We went to the River Oaks NICU reunion today. It wasn't really what I expected - I was thinking they'd have some sort of name tag thing, like "Hi, my name is Ace, I did time from June-August 2006." I also expected some nurses to be there, but nope. I did see the doctor that discharged him, but I didn't think Ace would want to see him because that's also the doctor that snipped his tallywacker.
I got a little teary eyed when we got there. The kids there are hard core, bad-a** survivors. The parents there have all known extreme, heart-wrenching pain, but now they're hanging out at a party to honor their kids. I got all vaklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
As you can see, his face was painted, and he won a few junk prizes for playing games. Unfortunately, since I'm a goober, I forgot my camera, but I did remember my camera PHONE, and caught the following priceless moment:
Yes, in fact, that is my precious first-born being held by Darth Vader. Why do you ask?
I added almost 2 pages of pictures to Drew's flickr account, including Ace as a fireman, Ace's wingman, and Ace being hard core gangsta.
13 comments:
Oh no! He's dark side!
Ace....*kkkkkkk*...I am your father....*kkkkkk*
he is so friggin' cute.
Ha! Thanks for giving me a giggle! Resist the urge, Ace!
Sssshhhh, supermom! I told you in confidence!!
and Stacey asks, "Is that your light saber or are you just happy to see me?"
Why does he have to be so darn cute?
cute!!
Sorry. I had to come back to see that face. Now, I realize that he looks like he's calling upon the force to free himself from the grip of the evil Darth Vader.
What a sweetie!
So precious.
I have several Darth Vader comments I could make, but I will refrain.
Bring it on, doghouse.
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