Another one bites the dust

Drew lost his other front tooth on Tuesday evening! Now he looks even more ridiculously cute in his body cast and no front teef. :)

Jenna came to the house yesterday on her way to work (at New Beginnings Salon, 23 mile and Van Dyke--go see her! She does a great job!!) to cut Drew's hair. It was getting very long, and I was gonna let him have Skater hair, but changed my mind.

We have had lots of visitors to help us pass the time. Maddie and her family came over on Tuesday. Sara did too. They almost came to blows over their man! tee hee hee.

We got to hang out with Kathleen and Kayla yesterday too. She is too cute! I put Kathleen to work doing Cranio-Sacral Therapy on him--hopefully it made him more comfy in his cast.

2 more weeks from today we go to the doc to see if we can get the cast off. I am hoping that we can, and for an Indian summer so we can get to the beach a few times post-cast and finish our summer how we started it!!!

Finally!

Drew lost his first tooth today! The 2 front teeth have been loose for a long time. We were having lunch with Maggie, Taylor and Kylie at our house. Taylor and I had just given Drew the fauxhawk. Now, he looks like a scrapper--- punk hair, shirtless, and missing a front tooth.

The tooth fairy will be giving him a quarter. Yeah, I said it, a QUARTER. :) update: the tooth fairy has since reconsidered and given him a dollar. :)

K, we are getting bored.

We were very bored today. Drew was not in a mood to watch movies while I cleaned up the house, making sure I HEARD his protests. We went outside for a nice long walk in the morning, then read books outside till lunch. He is not interested in eating, which is freaking me out. The boy LOVES to eat. I am going to pretend that he isn't expending as much energy as before, that is why the 'I don't wanna eat' deal.
We had music appreciation outside in the afternoon, although I am not sure how much the neighbors appreciated it. I made him a 'mix tape' (CD) a long time ago--anyone under the age of 30 will have no idea what that is. But, we played Xylephone and Bongo drums along to the music. I sang a few songs off key as well.
Tomorrow, I am planning a karaoke party. Poor little guy, can't run away even if he wants to! Although, I think he THINKS that everyone sings off key and out of time, making up words as they go--and he really has nothing to compare it to, so he thinks I ROCK. At least that what I pretend his smiles mean!!!!!
We are expecting a call from the doc tomorrow to set a day for his post op appt., which should be next week. We go to the neuro on Sept. 4th for a check up too. I can't believe I am looking forward to Dr appointments! tee heeee heheee

1 down, 3 to go!

Aunt Lorraine and Uncle Bud brought Will (Drew's cousin) over today and he put a puppet show on for him, which he really liked.
It was a nice visit. Made even more exciting by Ruger peeing alllllll ovvvvveerrrrrr the floor, in between Aunt Lorraine and I! Then all the way out the door, as she was ushering him outside. UGH. He is 14, and a good dog, but has that gotta-go-can't-hold-it bladder now that he is in the twilight of his life.
At least it is cooler today. We didn't go outside yesterday till our walk before bedtime! Drew seems to have little or no pain--during the day he is fine, but at night he is either in pain, uncomfortable, or both. Oh, or if he is watching movies and movie time is over...then he seems to be in excruciating pain! :-)

So far so good!

Drew had his surgery this past Tuesday and came thru like a champ. We stayed a couple days in the hospital, and got home Thursday night. The first night was okay...he was up a lot, but that is to be expected. We lost power on Friday am, finally coming on at 11:30pm. Thank God we have a generator!!!!

Drew is really tired still---he perked up a bit yesterday, but just looks like he feels like crap. We have been outside a lot with the cool reclining wheelchair and have gone on a few walks. He got to watch his cousins play soccer in the field next to our house for a while yesterday. Last night we grilled out and had a fire in our fire pit, with some friends and the Madigan kids.

He is a trooper, and we are very proud of him. I cut some of his tee shirts so he isn't sporting the belly shirt look. That is not a good look on anyone. Grandma is coming over this week and I am going to have her sew velcro on some boxers so he can be dressed but we can still change him.

The kids (and several adults) have started signing his cast...I am still waiting for the creative person to draw legs on the front of his cast, like xray vision!!! Tee heee hee.

Roll on, Roll on Roller Coaster...

Song Lyric I can't get out of my head today:

Roll on Roll on Roller Coaster We're one day older and one step closer
Roll on there's mountains to climb Roll on we're on borrowed time
Roll on Roller coaster Roll on tonight

If you don't have Kid Rock's new album, Rock n Roll Jesus, get it!

Drew's surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at 8:30am. It should only be a couple hours, then we will be in the hospital for a day or two. Check back in a few days for pics and updates.

Kwame rules. Who else is as arrogant as he is? He thinks the rules don't apply to him. We make the National news again! AH, Remember the THUG life, the party at the manoogian mansion, the cadillac, the deceased stripper, the spending taxpayer money on personal trips, the text messages, the other scandals, the felonious assault, the leaving the country while on bond? good times, good times. Detroit...even our MAYOR is a criminal!

The Highland Games

Nessie lives! I can't figure out why so many people are afraid of the Loch Ness monster. Mean people don't wear shirts with their name on it. OH, and he was in a skirt, (matching hat too)so how scary can he be??? We went with Aunt Joanie and Uncle Dave. I had a lot of fun.

There were a lot of bands playing all around there. I like the music. The kids following the band were supposed to be the army I think, cuz they all had wooden rifles and stuff.

The Border Collies would have to weave in and out of the posts, and run thru tunnels then clear the jumps. It was fun to watch!

These logs (cabers) weigh about a hundred lbs each. they had to throw it end over end and have it land straight for a perfect score. the Scottish used to have to do this to dam up rivers (throw it just so) and be able to use the logs as a bridge to cross the flowing river.

the Highland Games

they had to throw a 58lb. weight over the log at the top of the lift. I liked this and the Caber toss the best.