A pretty day for pics

[Dragontears]

I'm so behind on posts! I just read this thread and love the pictures! The commentary on Austin is fun too...he sounds like a great kid!

[Lisa]

Looks like Freckles and Wings have really taken to their new surrounds! I love the last shot
They both have the most beautiful caramely colours. mmmm

[mouseinamilkbottle]

Ruth, you're just a wealth of info! I didn't know that and I watch CSI all the time! Another one I'll have to check out.

I found out by accident one time when I was checking out the CSI actors on imdb.com . You can find out some pretty cool stuff about people!

I checked out Adam Hills stuff and he's hilarious. I even sent him an email telling him I thought he was doing a great thing and told him about Austin. I got a very nice personal reply back from one of his people and was told that Adam WILL DEFINITELY see my email and I could except to hear from him personally in a few days. How cool is that? And they pointed me to the thong video on utube!

Then he definitely will. He is a very genuine, down to earth guy. I didn't know the 'thong' bit of his routine was on youtube! I didn't even think to look, or I would have linked it straight away!

I checked out your son's site. Your account of the banding sounds exactly like Adam's story of what his foot was like when he was born (a shortened leg with a little, half formed foot with a few toes). He had his amputated too to fit the prosthesis. I don't know if they reused his heel though like they did for Austin - that's really clever!

[Zach]

Thanks, I'll have to check out his site! I actually did the "saving up" of old prostheses, but finally got rid of all of them except his first. Austin has a website too at www.amazingaustin.com which has helped alot people who have kids dealing with similar issues. And it really helps some people to know it's ok to have a sense of humor about it all. We sure do.

Sandals are a real pain to try fit him with. And getting all the sand out of the parts after being at the beach. It's usually months later and he's still leaving a little sand trail, lol.

That's awesome!! I get a lot of flack from people talking about turning things like this into humor. "You know this is a serious thing, and shouldn't be laughed about", blah blah blah. It's so awesome to read your views are like mine. Sometimes I almost feel like I shouldn't turn these types of things into humor because so many people take it so seriously I never know who I'm going to offend....that shark attack line is killer Man, if I had a P. leg I'd pop it off at odd times and threaten to hit people with it!

Really great website, by the way.

[Shellyjean]

That's awesome!! I get a lot of flack from people talking about turning things like this into humor. "You know this is a serious thing, and shouldn't be laughed about", blah blah blah. It's so awesome to read your views are like mine. Sometimes I almost feel like I shouldn't turn these types of things into humor because so many people take it so seriously I never know who I'm going to offend....that shark attack line is killer Man, if I had a P. leg I'd pop it off at odd times and threaten to hit people with it!

Really great website, by the way.

I so wish everyone was more relaxed about it all. I think most that freak out about it don't even know anyone with a "disability" or they would know how to handle it. Austin wears shorts, doesn't try to hide it...heck I have to MAKE him wear jeans when it gets below 30 degrees, lol...and we would rather people come up and ask about it then just STARE and whisper.

And yeah...he's threatened to hit a few kids with it, lol! One good kick hurts really bad!

Thanks for checking out his site. I do websites & graphics on the side, small business, nonprofits and family sites, so Austin wanted to try to do one. Well guess who's doing it...me!