Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[Colson39]

Here are a few more pictures, I know I've been promising them!!

His proud cousin (my brothers kid, he's 3 1/2):

Proud Grampy and Grammy (that is the cradle that my dad built for him):

Grammy holding the little angel:

Josey loves her brother

His first trip to the doctor, and his first weigh in (not a happy camper):

And of course, he's already rooting for the Canes!!!!

 

[We4mickey]

Great pictures Chris! He looks like a keeper!

 

[AuburnJen92]

He is such a cutie pie! I just love the pictures!

 

[VACAMPER]

Looks like Josey & Reilly have bonded already.

 

[momoffive]

Great pictures!! He is a beautiful baby! Congratulations.
Loretta aka momoffive

 

[g8trmom1]

Met with the surgeon today as a 3 week follow-up to Justin's surgery; could hear some hootin' an hollerin' in a nearby room before the surgeon came in.

He told us that the pathology report had not been finalized, and that hollerin we heard was the surgeon getting the great news that all but two lymph nodes came back as negative for cancer, and the two that had the cancer were the ones we knew about back in December when the surgery was scheduled. This should be it, on to the routine monitoring stage and getting back to whatever "normal" is supposed to be!

The doctor was actually somewhat "verklempt" and probably just as excited to get the news as we were. Gotta love the guy, probably one of the most gifted guys with a knife, been cutting kids open since the 1970's and probably still likes to get a "win" in the record books. All the other doctors out there working their blackberries and PDA's, and this guy has a 40-cent spiral bound note pad in his shirt pocket with half a pencil and lots of post-it notes. Not knocking the doctor's with the blackberries (our endocrinologist has one and even kept in touch with us over the weekend of Justin's first surgery), but there is something down to earth about that mini-steno pad.

So, anyway, now on to PLANNING THAT TRIP TO THE FORT!!! Only 89 days!

What wonderful news!!!

 

[g8trmom1]

~Did 8 loads of laundry and have 4 more to do tomorrow. I guess when I told the kids to clean out their closets last weekend that meant throw EVERYTHING into the dirty clothes baskets. I was washing robes, bedding, and I think every towel that was in the kids bathroom !!

It's been a LONG day and I am looking forward to an evening of DISing

That's how my son puts his laundry away...he throws his clean clothes right back in his hamper...it took me a while to catch on that I was washing his already clean clothes....

 

[g8trmom1]

Great Pics of the baby Chris...he is beautiful!!! Love the pic with Josie!!

 

[lisa8200]

great pics Chris

 

[homebrew2]

(My turn)

"Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys."

"Don't let 'em play guitar and drive them ol' trucks"

 

[lisa8200]

I'm here, just lurking.

On top of everything, I really blew my back out yesterday. It hurts so bad that I can't move, it even hurts to breathe. So I have been chewing on vicodin like Dr. House. LOL

When it rains, it pours right? Thanks for thinking about me! You are so nice.

I feel your pain. I have fought with my back for years ( even spent almost a month that I couldn't leave the house ). Some of it I can handle, the nerve pain that feals like someone stabbing you in the back and it runs down you leg I can't. I had Xrays in the past but, I just recently got an MRI because I had to start going back to the doctor for it. Apparently I have the back of a 60+ yr old man with back problems. This is not something you want to hear at 38. Bulging disc, torn disc, and massive amounts of arthritis,,,hey , the Hat Trick ...Or is it that bad things come in three's .
Hope you start feeling better John.

Mike

 

[disney4dan]

Awesome pics of the baby Chris - takes lots of photos 'cuz the next few years will keep flying by! Glad to see such a supportive family (including the dog!).

 

[disney4dan]

That's how my son puts his laundry away...he throws his clean clothes right back in his hamper...it took me a while to catch on that I was washing his already clean clothes....

My wife finally caught on to this trick when she found a stack of folded clothes in the hamper! I think I heard Nancy muttering something about the kids inheriting their brains from my side of the family

 

[disney4dan]

I feel your pain. I have fought with my back for years ( even spent almost a month that I couldn't leave the house ). Some of it I can handle, the nerve pain that feals like someone stabbing you in the back and it runs down you leg I can't. I had Xrays in the past but, I just recently got an MRI because I had to start going back to the doctor for it. Apparently I have the back of a 60+ yr old man with back problems. This is not something you want to hear at 38. Bulging disc, torn disc, and massive amounts of arthritis,,,hey , the Hat Trick ...Or is it that bad things come in three's .
Hope you start feeling better John.

Mike

John and Mike - sorry to hear about the chronic back pain. I've seen it take years off my own father and would not wish that on anyone. Any alternative therapies out there? With all those hours in the hospital I got to read some articles on chronic pain management and wonder if you've had a chance to try any?

Nancy blew a disc out way back when doing post-op floor nursing before we had kids. It seemed to get a lot better after her pregnancies, but I wonder how the later years will be.

Good luck with it and I hope it's more manageable.

 

[des1954]

Bo looks like a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd these days!!! Groovy brotha

THANK YOU ROG!! I was wracking my brain trying to think of who Bo reminded me of!

 

[des1954]

Chris-

You have one beautiful son!! But I gotta ask.... how come your dad has more hair than you??

 

[homebrew2]

(My turn)

"Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys."

"Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks"

 

[djblu883]

That's how my son puts his laundry away...he throws his clean clothes right back in his hamper...it took me a while to catch on that I was washing his already clean clothes....

lol my son now 25 used to do that...at 10 he was fussing at me one day because he didn't have any clean clothes to wear....I said you know what...not one piece of your clothes have made it in the dirty clothes hamper...when they do I'll wash them....turns out he did have clean clothes...mixed in with his dirty one...he's been washing his clothes ever since...has even taught his new wife how to wash them too...Mommy washed hers til the day she married lol

 

[djblu883]

Chris-

You have one beautiful son!! But I gotta ask.... how come your dad has more hair than you??

Baldness comes from his Mothers side of the family not his Dad's...bet his Grandad on Mom's side is bald!

Great Pics of Reilly...love the one with your dog.....looks a bit jealous lol

 

[mrsgus06]

John and Mike - sorry to hear about the chronic back pain.
Nancy blew a disc out way back when doing post-op floor nursing before we had kids. It seemed to get a lot better after her pregnancies, but I wonder how the later years will be.

So, John and Mike just have to get pregnant and their backs will get a lot better! Jen can give them a beautiful blanket like Reilly's and we will have 3 official "disboard" babies and everybody wins! (except maybe John and Mike during delivery )

Sorry, I'm bored.