Friday, July 2, 2010

let the countdown begin...

Countdown to what, you might ask? Why, our trip to the John Tracy Clinic, of course! One week from today we head to sunny Los Angeles! I think we finally have everything together. All the paperwork has been sent, hotels have been booked on both ends, and I found a great car rental deal last night. Now, we just have to pack! That will be the tricky part.

I remember sitting outside at Laurie's wedding in Southern California last May and talking about coming back this summer to attend JTC. I was only dreaming about it, and I can't believe that it's actually going to be a reality! I am already really grateful for this amazing opportunity. I've been getting even more hyped up about the trip from this blog I found, thanks to Leah!! It's fun to read about some things that we have to look forward to.

Summer really began when my last grad course ended last Friday. Lucas and I have been having a lot of fun spending quality mommy/Lucas time. I've been dragging him around with me everywhere, which I don't always do when Nate's around. It's been kind of fun. Lucas has also gotten to spend a lot of time with his cousin, Ryan! We spent a couple of days at his house last week, and then he and Aunt Kristin came to visit Oma & Opa (and us, I like to believe) this week.






They're so much fun together these days, because they look forward to seeing each other, and they no longer practice parallel play exclusively. They actually play together and pay attention to each other! I hope these boys grow up to be best friends. And they're only 1 month apart.

But, I also had a lot of bad luck this week. First my car battery died, and then it was towed to the wrong garage. A few days later, my car was egged and mustard was smeared all over it. Very deliberate. Then, a tree fell on our house (causing very minimal damage, thank goodness). Today it was removed. I'm so happy that Nate is coming home tonight! I can't wait to see Lucas's excitement tomorrow!

I hope to blog every day from JTC! That's not a promise, but a strong wish. I also want to tweet while I'm there. You can follow me on Twitter @mommytolucas. I will have to approve your follower request, but please do request to follow me! The more followers I have, the more motivated I will be to tweet!

6 comments:

Landry said...

so jealous! our summer's full, but we're hoping to take Landry next summer. I haven't commented in a while, but read every post on Google Reader, so I've been keeping up with you guys and am so glad that Lucas' surgery went so well!

Where did you get his little swim cap? I'm having the hardest time finding one that's not too tight for Landry...

Do you use the Aloksaks underneath or do you have another trick?

Emily said...

Yay! I'm so excited to be headed to the JTC. Only one more week!

xraevision said...

Ah ha, so you're the other blogger mom attending JTC! Please do blog as often as you can while you're there. I would really like to hear about your experience. It was life changing for our family, and I wish you the same!

leah said...

I am seriously starting to freak out- only ONE WEEK until we travel! Time is going to fly by now! I love the energyofx blog- X has a lot of things in common with Nolan (severe reflux, breathing issues due to reflux, etc). And his mom is a great writer!

Now I just need to start packing and get more travel toys for the long plane ride!

Kel said...

I can't wait to hear all about the JTC! We were lazy and decided to do Moog (what with the whole being in our backyard as opposed to across the country), but I have often thought I'd love to do JTC too.

Jennifer said...

Have a wonderful time at JTC. I wanted to take Cormac last summer but then wound up due with Calleigh. Can't wait to hear all about it.