Surgery pictures

So Jake is still not back to normal. He has made improvement but not that much. Today he couldn't even eat all of his chocolate donuts. Hopefully the scabs are just falling off today and he will be much better tomorrow. Here are some pictures from surgery Day.

Surgery

Poor Jacob has had a rough time lately. His personality is amazing but he DOES NOT SLEEP!!!! After lots of trial and error we determined (well we really think) that he has/had sleep apnea. There are two possible fixes for apena in children. 1. Allergy med's to reduce the tonsils/adenoids. 2. adenoidectomy/Tonsillectomy. Well the allergy med's didn't work so this past Monday out they came. His adenoids were quite enlarged and we figured (with some medical advice) that if the adenoids were coming out the tonsils should come out two. Why risk the possibility of going through 2 surgery when really it could all be done at once.

Jake was super funny before the surgery. He was up and ready to go. He knew he was going to Dr. Nowak and that he was going to take a nap with her. That is about it. Really how do you explain surgery to a 3 year old? When we got to uni-source at 7:00 Jake walked into the waiting room and said "oh hi fish, look mom there is football on TV" Everyone was cracking up. He then took his train to his room and played and played (until the sedative they gave him kicked in). When Dr. Nowak walked in (just before surgery) he said "hi Dr. Nowak" He was such a trooper.

After surgery he was amazing. He wanted me to hold him but he was eating and drinking immediately. We even got to go home after 45 min. instead of 2 hours. When we got home I gave him some Tylenol with Codeine. He doesn't' react well to codeine apparently. I was kind of thinking that it would help him fall asleep and rest off some of the pain. Nope, he was hyperactive, spinning in circles, climbing on furniture and turning rashy. After a call to the Doc. I was advised to not give him anymore of that. I also have had several struggles getting any kind of med's down his throat. I sent mom out in search for a Tylenol or Motrin suppository. I know that soudns horrible but I was thinking that was the only way I was going to get it in him. Well none were to be found but mom did find some Tylenol tabs that dissolve. Those have still been a struggle but at least I can get him to take them. I struggle with the antibiotics but at least he is getting them down most of the time.

It is now Friday night and Jake is better but still not anywhere close to 100%. I am getting rather tired of being inside and ready to get out and do something. Hopefully another few days and he will be back to normal and maybe start sleeping through the night.

Ben and his Crazy friends

Ben has some great friends in school this year. I love being in a neighborhood school because everyone is so close. It makes is so much easier for impromptu hang out times. Here are Ben and his Buddy Andrew being really goofy. Not sure why Ben decided to sit on Andrew's lap but, for some reason he did, and then they decided to this this crazy stuff with their arms.


On the day the snow started to melt, I knew it was a perfect snowman making day. All Ben wanted this year was to be able to build a snowman so, we invited Jack and Hannah over after school and had some fun.

Ben had told my mom awhile ago that he was not very happy with the snow because he didn't get to build a snowman last year. He is a crazy kids. I hope he is happy now. I must say we had some help from the neighborhood kids with these snowmen. They decided that they were going to roll some snowballs home from school. The balls got so big that the kids decided to leave them in our yard. Fine by us, easier to build snowman with.

Christmas Evening

So, we forgot to take our camera to the Coats' house for Christmas evening. Therefore I have to get all the pictures from my mom/sisters/brother-in-laws. As soon as I do I will post some pictures from that day.


We are so completely spoiled and blessed by all that God has given us. We have amazing giving families but most of all we have hope and joy in Christ. All the stuff and gifts of Christmas sometimes get in the way of the real reason we celebrate Christmas. It amazes me over and over again that God gave us His son to be killed on a cross for our sins. His son, His perfect sinless son took away all of my sins and separation from my Heavenly Father. I am most thankful for that most amazing gift this Christmas season.

Christmas

Christmas morning started early after a late night. We actually woke Caleb up to go downstiars. Jake and Ben were SO excited. It was fun to have the two of them both being excited this year.

It looks like Santa came

Ben and Jake slowly creeping down the stairs until it is time to go down

I promise that Caleb was not dropped down the stairs after this picture was taken

Look mom I can just come down here "Wow Ben you should see all the stuff"

Jacob that is your pile it says J-a-c-o-b. This one is for me!!

Time to open the big sock as Jacob refers to it.

Look a cool car

something starwars! AWESOME

This is just great. I have no idea what is going on but I really think that Christmas thing is fun


The boys had so much fun. We opened gifts and spent the morning putting toys together and playing a bit. It was fun and a great memory for all of us.

Christmas Eve

Christmas was a blast this year with all three boys. They were all so cute and seemed to love every second of it (Josh and I were exhausted by the end of the weekend however)

We had lots of fun at the Nast's on Christmas Eve (somehow I don't have any good pictures of Ben)

Caleb showing off his art skills

Wow, I never thought I would get an elephant that is bigger than me :)

And look at this cute little baby that goes with him

Look he is so big I can even hide under him

I am pretty sure there is something in here for me but I have no idea how to get to it

Ah, look at this furry thing that doesn't even bite me when i pull it's tail

Yes i am eating a tag or something and no one seemed to notice

Gingerbread

The boys made a beautiful gingerbread house. They were much more interested in eating the candy than they were in actually decorating the house.


I am also am pretty sure I will never be able to get a picture of all the kids looking at the camera at the same time.