The Norman Nest

For the third time in four and a half months we are back in Dallas for Nathan to have surgery.  This time however, the doctors cleared Nathan to fly and let me tell you - it was AMAZING.  Flying for three hours with two kids is a breeze compared to two days of driving!   All of Nathan's pre-op appointments were Wednesday and we enjoyed Thanksgiving with my dad and youngest brother yesterday.   Surgery starts at 7:45am CT on Monday morning.   As we've said before, this surgery is super intense.  Simply stated, they will make an incision across Nathan's head from ear to ear.  From there, they will remove his skin, take off his skull, reshape it, put it back on, sew his skin up and give him back to us (via the ICU, of course ;) ) Seeing as how that's the simple version, it probably won't surprise anyone reading this to hear that I cried my eyes out last night as we were going to bed. How thankful we are that surgery is here in Dal...

"Well, we aren't bored." Lately this has become the little catch phrase Jonny and I throw back and forth to each other in moments where... .... we are at a lakehouse with both kids and 25 college students for the weekend Madison decides that is the perfect time to start potty trianing. .... we play doctor and take off the second round of (horrifyingly stinky) casts to reveal all 20 digits!! ... I'm juggling two little kids in and out of the car for doctor and therapy appointments with "friendly" strangers telling me to put shoes on my son's feet.  (right.  ok.  'cause it's just that easy...  Just so you know, I can't wait to have that experience.  For now, socks-will-do-just-fine-thank-you-very-much.) ... we get a phone call and all the sudden we have a December 1st surgery scheduled for Nathan back in Dallas. ... we spend hours on the phone trying to line up a round of shots to increase Nathan's blood volume before December 1...