First Steps!!

Owen took his offical first steps during PT this morning. He has been working on in for the past weeks but his steps have been more like a falling lunge. This morning he took real steps from his therapist, Karen, to both Joe and I. So much excitement...didn't even think to grab the camera.

Joey's football season came to a close yesterday...he had a tough game...sometimes he gives up way to easily, but we're working on it. The football party was a lot of fun for the boys, one of the coaches even made a DVD of season highlights. The head coach shared some anecdotes about each player. Joey was beaming when coach handed him his trophy and told everyone how Joey had made him the most proud. The coach thought Joey was going to quit after the first few practices, but Joey had stuck it out and got better and better each week (let's just forget about Sunday's game.) It was a great moment for Joey.

Chemo was very very long today...everything seemed to be backed up from the get-go, but as usual Owen did very well. Another specialist got added to the must-see list, an ENT. Last week I video taped Owen while he was sleeping and shared the tape in which he was making this loud whistling snore, with Dr. Cole. After the MRI one of the nurses mentioned that she thought Owen might have something called "Strider" because of the loud noise he made while sedated. He can be the quietest sleeper but on the flip side he can probably be the noisiest. So we'll have him checked out, since it may have to do with why he is not swallowing very well. (Aim, he loved that "scrapbowl" cow today)

Looking forward to some quiet nights at home now that football is over...getting to the gym a few evenings and finishing Joey's Lego Batman costume...Gonna go snuggle with Joey and watch those Phils!!