Passing the Time

Clayton was discharged from Packard on Thursday afternoon.  Since then, we've just been relaxing and taking it easy.  We have a few appointments on Monday, but those are our only real commitments.

On Friday, after sleeping in, we decided to grab some lunch and head over to the theater to see The Lorax. We had a great time and enjoyed the movie.  It was so nice for us to both take Clayton to a movie.  The little boys haven't been to a movie yet, so if there's something we want Clayton to see, one of us takes him, and one of us stays home with the little ones.

A couple weeks ago, when the little boys were visiting, one of the fire departments came to the McDonald House to make dinner for the families and show their trucks and equipment to the kids.  Ryan took the little boys and mentioned to a couple of the firemen that Clayton was in the hospital.  They told Ryan to bring him by the station when he was discharged, so we gave them a call this morning and headed over to the station. 

Quite a few firemen came out to meet Clayton, and a few of them showed us around.  They were so friendly and seemed to enjoy our visit.  Clayton was in awe and was thrilled to see all their trucks and equipment.  They even had a new recruit demonstrate how quickly he could get suited up.  The visit ended with a real call to the department, so we stood outside the garage and watched them all drive away.  I hope the call wasn't too serious because watching them get in the trucks and drive away was definitely the highlight of the visit for Clayton.

We don't have any real plans for tomorrow.  We'll just see what we feel like doing in the morning.  So far Clayton seems to be feeling well, and he has a lot of energy, so we're really hopeful the fluid is not returning.  I am missing my little boys so much.  I can't wait to get back to them.