Walk the Dock

The Greenman Family had a great day today.  Jack decided to cut a few office hours and stay at home while the Mazda was being serviced (just a little tune up).  I spent the morning running and attending my Friday boot camp class.  Then in the afternoon, we all took Charlie to Children's Hospital for his
hearing test.  He will likely need another test because there is fluid behind the drum, leftover from his recent double ear infection.  So he passed, but it wasn't great.  So, we'll clean up the fluid and head back in a month or so. 

After our time at the hospital we went to Chili's Restaurant and used a gift card that was sent to us anonymously during Charlie's August surgery.  Aren't people wonderful?  We finished the day at White Rock Lake so that Walker could take a spin on the dock, his new favorite activity. 

Then Walker got cold and decided it was time to go home. 

It's supposed to get into the low 20's by morning... winter might finally make it to Dallas!

EEG Day

So, today was the first of two EEGs.  There will likely be a 24 hour EEG in Charlie's near future.  I dropped Walker at a playcare place called "Adventure Kids" and took Charlie down to Children's for the 12:30 appointment.  Unlike most of our other appointments, we didn't do any waiting or paperwork - we were simply ushered into a room with an EEG technician for the test.  She was pleasant and didn't give any explanation of what she was doing. Here is Charlie fully swaddled and ready for his close-up.

Then the technician started marking little X's on Charlie's head as a guide for the wires.  As you can see, Charlie became increasingly suspicious.

Then she started taping down the wires.

Charlie busied himself by holding up his colorful sock and wiggling his toes. His arms were in the little straight-jacket and checking out his feet seemed to be the only thing that he could do.

After this photo was taken, she wrapped his head in gauze and secured it with medical tape.  He looked like a little mummy.  Poor guy.  Once the test began, Charlie (and I) got a little freaked out.  Charlie spent the first 45 minutes of the test squealing and screaming.  They did most of the test in the dark, and used a flashing strobe light for the first 10 minutes.  It reminded me of some scenes from A Clockwork Orange.  Luckily, the technician allowed me to hold Charlie for the final half hour and set his right hand free for some comforting thumb sucking.  After it was all over, she washed Charlie's hair and he resumed his calm, sweet demeanor.  He even smiled at her when we left.  So, while Mommy might be a little scarred from the experience, Charlie seems no worse for the wear.

And here is the last time Charlie had an EEG:

August 5, 2010

Valentine's Day Prep

I took a few shots of a very happy Charlie today while Walker was away at school. 

He's still under the weather, but you wouldn't know it by his face.

Here he is with all of the snot photoshopped out.  (Hee, hee..)

Walker's preschool class is celebrating Valentine's Day big this year, and each student has been asked to make cards for everyone in class. So we pulled out the scrap paper today and got busy.  Here he is hard at work cutting up strips of paper for his collage cards. 

After some glue supervision and help with the hearts,
here is Walker's finished product:

Now, Walker has to write his name on the inside of each card.  

He asked if we could hold off on that part of the project until he has perfected his "W".

Charlie - 18 months old today!

Charlie is 18 months old.  Amazing.  All the Greenman men have colds today, so we rang in the 18 month-i-versary with movies and jammies and Ibuprofen.  Jack snapped a few photos to commemorate the occasion.  Happy 18 months to our happy boy! 

And as I often do - here is a shot of Walker at 18 months old.  I never think that Walker and Charlie look alike until I pull out the old photos of Mr. W.  Boy howdy, the Greenman genes are STRONG!

The Greenmans in January 2012

A few weeks ago, Alison and Aubrey Power came to the house.  Aubrey took some head shots for me and Jack as we're in the process of updating our audition materials. Alison was also making her way around our home, busy working her own camera magic.  Here are some of her shots...

The Giggles

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

I was doing some work at my desk this morning when I heard a tapping on the floor at my feet.  Charlie, who had been lying on the floor about six feet from the doorway, had rolled multiple times and reversed head to toe to make it to the door.  He was only stopped by the step up onto the hardwood floor. Otherwise, he would have probably made it to Louisiana.