Adenoids and Tubes

Ben has been cursed with horrible ear problems.  He has had them since he was a baby and continues to have problems with ear infections.  When he was 1 yrs old, we had tubes placed in his ears which helped for a while until the left tube fell out.  Shortly after we went back to having antibiotics after antibiotics.  I sure didn't want Ben to have to go through another surgery, but since we have had 3 infections in the past six weeks, we decided that is what he needed.  

As everyone knows, there is not a lot that will stop Ben!  He is a sweet, but stubborn little boy!  We arrived for the procedure at 5:50am and were back home by 8:30.  He did wonderful for getting two new tubes and his adenoids out, but was horribly mad when he came back to the room.  The anesthesia had him all confused and he screamed at the top of his lungs for 2 hours.  After we got home and took a three hour nap and during that time the anesthesia wore off because when he woke up, he was happy as could be.  

They told me Ben would probably be a little sore and wouldn't want to eat or drink for the day, but he showed us wrong.  This is a picture of Ben after eating a cheeseburger, goldfish, 3 popsicles, and a glass of milk.  And yes, this is how he usually looks if we let him feed himself!  I didn't care how messy he got though, I was just glad he was feeling good!

Love, Love, Love

It is hard to believe February is almost over.  It just seems like yesterday when we were celebrating Christmas.  Matt worked a basketball game on Valentine's night, so I spent the evening with my two sweet boys!  We went out to eat at  McDonalds and played Super Mario!   I enjoyed the night because they gave me endless kisses and bear hugs and we ended the night all snuggled up in my bed!

On Saturday, Matt was to chaperone a Valentine's dance at school, so I decided to tag along.  We went out to eat at Flamingo Row, one of my favorite restaurants and then on to the dance.  Dancing has changed quite a bit since I was in high school and the dresses were quite a bit shorter than anything my dad would have let me wear!  Since my favorite thing to do is people watch, I was in heaven.  I also worked the coat room and quickly decided that 99% of high school students wore black North Face jackets.   While working, I an into a few of my former 4th graders.  It is always a joy to see how much they have grown and what great young adults they have become. 

I am not a huge fan of Valentine's Day. Yes, I like having a day for all those around to remember who they love and what their significant loved one means to them.  What I love though is the love I get year round from my sweet husband, my two boys, and my friends and family.  I was raised with unconditional love, so keeping that for one day would be silly! 

 

Winter Break

Well, Winter weather has definitely set in for Western Kentucky.  We have missed an entire week of school and the roads are still ice covered.   I think this is the 10th day of school we have missed, so it looks like we will be going to school in June...YUCK!

The ice started around 2 pm Sunday with freezing rain and didn't stop until around midnight.  We were just hoping to have just one snow/ice day, but more came in on Tuesday and the ice continued to pile up on the roads and power lines.  For those of us who lived through the 2009 Ice Storm....we HATE ice!   Eventually everything was covered with ice, but thankfully it wasn't as bad as the previous ice storm and we kept our power!  

It has been nice to be at home with the family.  I am trying to focus on our quality family time instead of the fact we are probably going to be in school until mid June!  I know there isn't anything we can do about it, so we might as well enjoy our time playing and making memories inside! 

During our break we have played Super Mario, played card games, watched movies, read a ton of books, stayed in our pajamas and camped in the living room, and whatever else we wanted.  My favorite thing was sleeping in and snuggling with the boys!  Both boys didn't really understand why we couldn't go outside to play in the snow, but once they realized it was all ice they wanted to stay inside where it was warm!  

We went to Paducah yesterday for Ben's ENT appointment, so Sam went to Gram's and played in the snow.  I was surprised they had so much snow and only 45 minutes away we had only ice.  Sam made a snow angel and threw a few snow balls but once he started to get wet he wanted to go inside!   We also went to eat at Texas Roadhouse with the Mohons.  It was a great meal with lots of laughs.  

I do not like ice, but I have loved being at home.  I could snuggle with my three favorite boys for hours on end!!

The boys loved staying in their pajamas.  Sam said our home was his favorite place on Earth!

The boys had a blast "camping" in the living room

Sam was a little sad when daddy had to leave to work a basketball game

One night we played at Parker's house.  Sam was convinced when we left that he needed his own XBOX.

Ben decided being a cave man was fun!