MAY 22

My little guy had "minor" outpatient surgery done yesterday.

He did amazingly well.

How do you explain to a 6 month old that he cannot eat?

Yeah, he had to fast.

 

No food/drink from midnight on.

Surgery was scheduled for 8:45am.

He didn't get in there until after 10:30ish am.

That was a rough wait for me..

again, he did AMAZINGLY well.

We had some fussing but no outright screaming..poor baby was hungry. 

I felt so terrible.

 

 

This picture was taken around 9am



 

Still fairly happy over an hour later, after taking a short nap.

 



 

Then the wait.

Mike was (is still) away on a work-related trip and so I was there solo.

I had to hand over my baby.

The hospital does not allow parents in the operating room if the child is under 1 year old.

The actual surgery was relatively quick, under an hour, but felt like much, much longer.

 

 

By the time I was able to feed him, Jared had eaten nothing in over 12 hours!

He slept quite a bit yesterday, but in between was pretty much his normal self.

Even with a "minor" or routine surgery, things can go awry. 

I am so, so thankful that all went well.

 

Kudos to those parents and care givers that go through this on a regular basis.

 

 



THIS AND THAT

 

 

I think this has been one of the longest blogging "breaks" I've taken thus far.

It was not an intentional one.

 

Life has a way of happening.

May has been so busy!!

 

I have a bunch of pictures, but one of May's recent happenings is that I knocked over Mike's drink (accidentally) onto our laptop and our hard drive was fried.  I am currently on his firehouse/work laptop.  So, no pictures for the present.

 

We have had two deaths of acquaintances/friends this month.

 

We celebrated Missy's 4th birthday.

 

We finished out our co-op year.

 

Jared turned 6 months and started solid foods.

I think that will be its own post once I'm back on my regular computer.

I was a bit surprised.  I'll leave it at that.

 

We took a trip to the zoo as a family.

 

We installed a new toilet.

 

Celebrated Mother's Day.

 

Prepared and planted our garden (minus half a row)

 

Prayed as we had a family member go through a very serious surgery.

(currently in recovery, Praise God!)

 

Attended the ENOCH convention.

 

Took the kids on an overnight (first time since...um...can't even remember that far!) and a day trip with Daddy while Mommy attended the convention.

 

Attended several T-ball games and practices.

 

And the list goes on.

 

A little slice of what has been happening. 

I just wanted to check in.

 

Hopefully, I will be back to regular posting soon.

 

Till then--

Adios!

CHECK, CHECK AND CHECK AGAIN

It is that time of year.

Make sure you are checking yourself, your children and your pets for ticks.

In the past few years its amazing how many people have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease.

http://www.tickinfo.com/TICKIDPAGE.htm

Feel all creepy crawly now??

NOTHING MUCH AND EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE

Helllooooooooo!

I feel as if I have not blogged in the longest time.

So, I'll just highlight some stuff that has been happening lately.

We were sick for what ended up to be quite awhile after it went through all the kiddies..

We've been busy getting the yard in shape.

Cutting up the tree from Sandy..getting the garden ready..etc.

Whoops!

WHOOPS!

Land Rover to the rescue.

I got the bug and did some rearranging of the furniture.

In the process, I'm trying to purge.  

Changing over the clothes is always a fun time.  NOT.  It is really a chore..

I have yet to complete the task.  The weather has been so up and down; I'm glad we still have the winter stuff around.

T-ball has started.  

The kids are loving it.

They are the "Angry Tigers" this season.

I got my hair cut off FINALLY!!

It is so much easier to take care of, out of reach of baby hands, and I don't feel like quite the frump.
Did you know that there is a local organic salon?  I didn't.  This place was recommended to me and I figured I would try it out.  All of their products are organic, from hair coloring to nail polish and everything in between.

Little things,

like such, make me happy.

You would think that buying a pencil sharpener would be easy--No!

I searched and searched and read customer review upon customer review...

We had gone through a couple of electric pencil sharpeners and I definitely wanted an "old fashioned" manual one.  So far we have had no issues with it.

I'm excited for next year's curriculum.

J has two little teeth.

Sharp little daggers, I mean.

I think there may be some more making their way through too..

Tonight, he found it amusing to try test them out.

I'm telling you, he was doing it on purpose.

He would bite down slowly while eating and when I made it clear that it was NOT okay, he would let go and grin up at me!  OOOh!  If I have a Boogie Junior, I don't know WHAT I will do!

There have been so many horrible things happening in the world/country of late.

How do we deal?

I mean, evil is real and has been around and infecting us since the beginning of time.

Is it that I now have children that it seems more prevalent?  Or IS it more prevalent?  I think it is a bit of both.  These are sad, frightening times we live in.  

The Boston bombings, the Gosnell trial, the Romeike case, the list goes on and on and on..closer to home?  Mike called just tonight and while he was at work, a car was stolen by thieves with guns.  Apparently, they hit up a couple of more places after taking the vehicle too.
Mike was the one to call 911.

How do we deal?
Or I should ask, how do you deal without faith?
Where is your hope?

So, I started this post over a week ago.
You know how it goes, 
there was more I was going to write, but I'll wrap it up.
I hope you have a nice week.

PRIORITIES

Sleep that extra few minutes or have a smooth morning?

Spend the extra time snuggling the baby or squeeze in 10 more math problems?

Tackle the piles of dirty laundry and dishes or go play outside?

My house is loud.  

Pretty much the only time it is NOT loud is overnight.

Sometimes, it gets to me.

I have to yell just to be heard.  Literally.

However, it won't be loud for long.

These days pass all too quickly.

Those with grown children will attest that these are the best days--Not high school,  certainly NOT college, Not as empty-nesters--NOW.  Amidst the chaos and noise..let them be little.

Let them be messy and loud and dirty if need be.

Mess and dirt clean and noise is temporary.

I'm not a "young" parent anymore.

I need to let go of the un-important and joy in the present...

the Gift of 5 healthy, active children,

'cause it won't be like this for long.

http://youtu.be/y5zCaRaJ-kE

THE FACE OF FOUR

Four years ago today, Messy

Missy entered our lives.

Happy Birthday!!

We love you!

FIVE

Happy 5 months, my boy!

What are we up to?

Two bottom teeth, rolling like crazy--all over the room, still nursing only, still sleeping well.

Holding himself up pretty well, so we'll probably be sitting solo pretty soon.

Also, he gets up on his knees when on his belly..so we could have a crawler before we know it!

He really is interested in what is going on around him and studies people.

On Sundays, it looks as if he is really paying close attention to the sermon..and who knows

--maybe he is! 

(This picture --taken a few minutes ago--really reminds me of my middle brother, anyone else see that?)