Cooper Did His Part

but couldn't quite will out a win for the Pokes this weekend. He sported his sweet Dez Bryant jersey and looked awfully cute, but the Pokes came up a bit short.

From Cooper in OState jersey

From Cooper in OState jersey

From Cooper in OState jersey

Thankful

Thankful for lots of things, but a great family is definitely at the top of the list.

Pics from the day...

Ty pulls in a lunker with some help from Grandpa Bob

From Thanksgiving 2008

From Thanksgiving 2008

Cooper got passed around the entire family, then promptly passed out.

From Thanksgiving 2008

Bo gets caught with a smile, he's not a big fan of the flash

From Thanksgiving 2008

Cooper is happy as can be with all the action

From Thanksgiving 2008

From Thanksgiving 2008

No DNA test necessary

From Thanksgiving 2008

The two babies hanging out

From Thanksgiving 2008

More pics and stories as the internet connections become available.

Immobile objects

From Crutched Up Joel and Cooper

It would be a close race between Cooper and I as to who is less mobile. While I can still technically get around via crutches, he is cute enough that someone is always willing to pick him up and carry him. Evidently, I am not that cute, but I have learned to accept that.

From Crutched Up Joel and Cooper

The leg feels fine, no real pain except the pain in the butt of crutching myself around. The weather has been gorgeous, which has also been painful since I'm pretty much confined to the couch. I get the cast of on Wednesday, which will be the first huge step towards regaining some semblance of the life I used to have.

The bright side of all of this is I've gotten to spend a ton of time at home with Jill, Cooper and the pooches and my family that dropped everything to come out and help us out (A huge thank you). There is something completely indescribably wonderful about lying in bed and having Jill bring a rested and smiling Cooper in to say good morning.

Who would have thought being put INTO a walking boot would be something to look forward to....

From Crutched Up Joel and Cooper

From Crutched Up Joel and Cooper

From Crutched Up Joel and Cooper

I will survive

Well I went under the knife for the ruptured achilles, my first surgery, and it wasn't too bad. Arrived at 7:30, and was back at our house by around noon. I remember being wheeled into the surgery room, then waking up in the recovery room feeling strangely fine.

All is going well thus far, except stumbling last night and putting some weight on to the bum leg and suffering through an hour of pretty intense pain till the pain killers started working. All things considered, its been good so far.

In a cast and on crutches for the next week, but then I at least get the freedom of the walking boot. Not sure how long I'll have to sport the boot, but its so much easier than crutches.

Go back to the doc in a week, and at that point should find out the essentials like "How long before I can ride the stationary bike?"

Let the rehab commence.

Cooper's Jumper Chair

Little did we know when we had dinner with Alanna & Curtis the other night, that they were giving us one of the coolest things ever. Its a little jumper chair that is spring loaded that hooks up to the door frame and lets the kid jump and stand, while freeing up the parents to do other things.

When we first put Cooper in it a week or two ago, he didn't really understand it and just sat in it looking quite forlorn. He's gotten a bit bigger, and although he is still pretty small for it, he seems to have really taken to it.