Outings

A couple of outings I haven't yet recorded:

Liam's first (hopefully of many) Aggie Basketball game.  Go Aggies!

My cousin Jake's band concert.  We went with my grandparents and he very attentively sat on my grandpa's lap and listened and watched the whole time.  He even got into the applause.

He is such a good boy to take with me.  This week, I had a dermatologist appointment and took him along.  He played fabulously in the waiting area with another little boy (for about an hour - frustrating) and again in the room while we were waiting for the doctor (whom my mom calls Doogie Howser based on his very young looks) for about 30 minutes (more frustrating).  By the time the doctor came in, he was getting a little restless and missing his nap but he was still really good.  My main purpose in visiting the dermatologist was to have him look at my scar on my finger to see if I can do something to get it looking a little less ugly and like I nearly chopped the side of my finger off.  The first step he recommended was injecting the scar full of cortisone to relax the scar tissue and hopefully smooth out the scar.  Cortisone is thick and scar tissue is very dense so the injection was rough and slightly painful (my scar is bruised a little now).  He was going at it, using both hands to push the syringe, and I began to feel like I was passing out.  They quickly laid me back and I only blacked out for a few seconds.  But, then I had to recover.  Liam wasn't very happy that he couldn't see me (he was playing on the floor) and fussed a little.  The nurse picked him up and he only would come to me, he wasn't going to let her hold him.  So, we laid there for a while.  He was an angel.  

Not so much an angel when we went on a bike ride last night.  He was dying to get on the bike but did not want to wear his helmet.  Eventually he gave in and kept it on but I heard about it!