Yay!! 90 degrees! I made my goal before I see the doctor next Thursday. I can officially bend my knee to 90 degrees and 92 degrees with a little help. I am making progress in therapy which is nice but it seems to be going slow. I am walking better and I guess progress is progress. I will let you know what the doctor has to say hopefully I can get rid of the brace. Say a little prayer for me.... every week at therapy I seem to add 8 to 10 degrees so hopefully I can keep up the pace.

I love capturing these moments. It seems like lately all they have done is fight with each other but when they hug on each other it just melts my heart. We love these two so much even though sometimes they get on our nerves :)

Our Beautiful boys!

Owen Charles 9 years Ashton Howard 7 years

August 2011

Ashton kept looking away towards Owen everytime I snapped his picture. He always had a smile on his face though even if he wouldn't keep his eyes towards me.

Owen telling me to stop taking his picture. It had been so long since I had the camera out I thought I better get some pictures. I have been getting in the pool with them since I am finally able to do that now. So instead of taking pictures, I have been doing my exercises and swimming with them.

Owen trying to squirt Ashton with his water bottle. Love his angry face :)

Ashton posing for the camera. He was making faces at me and this one was my favorite.

Knee update

I am currently able to bend my knee to 82 degrees. It is a slow going process but I hardly use my crutch any more and I only wear my brace when I am out of the house. My next appointment is Friday so hopefully it is bending a bit more. I have started exercising on the equipment there and I go in early to do a heat compress before I start. So we will see what this week brings. Keep your fingers crossed I am really ready to be done with all this mess.

Well as the summer comes to a close the boys have been spending every waking minute in the swimming pool. Some days they seem excited to go back to school and others they seem to be dreading that fateful day. I am excited for them to start their new year as Third graders but it also makes me a little sad. It seems that they are growing up so fast and before I know it they will be graduating and leaving home. I never really understood what my parents were saying as we grew up and left home but now with the boys I totally understand :( Hope everyone is enjoying what is left of their summer!!

Ashton flipping

Owen

Our boys