch some of the tendons to give him more control.  They will also split the short muscle from his ring finger, and bring it over to his thumb to give him a stronger pincer grip.  He will wear a cast for about 6 weeks after the procedure, and there will be some pins involved to strengthen the thumb.

The good news is that his forearms have grown perfectly, and there will be no need to lengthen them. Whew.

Daddy is flying to Minneapolis on Sunday morning early to accept at least 2 awards -- we're hoping it will be three, but we won't find that out until Friday.

Bachan is flying in on Sunday midmorning.  So, we will be doing lots of to and from the airport on Sunday...maybe we'll hit a splashpark in between. :)

Bachan is going to hang out with KP and me until Wednesday, when I fly up to Minneapolis to **hopefully** watch Dylan receive his third award. :)

We will both come back on Saturday afternoon, so Bachan, KP and Goose will be hanging out Wednesday-Saturday.  I hope the house is still standing when we get back. :)

Needless to say, we are all running around like crazy people trying to get ready for the busy week ahead.

Cross your fingers for Dylan and we'll see you next week. :)  Hopefully Bachan will update the blog while she's here.  That's why I did crazy updates tonight - just so things would stay in chronological order. :)

xoxo
Margot

Pool time!!

Last weekend we got to go play with Mimi and Grandpa Mike at the pool.  We remembered the sunscreen and earplugs for KP, but forgot it for us (or maybe were hoping for a tan) -- notice the progression of red. :) KP even went underwater a few times and seemed to love every minute of it.
















































It's hard to tell who had the best time.  I think we all did. :)