Bye Bye Daddy

Dallas was able to come home for the weekend but had to leave again this morning. Please keep him in your prayers as he travels to Kuwait/Iraq. He is not scheduled to be home for good until Nov, 2008. Thanks to technology we expect to stay in contact via web phones. That way the kids will be able to see and speak with him several times a week via computer.

Before taking Dallas to the airport he helped take both kids to school. First stop was Tru's school. He had a special treat in store for Daddy.

Although Tru's right leg poses a challenge in most everything he does he does not give up. He is very determined! His teachers had been telling me that he loves the slide in his classroom and that he scared them to death the first time he started going up the steps. They just knew he was going to fall and seriously hurt himself. Well... take a look for yourself. Click on this link to see a short video of Tru:

Go Tru - Go Tru!!

Personally, my favorite part of the video (other than the very satisfied look on Tru's face) is the very beginning when he is hiking his behind into the air to get up on the first step. He makes me smile!

Next stop, waiting for the school bus with Lin-Ley. The camera is always ready and Dallas and Lin-Ley are always ready to pose.

She loves her Moddy!

(Lin-Ley calls Dallas "Moddy" most of the time. When she was first learning to say mommy and daddy she seemed to combine the two words when speaking to Dallas. She thought that was correct, he thought it was cute, so it stuck!)

Back to the weekend for a minute... To prepare Dallas for his journey we needed to load his ipod so we stopped at the library to check out some tunes. While Dallas browsed the music section the rest of us hit the children's section. Now you would think that Tru would play with the toys and Lin-Ley would look at the books right?? Wrong!

Yes, he was considering pulling every one of those books off of the shelf! He pulled one book out, looked over his shoulder at me, and then decided he had better move on.

Look at me!

Progress Report:

Tru has been home for two months. He is doing great! He is happy, a good sleeper (which make us all happy!), a good eater and as I mentioned earlier, one very determined little boy. So far he has seen six doctors, has one surgery scheduled for November and will finally see the ortho doctor on Oct 25th for the first time.

And speaking of progress... Today when I picked Tru up from school he was drinking from a.... SIPPY CUP! I washed his last bottle tonight. Again, Go Tru - Go Tru!!