Levi's Great Adventure: Hospital Holidays...and fake turkey...

As is his customary practice, Levi decided to go on a hunger strike for Thanksgiving. (As he seems to do for every holiday...that or find a way to injure himself.) Not much was lost for him in the way of a turkey dinner, however. The...ehem..."turkey" was a little disconcerting. I prefer to call it as I see it. In this case, "spam turkey" seems appropriate. But I digress.

All in all, Thanksgiving passed in a mild way. We were very thankful indeed to have Daddy, and both Papas join us at The Shrine. The day moved in and out of football, naps...snacking, and a very appropriate Christmas movie. (Shout-out to How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) We definitely missed homemade gravy and the company of family at home, but no one was overtaken by severe depression, and so we sailed through...

Black Friday descended upon us with a looming trip to Ikea... for my mom and me. The men stayed behind to partake in more football therapy, and some tether ball, where Levi could fit it in. We exhausted ourselves at Ikea, and only for a few measly items...lame. It was good to be out of the hospital for an extended time, AND the inevitable Holiday tunes have begun on the radio, so our car was full of cheer. Cheer and Starbucks to be exact.

Levi continues to do well with the Traction- his surgeon even commented that his body has responded so well, he is in fact, ahead of schedule. (Now only if we could arrange the surgeons' schedules to match.) He is probably 2 inches taller, which tends to happen when one gains a neck. He is at max weight now (12lbs) and is cruising all over as fast as he can manage. (Which happens to be pretty fast.) So now, at this point, we begin the wait for surgery, and Levi continues to defy gravity with his "weightlessness". Heh.

Here are some pics from our four-day weekend with all of the men folk: