Happy Turkey Day

A Proud Moment

A very proud moment took place at the Vogel household this evening. One of the moments every parent of a toddler dreams of, yes, Jack went pee on the potty for the first time. We've had a potty in his bathroom for a while now and occasionally encourage him to try it. After a brief demonstration on how a big person uses the potty, I put Jack on his potty and gave him privacy for a minute or two. I returned to the bathroom and told him good try, assuming the potty seat was empty. Then Jack stood up and I realized that the potty seat was not empty........there was pee in it - yea Jack! I'm sure potty training will still be a long road ahead of us, but you have to start somewhere and we're so proud of him!

And below are a few more pictures of the latest of Jack.
Here he is trying to ride his trycicle while trying on his new Christmas outfit.

Reading his books

Jack aka "Batman"

Jack dancing with Mommy's girlfriends at Jenn's Wedding - He had a blast!

Brave Little Trooper

Well, I'm sure as most of you have heard, Jack had minor surgery yesterday. The surgery went off without a hitch, was successful, and Jack is recovering very well, all of which we are very thankful for! Jack was born with an undescended testicle, which if left untreated could cause damage to the testicle or even develop into a tumor later on in life. So after almost a year and a half of waiting for it descend on it's own, it was decided that it was time to surgically bring it down to it's proper place. It was pretty nerve wracking day (and couple days leading up to the surgery as well) so we are so happy to have it over with. The worst moment was definitely watching them take Jack back to the OR without us - he was not crying, but was reaching out to Daddy and Mommy. Then kept us updated through the surgery and it went pretty quickly. It was a little rough as Jack was coming to from the anesthesia, but he quickly fell back asleep for a couple hours and rested, and after he woke up, he was talking to us and wanted a snack - this was the best moment of the day. He's been doing great at home, sleeping more than usual & a little low key, but otherwise he seems pretty unphased by the whole thing. Thanks to everyone for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. We are ecstatic that everything went well and Jack seems well on the road to recovery!

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