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Lately we have just been hanging out. Topher goes to school three days a week. We do dance on Tuesdays and the therapist usually comes once a week. Tyler works everyday and is constantly working on the VW Bus, which more often than not drives me crazy. I swear he is more attached to it than he is to his family, but I'm sure that will eventually wear off. It is nice to slow down, and read books for me. To play with the kids and not feel like so much is sitting on my shoulders. My next big project is to try to get t.j. off the bottle, not sure if or how that will happen without me losing all my hair!!! I'm not sure how hard i will try either, it is kind of nice to have some peace at our house.
We had a problem with t.j.'s prosthetic. Every time we put it on, he would scream(which actually I'm not sure is even abnormal), and it would turn a very dark purple color(which scared me pretty bad). So started the rounds of phone calls. In the end we didn't have to go back down to Shriner's. It was discovered that we were pulling to hard on the tether hooked to the sock he wears. It was making all the blood come to the bottom. Now we push on the prosthetic, and we aren't having any purple, and he only cries half as often.
The newest thing is for the kids to try to help him walk. Which the older two think is great but it usually just makes t.j. scream. Today though he let Creedance help him to the pantry door from the living room. It was so cute to watch. But then he proceeded to go down on his knees screaming and then to fall back and hit his head. Boys!!!!