Uh-Oh, Daddy-O!!!

I write an awful lot about Mallory and I and our adventures here in the states, but tend to leave Charles out of the equation all too often on our blog.  Totally not intentional... although, the main catalyst for starting this blog (and keeping up with it) in the first place was merely to keep Charles up-to-date of the goings-on with his girls while he is in Korea.

That being said, there is ALOT going on for Charles..... he will pin on Major in just a few short weeks,   is coming home for his mid-tour leave in a few DAYS (!!!!!!) and he will find out his next assignment before the month is over! On top of all of that, he has some depressing news.

As many of you already know, Charles is an avid soccer player.  He even has coached youth soccer for a few years. While in Korea, he found a great group of guys that would play soccer regularly.... sometimes even twice a day- right up Charles' alley.  Charles has really enjoyed playing and staying as active as possible while getting through this remote tour.  But a few weeks ago, he tore his ACL in his knee while playing.... not fun.

Here is a picture of the damage.  OUCH!  

The left knee is swollen almost twice the size of the right one!

Another view- the short story is that he will have surgery on his ACL in late November.  I am trying to work out plans to be there with him.  We will keep you posted.

***BTW- these pictures were taken just a few days after it happened.... the swelling is WAY down, and he is doing fine managing the pain.  He even has ridden a stationary bike a bit- but is taking it easy, of course!******

Mallory really wanted to send her Daddy something to help cheer him up.  Plus, we have been sending him a box every week- one for every letter of the Alphabet.  It just so happened that this week was "B", so "Band-Aids" fit right in with our theme!  Mommy went out and bought the biggest band-aids we could find- not practical of course, but maybe Daddy will just amuse his little girl by wearing one on his bad knee now and then.....

 Mallory directed the artwork as Mommy drew.... we made one from the dogs....

 Mallory colored in the flowers herself.... can't you tell?

 Mommy helped Mallory make the rainbow, but she held the marker herself!

 She insisted he needed a giraffe on a band-aid.... not sure where that one came from! 

 She of course wanted one with her family on it.... don't you love my long, curly hair?  I followed directions to a tee!  Then she scolded me for not having Grandma and Grandpa on there......

So we made one from them, too!  My dad is always telling Charles 

how important it will be for him to do his therapy.

If nothing else, we hope these made you smile, Daddy!  We love you, and can't wait to see you soon!!!