mixing it up

 

We have some big decisions coming up with Katie as we try to figure out what the next best step is with her care and her future quality of life. It's hard to be the one that makes the final decision. 

We still have a little time to decide as we wait (fingers crossed with insurance) to meet with a new Surgeon in May.
However, we still find ourselves at the hospital a little more these days for something or another.
pictured above: Disneyland in the morning, Hospital in the afternoon. 

 On Monday after we dropped the girls off at school and knowing we had a hospital visit that afternoon, I knew Carter and I needed to mix it up a little. So I checked the calendar and our passes were a go and off we went! 

Since his Birthday is next week, we declared this visit his "Birthday Visit!" He was thrilled to wear the Birthday pin and show it off to everyone as he proudly said "I'm FOUR now!" to who ever would listen! 

 I told Carter it was his day and we could do whatever he wanted to do. So on Main Street he saw an art shop that looked interesting and walked in. He had the place and the employee all to himself and asked a hundred questions. While we were there he saw a little statue of Micky with a light saber. He wanted to know all about it. The man who worked there told Carter he needed to go see the Star Wars show to understand it better. He looked up the time and we had about ten minutes before the next one so off we went. 

We have seen parts of this show (mostly as we are walking by) but never sat through the entire show. Carter was smitten. He did not move the entire performance except for one time when he climbed into my lap and I felt his little heart racing a hundred miles a minute (when the bad guys came out)! He loved watching the kids with the light sabers and could not stop talking about the show the rest of the day! 

 After a ride on Small world Carter decided he was hot and tired and ready to go eat. Which was perfect because we only had a few hours before we had to go get the girls. Since we were celebrating his Birthday, I decided to take him to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. 

 At first we sat right next to the loud gorilla that kind of was a little too loud, so we moved to the quiet butterfly section! 

 It was a great morning spent with my favorite little guy and it especially helped me keep my mind off of all the other things I find myself worrying about these days!