Ten things of thankful

This week was little better than last week, we saw Sophia's orthopedist and we have a date for the surgery: September 3rd. He said that the cast will be on for about 4 weeks, most likely the first few days she'll be in the hospital and Eric will be with me the whole time. The second week she should be able to go to school at least half day and we may increase the time she is there little by little. I can't wait to get this over with and have my baby use her walker again.

So here is this week's list:

1. Sophia's surgery: yes, you read right! Of course I don't want Sophia to go through that kind of procedure, but I know that her hip being dislocated is going to potentially cause her difficulty walking and could also cause pain down the road. So I am thankful that there's something we can do to help her walk the best she can.
2. My award nomination for the Versatile Blogger: An awesome mom and blogger and new friend of mine, Joy from Icansaymama.blogspot.com nominated me for this award and I am so grateful! It is very encouraging!
3. 4 weeks with the cast instead of 4 months: For some reason we thought the doctor had said 4 months when we first talked about the possibility of a surgery and the only thought of a bored, cranky 5 year old in a spica cast was driving me crazy. So 4 weeks doesn't sound too bad now.
4. This bloghop: I think I said it before, but it really does help to sit down and look at your week and see the good things, even if your week was not that great focusing on the positive makes the negative seems a little less important. Thanks to the great people who created this bloghop and thank you for letting me participate every week.
5. Friends: This week I posted a not so happy entry which you can see here. I got really nice comments from friends and family who visited the blog and also from friends and my husband who made me look at things from a different angle and that made me feel a lot better.
6. Sophia's hair: See for yourself:

   7.   An end to what seemed like two week heat wave: I love summer but I also like being able to breathe    comfortably when I go outside, so the cool couple of days and the rain felt pretty good.

   8.   My parents: I am very lucky to have the parents I have. They are smart and very interesting. My              mother loves to read, her job is to read books and classify them, best job ever! You can talk about              anything with her, we have a really great relationship. My father is an intellectual, he is a stage actor and it      feels awesome to see him perform.

   9.   My driver's license:  When I moved to the USA I didn't know how to drive and for a while I depended    on my husband to bring me places. He taught me how to drive (very good teacher, by the way) and now I    have a car and go wherever I want, if Sophia is bored I can go to the mall, the park, my mother in law's        pool, whenever I feel like it.

   10.  My iPhone: I honestly don't know what I would do without my phone (how sad is that?), I use it for      everything, to check my email, to chat with my mom and friends, to text my husband, to check Facebook,    to take a hundred pictures of Sophia a day and sometimes I even use it to make phone calls! 

Here is the evidence that Sophia is Eric's daughter: