8 Months Old

Henry and Mitch hang out in the office. Henry loves to show Mitch how to play with toys, but he gets peeved if Mitch gets into something he shouldn't. I am starting the referee phase!

Next you'll see a couple of shots of Mitch standing in his crib. I went to get him after his nap last week, and this is what I found. I love how proud of himself he is!!

Finally, here is a cute one taken on 1/19/09, when Mitch turned 8-months-old! Hard to believe!!

He still is doing the "wounded soldier" army crawl, and he loves to make his way over to Henry's stuff. This does not go over well with Henry, as you can imagine.

Random Fun Shots

Henry at the Children's Museum in Houston

Mitch and mommy at the Children's Museum

Mitch and Daddy hanging out. I love this striped shirt. It totally reminds me of something my Mother-in-law would've dressed Andy in!

Mitch in his tub-in-a-tub!

Christmas Morning

Daddy and Henry set up the new GeoTrax train.

Mitch loves his new spinning top toy.

Brothers!

Can this baby be any cuter?!

The Stockings Were Hung By the Chimney with Care...

We had a great time decorating our house this year. We spent Christmas in Texas, away from Pennsylvania, for the first time.

Road to Recovery

It is truly amazing how quickly babies/kids heal and bounce back to normal. Mitch is doing so well. You would never know he had an organ removed less than a week ago! He is no longer on pain meds, and he is back to his normal, happy, smiley self (save the two incisions that are still healing). He is still not able to take a full-on soak in the tub, but he'll be able to do that in a couple of days.

We go for our post-op follow-up on 12/22. He'll have labs drawn that day, so we're hoping everything checks out as normal. Then, in a couple of months he'll have his first of many renal ultrasounds. The hope is that the left kidney remains normal looking and does not develop any issues.

Henry is over his bout with Pneumonia. What a week we had last week! He is gearing up for Christmas, and has asked Santa for a new train. He is busy with his Advent calendar and is really getting into the season. It's a lot of fun to have a 3 year old at Christmas!

In other news, I have been offered a full-time faculty position with Argosy University. I began teaching for them as an adjunct last term, and the Dean contacted me about going full-time after the first of the year. I interviewed and was offered the position. I am really excited about the opportunity. I'll still be teaching online, but I will also be doing some curriculum work and mentoring of other staff. It is a perfect fit for me!

Some Hospital Pictures

Here is Mitch one day post surgery at TCH. He is still in a Morphine coma here. Here we are in the holding area before Mitch's surgery. He was happy even though he was starving and tired!

Monday morning Update

Mitch had a much better night last night. He began nursing well (YAY!), and he slept in longer chunks. He is totally off the Morphine and is on oral pain meds. We saw some urology folks this morning, and Mitch will go home today. He still needs to have labs done before we go, so we know it'll be another day of being at TCH because it'll take awhile to get out of here. At least we'll be home tonight!