Sailing

Daddy and I LOVE to go sailing!

What's not to love?  Wind, water, sails . . . 

As you see, I am still wearing these horrible no nos.  I am happy most of the time and able to roll with it all but sometimes a boy must express his disappointment.

And his JOY! On the boat!

Those pelicans cannot count - 57!  They only have 3.

Hello pelicans!

I am a great helmsman!

My brother loves the boat, too!  Look at Mimi - she loves sailing like the rest of us!

My brother is very thoughtful.

And funny!

Back to me: more time at the helm!

Ah the water!

Surgery and NoNos

Things have been moving along and we never did a post about my surgery.

I had cleft palate repair surgery on June 3.

Here I am with Daddy.  I am in my special Texas Children's PJs all ready to go back.

And now some time with Momma.

I rode back to surgery in a cozy car.  I was carrying a picture of a hotdog from a matching game.  What can I tell you, I was hungry.

Here I am post op.  Five hours of surgery went very quickly for me.  Not so much for my parents.  What do you think of this breathing treatment mask? Is it a rhino? A dinosaur? A fish?  We could not quite decide.

I got to go home the next day. In this picture, I am still wearing my Texas Children's PJs.  I have to wear these arm bands called NoNos for several weeks.  They keep me from putting things in my mouth (I can't bend my elbows with them on).  Or they are supposed to keep me from putting things in my mouth - I have found ways around them.

I am as happy as ever!

Granddaddy and Grammy sent me this balloon!  And an edible arrangement for everyone else.  

I am having to eat baby food again.  I don't like it.  I LOVED getting to feed myself!

But it is not so bad.  I am having fun and, as always, I am a very happy boy!