Sunday - Tuesday, July 17 - 19

Late Sunday morning Bill and I made the drive to Greenville to see little Nelson.  He is sure growing like gang busters!  Since he is off the ventilator he is more active.  The nurses say he is very active!  He is practicing to be a magician but slipping out of his snuggie all the time.  When we were there it looked like he was trying to do push ups.  His weight was 2 lbs 5 oz and he is doing great.  I am amazed by his progress.  We did tell him that we don't want to see him in the hospital when we return in Oct so he better hurry and grow.  Here are a couple of pictures I took.  Preemie babies don't like bright lights so they are taken without  a flash. 



When we got back to the base we remembered that they were showing a sneak preview of the movie Captain America. The movie was suppose to start at 6:00 PM and when we drove past at 5:00 PM the parking lot at the theatre was over half full. We quickly had a bite to eat and then headed over. By this time people were parking in the overflow lot. Luckily we found a spot in Handicapped, right up front. The theatre is huge and could easily seat 1200 people. Most every seat was taken by the time the movie started. I tried to get popcorn but the line was so long there was no way I could some before the movie started. That is the second free movie we have seen on base. I liked the movie. If you saw the Iron Man shows (especially #2) you could see some tie-ins between the two. I think they are going to do an Avengers movie soon. It was also fun to spot Stan Lee (the creator of the Captain America comics) in a bit part.

Monday and Tuesday were spent preparing to move out of here on Wednesday. We did go see the family each night and spent time with them. We will be back in a couple of months and will be staying for 25 days so we will see a lot of them then. Maybe by then our house will have sold and Nick & Aimee will be here. Fingers crossed.

That is all for now. When we figure out where we are going after we get the jack looked at I'll let you know.