The Start of Summer

I love the 4th of July! The fireworks, BBQ's, the increase in American flags flying, patriotic songs, the heat, the parades, and the official start to our summer this year. June whisked by as our family tried to make it through each day. I went back to working which meant on Monday's and Fridays the girls went to their babysitters and Nick got a ride to the U for lab work and then had someone come over to "tend" him. Tuesdays meant visits from the physical therapist and home health nurse. Wednesday's were filled with lab work at the U in the morning and clinical appointments in the afternoon. Mingled in there were birthdays, Primary meetings, Father's Day, and rain (which ruined any backyard plans I tried to plan for the girls). Besides a few minor tweeks with Nick's recovery (he needed two IV infusions of magnesium because it got too low), June was awesome for him! He has gained about 5 pounds a week and is just a couple pounds shy of his normal weight! He walks without aid, gets up on his own, and is able to walk quite far. At the end of June his doctors decided that he only needed labs drawn twice a week and that it could be done at McKay Dee! Yeah! They also dropped the every week visits and now see him every other week. Yeah! Yeah! The first week of July we didn't know what to do with all the extra time! (actually we celebrated with some family fun!)
We went to the Hooper parade on the morning of the 4th (Nick usually hates parades, but this one was perfect for him!) Then, for lunch Nick wanted to go to Chili's and use a gift card he got for Christmas (he actually enjoys food now!) That night we went to Nick's aunt's house for a BBQ and to watch the Riverdale fireworks (her house is so close we watched it from the front yard.) It was a really fun day and we felt almost normal again! Since then we have been playing as hard as we can--trying to make up for the month of summer we missed! And I have a few pictures to prove it!