Happy Birthday Matt!

Matt - you are a person who loves, who cares, who sees a person’s need and fills it. You encourage and lift people up, you spend energy on others rather than yourself. You are someone who touches each life he enters and makes a difference in the world, because ripples of kindness flow outwards as each person you have touched, touches others. Jocelyn and I are so lucky to have you and appreciate all that you bring to our lives. We love you more than you will ever know. Happy Birthday!

Just a quick update on Matt...

We went back to the hip specialist today and he recommended that Matt see a back specialist. So... he is having an MRI on his back tomorrow and will see the back specialist on May 4. We are keeping our fingers crossed that this will yield some answers.

Busy day!

We started this morning with Jocelyn's first swimming lesson. She was excited to go play with the kids and thrilled to be wearing her Dora swimsuit (she has carried it around the house for weeks)! It was her first time in an actual pool so I was a little worried about what her reaction would be. As usual with things that concern her I worried for nothing! She loved it - she kicked, splashed, attempted to blow bubbles and by the end of class was jumping off the side to me.

After swimming we hurried home and rinsed off and were off to the first birthday party of the day. Our friend's Mindy and Matt's son Owen had his first birthday party today. He and Jocelyn are about the same size and were so cute together today. I can't wait to get them together to play.

Unfortunately we could only stay a little bit at Owen's party since we had to be at Myah's 3rd birthday party at Jungle Jim's.

Jocelyn had a blast at Jungle Jim's riding the rides and watching all the kids. She can't wait to be big enough to run after them.

There was a jeep ride there that had a weight limit that kept any adult that eats from riding with their children. Matt assumed the role of overprotective parent this time while I was the more casual one for once. He did not want her riding without an adult. Jocelyn on the other hand thought it was the coolest thing ever. She turned the steering wheel, and waved and laughed. At one point she stood up in the cart and I thought Matt was going to hop the fence and run grab her. Thankfully he kept his cool and she sat back down. She did not want to get off this ride!

We had a wonderful time and the day flew by. I guess this is a taste of what it will be like when she's older and we turn into chauffeurs instead of parents!

Matt's doctor visit

Matt and I went to see the specialist this morning about his hips. From the Xrays taken today we found out that he does in fact have a hip problem that a scope would help but the doctor is not sure that is where all the pain is stemming from. Since Matt has been having a lot of back pain in the last few weeks the doctor wants to make sure the main problem is actually in his hips before moving forward. Matt will be getting an injection of Cortisone and Lidocain in both hip joints tomorrow in order to numb them for a few weeks. If the pain goes away then we concentrate on the hips, if it doesn't then a back specialist is the next stop.

We will keep you posted!