Saturday, November 27, 2010

Roger is on day 4 of being home and each day he gets a little stronger and looking better and better. 

We had an amazing Thanksgiving with the kids and as you can see from the photos below, he enjoyed his Thanksgiving feast!! 

On Friday, we ventured out to purchase him some new jeans as the clothes he has hanging in his closet now he could fit into twice!! We hope he’s able to fit into them again someday but not totally.  He actually weighed in at around 195 at one time.  A far cry from 107 today.

We loaded up the wheel chair and walker and he took along his cane.  Our first stop was SAMs. He’s doing so well getting in and out of the car with hardly any assistance.  What an improvement!! Once in the wheelchair, we were off for a little shopping spree but mostly just looking.  Roger hasn’t been into any stores since before he had his transplant.  We had fun walking up and down all the aisles.  I called him my human cart and by the time we were done, he had his lap full of blue jeans, a couple of books, a tray of little tomatoes that sounded good to eat and a pasta dish for dinner.  We decided we had to quit because he couldn’t carry any more stuff…LOL.

Picking up some goodies!

Our next stop was the grocery store.  We were a little smarter this time and got a cart but as can see, Roger was sitting in his wheelchair and pushing the cart, I was pushing both and he was steering the cart.  Thank goodness it was the day after Thanksgiving and the aisles were quiet.  We had fun navigating the store and he had fun picking out items to eat.

Today will be another day of getting out and about.  The weather is beautiful here.  A little chilly for our taste, but very nice.  Roger also wants to do a little walking up and down the sidewalk just to the East of the house.  He is walking really good with a cane. Oh..the jeans we bought yesterday are 2 sizes too big at a 34 waist.  We’ll have to take them back and try a 30. We’ll see how that size works.

I thought I would share with you the contents of a “book” Madilyn wrote for Thanksgiving and all the things she’s thankful for.  It’s priceless and worthy of sharing.  Madilyn is in the 2nd grade and going to soon be 8 years old. 

I am thankful for my family. I am thankful; for my teacher, I am thankful for my friends, I am thankful for my parents. I am thankful for my life.

I am thankful for my friend because they play with me. With my friends I like to play, have sleep over’s, parties and color. I am thankful for my friends because they are nice to me. with my friends I like to go places like Costco, Wal-Mart, Ross pet smart, circus and toys r us. I am thankful for my friends because they participate in our birthday parties with my friends, I like to dance. I am thankful for my friends because the make faces with me I love my friends.

I am thankful for my family because they take me and my brother out to eat at McDonald I am thankful for my family because they take me and my brother to Baskin and Robins . I am thankful for my family because they take me and my brother to fun places.

I am thankful for my family because they feed me and my brother. They are helpful they are awesome.

I am thankful for food so I don’t starve. I am thankful for my shelter so my family will never live on the street. I am thankful for food so my family doesn’t die. I am thankful for my shelter because we don’t have to sleep on the nasty floor.

Looking So Good!!

Great Grandma and the Grandkids

What Great Smiles!

Here are a

Ready, Set...EAT!!

We are so Thankful!

Serious Talk with Grandpa

A Happy Derik with girlfriend Krystal!

He is everyday!

few photos from our Thanksgiving Day.

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