Donovan Letter #6 - "2"

The significance is mild.....  Two kids I'm trying to get up (Bridget is at the Farmers Market), 2 dogs running around my feet (we are taking care of Victor, our neighbors dog), Dos rounds of The Open are left to enjoy with my coffee this weekend (love getting up and having golf with my coffee), and

TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE PICK UP DONOVAN!!!

What do you suppose he is saying?

Oh and two weeks to figure out our schedule to get up there, get back and determine how we celebrate his home coming!  We still have the yellow smiley face balloons floating around our house from when he came home from MaryFreeBed (MFB), as is the big poster of him we used for a fund raiser for The Equest Center.  Can you believe he started riding horses at 18 months old and now he is 9 years old....

Lots to do.......... Emma is going to a camp in the UP for a week so the last week of July we will be down to Carl in the house, and he has football camp that week so he'll be gone half the days that week.  House to get in order, gardens going crazy, a another trip to the farm next week, start planning on stuff for the fall, soccer practices for Carl, Emma is joining her middle school "Crew" team (rowing)..... Getting Donovan ready to go back to school and catch up on reading, writing, math, etc....

We got a post card from Donovan last week telling us he is having fun and making progress.  His counselor wrote that they went fishing, frog hunting, and biking.... The picture above is from the Bay Cliff Facebook page.  When they raise their hands everyone is suppose to settle down.  Bridget figures D is scolding someone to be quiet... I concur based on his facial expression! 

Donovan is changing so much at this age.  I was showing my dad pictures of Donovan from when we visited them in December and when he came home from MFB.  The change is significant.  Most of it is due to his braces and the impact it had on his face, but he is also growing up, both physically and emotionally.  Guess you notice it more with your last born.

With Carl and Emma, you noticed but we also had Donovan to fall back on having a little guy, so the impact wasn't as great.  I'm curious, excited and a little nervous to see the 7 week change.  Not only the growing up part, but mainly the progress in his therapy.  This was a lot to put him and our family through (although you'd never know it by talking to Carl and Emma), and we have to manage our expectations......

D's doctor, Dr. Forness (wonderful doc and person), said it will take a full year to recover, so even though we say great progress, much improvement in his walk and gait before he left, we want to be sure we don't expect too much from camp.

That's the final "Too"......... Maybe more significant than I thought...