Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro?

Well, Cole's stick out. Really out. They are twenty-five millimeters from his scalp. Normal is 15-18. They were corrected to 10! Don't worry they will relax...I hope. Now they are non-existant. The surgery center was great. The nurse came out and introduced herself and got a giant post it note for Cole to draw a picture on. GIANT. About 3 feet by 2 feet. He drew a dog head, then needed to follow it up with the body on a second post it. They posted these on a door and still had them up days later. \

Cole was pretty scared when he realized they would knock him out. We got the drugs in really quick though and then he got really loopy! They started calling him Dr. Cole and dressed him in some scrubs and gave him his own blood-pressure cuff and gas mask. By the time they took him back for surgery he was just grinning and giggling.

He recovered very well that afternoon at home. The hardest part was that he kept throwing up, but he was a champ about it.

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He looks pretty sharp now, although it took a little bit to get use to his ears being less obvious, okay so now you have to search for them, but he is so proud of his big boy ears. I had a hard couple of days because his ears seemed to be part of his personality, but I'm glad we did it before he started at his new school. Now that another of Trent's traits is removed, it's also one more point for me in the who does he look like most contest!

I know

I'm ashamed. Over a month without a post. But where to start, what a month. We've been camping a bunch, boating a bunch and had one very eventful day at Lagoon with Cole.

We first had our trip to Browne Lake (which my husband has never looked forward to the way I do-I just don't understand him...) We had our new four-wheeler to take though, along with a raft that is large, comfortable and capable of floating the Green River. We were so loaded down, traveling over Parley's Summit was a joy!?!?! We all had a great time (even Trent!) He really enjoyed taking off with the guys for a day of hard-core wheeling (toughest trail any of them had been on) and learning that our wheeler takes the cake-best ground clearance by far! We rafted down the Green River, we fished and played games with the kids. Cole's uncle Robert made a pirate map and took Cole on a treasure hunt-it really was cooler than words can describe; I can't explain how awesome that was. Cole loved it. Our last day there, Trent said he and Cole wanted to stay longer! Oh, happy day, maybe we can go every year now instead of every other?!?!?

I'll update more later, but I wanted you all to know I've not forgotten you, just Super Summer busy!