much better.....

today was a much better day. nick took the day off to relax. he said he just felt hung over today. i think it's his mind trying to prepare him for how crumby he his really going to be feeling here soon. so him being home meant he got to do all my friday run-arounds with me, i love when we have the whole day together. first we had a parents teacher conference with owens teacher, he is doing has good has can be expected right now. we are all excited to see what this new kidney will do to owens attitude and behavior. right now he doesn't even realize how sick he is because he has always been this way, so after the swap he should really start to feel good and healthy. i've been asked a lot lately what owen understands or feels about the upcoming swap. i do think he has some understanding about what is going to happen. he knows what surgery is for the most part....does he understand what a kidney is, no-what 5 year old would....does he know how serious and complicated this surgery is, not really. so here is what he does know, his dad is going to give him "his" kidney back, he is going to stay the night at the doctors after the surgery, and this is the latest comment i heard this week while we where pulling into children's mercy parking lot "mom i'm going to miss you when i have my surgery" made me cry and smile at the same time. i said to him "i will miss you too but dont worry i'll be there when you go to sleep and when you wake up" :-) the pictures below will show you what we did with rest of our day.

this is what the hughes boys really look like in the tub with short hair!!!!