I'm not exactly sure why, but my husband decided to shave his two weeks of hair growth while on leave from his surgery into a mow hawk this weekend! I guess he's re-living his youth as he approaches his mid-30's. I keep reminding him that he's really not that old, but I guess this past year has aged us both quite a bit. Anyway, enjoy the pictures, laugh amongst yourselves, have a great time. He loved having it, but thankfully, it's gone now!!

It's tapered 'cause I cut it crooked when I helped him trim it down. I was at a bad angle with kids underneath and slipped. I promise it wasn't that I was trying to mess it up on purpose so he wouldn't do it....that would be so mean for a wife to do.....

He did have the sides shaved down to the skin, but that was really hard to do and would have been nearly impossible to keep up, so therefore the stubble on top.

Hey Mom, notice your favorite ghost flashlight in the background? He finally ran out of juice and can't scare anyone at 3 in the morning anymore!!!!

Shelby's Glasses and Ankle brace

Isn't she just too cute? Our little baby girl got her new glasses today.....we'll see how long they last before they're thrown across the room!! It is very difficult to find frames small enough for her, so our selection was pretty limited. Our insurance doesn't cover glasses, but because Shelby was approved for Medicade, we got one pair for free with the wrap around ear pieces and plastic lenses and then we were able to purchase this pair for her without the wrap around ear piece and the polycarbonate (shatterproof) lenses for only $57, instead of over $200. It's going to take a month or more to get the medicade glasses because they have to be shipped out to be made, but these were ready in an hour. She's down for her nap right now, so we'll get a better test of how long they'll stay on when she gets up. In a couple shots they really look crooked, but I think most of that is just the muscle weakness on her right side, the whole eye and eyebrow droop so it makes the left eye look much higher. We have also started weaning her down from her decadron (steroids), and were able to go down another 2 ML's today, so she's now down to 6 ML's a day instead of 10!!! So far, so good, she's been tolerating it well. We go to the hem/onc clinic on Thursday and they'll check her out on their own there, but so far, so good!
How smart does she look? -- we're working on telling her over and over how pretty they are so that she, hopefully, WANTS to wear them. They really look crooked here because she's cocking her eyebrow.
Sitting pretty in her St. Pats day outfit, made by Mommy of course! Those are her cute little green high top boots to help support her ankle when she's not in the brace (which we think she's doing better without anyway, but that's down further in the page!).
Now, anyone who knows Shelby personally will immediately recognize this pose.... it's a Shelby fit, we just ignore them and walk around her!
This is Shelby's new ankle brace. It is articulated at the ankle so that she can still bend it, but right now, Tim and I both think that she's actually walking better WITHOUT the brace than with it, so we're letting her go on her own for now. As soon as we can get the insurance to figure out what they are doing, she'll be back in PT (she's been out for a week now because of them!), and we'll get a second opinion from her therapist, but she's going like gang busters and not swinging her leg out much at all any more. It is a cute little brace though with the little butterflies on it!

You can certainly tell that she crawls quite a bit. Her poor knees are so red and raw from it, even with me putting lotion on them 3 times a day.

She had gotten her jeans really messy earlier, that's why her outfit is not quite matching!