Aargh!!!!! Teething

Mya's first tooth came through on May 28, Thomas's B-Day. Now her second is through. They are both on the bottom in the front, you know the way most babies do it. She has been so ornery and angry. All of her gums on the bottom look they are going to explode. She ate a whole jar of bananas yesterday. I first tried to feed her squash and she would spit it out and gag. I thought maybe she was not ready for solids yet. Turns out she thinks she can be picky. She'll see, or maybe we'll see!

King for a day

Thomas turned 5!!! What a fun day. Thomas had his choice of venues for his birthday party and when it came down to it, he wanted to have a family party at home, with all his friends! I am still chuckling on the inside at his understanding of a "family party". He chose to have a transformer themed birthday party. There was an epic water balloon battle between the Autobots(in red sashes) and the Decepticons (in black sashes). The Decepticons had no casualties, while the Autobots lost one. Kimber the smallest Autobot could not understand why they were getting her wet.

Graduation! I Quit

Thomas was so excited for his pre-school graduation. He participated in every part of the program and was careful to keep his clothes clean before. Anyone who has boys can only imagine how important graduation must have been to him to have clean clothes on when he got there. About a week after graduation we went to see Grandma Annie at work. One of her co-workers asked if he was in school, to which her replied-"Nope, I Quit"

Miracles

I have been hesitant to put pictures of my kids on my blog for a variety of reasons but I want to share them with all those that I love and who love us so here we go. I do truly believe that they are all three miracles. I cannot put up any pictures of our Angel Addison yet as I only have photographs from the hospital, maybe someday I will dedicate a blog to her. She would be 6 1/2 now if she were alive. I picture her looking like Thomas except with long curly blond hair. Her baby pictures look just like Thomas's baby pictures. Thomas is my sweet, sensitive, "expert", that changed our lives forever. Now we have Princess Mya who I think may have completed our family. Please enjoy our Miracles!

He's an Expert

Yesterday I was reading a book about whales to Thomas. On page 3 he stopped me and informed me that he was a whale expert and that he knew everything about whales. I congratulated him on knowing everything about whales and continued to read. Later that night after dinner we were all working on the garden. A storm was coming so we were putting up trellises and tying the vulnerable plants to them. As I was helping Thomas get ready for bed he informed me that he was a wind expert. He said that he knows people don't like wind at night and that when he grows up he will be able to turn it on and off. He then slapped his leg and said "see I told you I know everything." Chris told him that it is great that he knows everything now because the older you are the dumber you get. Thomas wasn't buying it, and I love that he is an expert on just about everything.

Stage 1 Extraction & Graft complete

So Chris's tooth extraction and bone graft went well. He went to what he thought was going to be a consultation and came away missing a tooth, with cadaver bone sprinkles in place, and a post implanted in his jaw. He then went to work. The nurse called to check on him and I said he was fine and at work. She didn't say anything so I said, "he said he doesn't have any pain". To which she replied, "of course not he is still numb". I called Chris later to see how he was doing and he was fine and had been fine ever since. He just takes tylenol and advil to take care of the discomfort. Leave it to Chris to be impervious to pain. I guess I should be very thankful rather then astonished. They said in 4 months his jaw should be all healed up and ready for the fake tooth.

Just Kidding

So I was just kidding on my last blog when I said I was back. I think maybe now! Our internet was down for a whole month. J & J we will send some pictures. We are bad siblings!! So my tonsils are gonna come out. The doctor assures me that even though I will want to die for the first 12 days after the surgery I will be glad that I am doing it. He said no worries we will give you all the pain meds you need. I didn't tell him at the time that most pain meds make me vomit!!!! I figured we would cross the pain control bridge next week when we confirm the surgery time. On Friday I am having a barium swallow test. Sounds fantastic if you ask me. They will just be checking to make sure nothing else is going on in there. The Doc said sometimes the swollen tonsils that come with mono are permanent and he is pretty sure that is what happened to me. On a happier note, Chris needs a bone graft! For real, he has a tooth that broke and because he is a chump and won't go to the dentist the infection spread to his jaw bone. So the month of June is going to be all about getting stoned and yelling at each other. Neither one of us deals very well with pain. Hopefully we can get all this behind us as July 2 is the day the stinky beast becomes final. I will write about that later.