On December 12th we were able to celebrate my dad's 73rd birthday. It was 6 months to the day that we gathered at his bedside thinking we were losing him. So as you can imagine, it was a very emotional day for us all. However, it was so much more of a happy emotional than a sad emotional if that can make sense. Even though we know that this will be his last birthday that we get to celebrate with him, these last 6 months of "extra" time with him has been so special for us all. And seeing dad so emotional and loving was so nice for us all as well. As he spends most of his time sleeping these days, he usually acknowledges us, and sometimes answer questions, it's extremely hard for him to express much as he just doesn't have the energy.
Well, this day was different, he was himself in as much of a way as we could ever imagine him. Hugging, kissing, crying and loving us that he was just awesome. It was definitely a special gift for all of us to see that emotion from him again and of course just to be able to hug him still and tell him we love him.
We didn't get a lot of great shots, but here are a couple action shots from our time together. He was up for probably 2 hours and to be honest, none of us could remember how long it's been since he was up for that long at a time. It was definitely a day I'll never forget. :)
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