Back to "Normal"

It's nice to be settling back into something that resembles our normal life. Jason is finally feeling better - he started on antibiotics on Friday, and they kicked in by Sunday. We had to back out of going on the JDF walk with some good friends (sorry guys -- we really missed you!), but Jason was feeling spunky again by the afternoon, and we were able to go to a Halloween/Birthday party. Here is a rare picture of the four of us all together (usually Paul or I am behind the camera, but a kindly neighbor saw me setting up the shot with Paul and the kids and offered to take the photo!)

Jason has really been looking forward to dressing up like a cowboy for Halloween -- so much so that it was one of the "essentials" that made into the van when we evacuated last week. The emotional trauma of losing his Halloween Costume would have taken years of therapy to work through!

He's also somewhat settling into the idea that Amanda is going to hang around forever. He vacillates between being nice to her and ignoring her, but at least he's noticing Amanda every once and a while these days! I actually caught him gently rocking her in the swing (the operative word is gently!). I ~think~ he's starting to like her!