Marley, Coco and us

We cruised out to see Marley and me this afternoon with the kids – a cute movie that had us all in tears as we left the theater. The book was better. I had read the book about two years ago after our first lab (his name was Marley) died at the age of 8 –...

The days of photo albums

After some celebratory tequila shots, we broke out the stacks of photo albums we’d collected before the days of iPhoto. We danced to the Rolling Stones  and reveled in the still new year. It was good to see my cousin Nicole for sure.

Day 71

Continued from a previous post. Holy smokes – it’s been a while since my last post on Max! Max is doing good! This past Monday we made a quick trip to Portland to see his doctor who was pleased with his progress. We actually spent way more time on the road than...

Day 46

Continued from a previous post. It’s been fifty days since Max was in the accident and he continues to improve for sure. As our doctor had predicted, the open wound has closed and scar tissue has formed as his second skin. In about a week or so the scar will no longer...

Day 37

Continued from a previous post. It’s been a little over 37 days now and Max’s improvements are significantly visible. The burn on his upper left arm, which was visibly open not long ago, has almost entirely closed up. That spot will for sure leave a scar but were...

Day 33

Continued from a previous post. Max is doing really well. For a while there I was getting a bit worried about his overall state of mind in regards to what had happened. There was an incident at school and a few here at home that raised some concerns over the last week...