Back To The Future

Here is an interesting picture that I shot of Silas the other day. One of the things he likes to do is play in the dog's box. Sometimes it is just slamming the door, other he gets insides then starts slamming the door. Sometimes I wonder if I should be worried about his enjoyment of being locked up.

For those that can remember, it reminds me of Back To The Future. When Marty goes back in time and has dinner with his mother's family. They talk about how his uncle Joey loves to stay in the play pin. Marty tells little Joey to get use to being behind bars. Hopefully this is not the case with Silas.

Surgery, Sumergery

Well, it has come and gone. The day that I have been dreading for over 13 months now - Silas' surgery. It was yesterday and he was such a champ. Here he is in the waiting room when we arrived at Children's West. He thinks it is a blast to drag every single item out of the diaper bag these days.

He loved the toys in the waiting room as well. There was only one other child scheduled for the afternoon, so he pretty much had the run of the place. He was already trying to charm the nurses.





We were taken to pre-op where they took his blood pressure, weighed him, and took his height. We had to wait a bit on the Dr. because he was in surgery at UT.



He got a bit restless so we did our best to entertain him. The nurses played Spongebob for him, but he doesn't really get the whole tv thing right now. Daddy gave him belly raspberrys to pass the time.


I read "That's Not My Dragon" and "I Love You Stinky Face" more times than I can count. When that got old we used the old stand by of reciting "Good Night Moon", because heaven knows we can say it by heart now. It always calms him down, still his favorite book.


Okay, by now the nurse had given me some medicine for him to take the edge off. I think I needed it more than him, because when I put it in his mouth I pushed the plunger too hard and shot it all over his face. I was so embarassed. He did get a bit and it was enough because he was getting a bit silly as you can probably tell by the pics. He was trying to hang in there though. He would want to play wabba, wabba between bouts of time lying his head on my shoulder. For those that don't know what wabba,wabba is, it is when you repeatedly pat your mouth all the while making the "whhaaaaa" sound. It is his favorite game by far! He tries to do it to me, although cute, sometimes it really hurts. So we use his hand on his own mouth. Great fun, I tell you!!


A nurse came and whisked him away. We were escorted back to the waiting room. Time passed very quickly. Probably because there was a little bit of office drama. The other child that was scheduled for that afternoon had arrived, checked in, and drank out of the water fountain. That teensy weensy drink caused his sugery to have to be rescheduled. His parents were ticked, and the child was scared (maybe of the parents). I hated it for them, but it helped pass our time watching the drama unfold. I had to keep filling Steven in to the happenings because he can't hear as well as I can across the room. Anyway, I digress....

The nurse called and told us he went under great and they got the IV on the first try and that the Dr. would come speak to us when it was over. In no time we were ushered into a little room to speak to the Doc. He said everything went well and everything looked healthy and our little man would be up and running in no time. After waiting for a bit more we finally got to see him in step down.
The nurses there were so nice. One was sitting in a rocker with him all bundled up asleep. She gave him to me, and I sat there rocking him, watching him sleep, thanking God for watching over him and guiding the Dr.'s hands to fix my little miracle. In thirty minutes or so they checked his vitals again, gave us a RX and sent us home happy.

He did so good, didn't get sick or anything. We got home and he drank some milk, ate a waffle and napped. Daddy even got a few smiles,


He has been up and running today. I don't think he knows he went under the knife. We are going to stay home tomorrow and watch him. If all is well, we are back in our normal routine by Thursday.
He hasn't bled at all, and is just a bit swollen. That is to be expected though. He is a tough little buger. I have no idea where he gets that!! ;)

Moment of Silence

Elvis "left the building" 30 years ago today. I really wish we were closer to West Tennessee so we could join the fun in Memphis. Everyone needs to make sure to catch one of his movies that will be playing through the weekend. You know I will be watching as many as I can. My favorite will always be Blue Hawaii when he played "Chadwick". I love the King!

Just Beachy

Well, we have finally settled back into our routine since returning from vacation. Let me just say it was HOT! However, I miss the beach so much! We shared a condo with Reed-Mitchell, The Overachiever, Elizabeth, and Ethan. It was a great place to stay. I could really get used to that life.
Silas did pretty good there considering how he felt. He had a double ear infection and then a reaction to his medicine. He started feeling really good when it was time to come home. He didn't like the sand much. He was okay with it as long as he was sitting on a blanket and could just put his hands in it.
We had a great time with the Fam. I wish we could have stayed longer.

Here is Silas and his favorite beach activity-playing in the garbage.


We stopped by the Bass Pro Shop only because it was by our favorite smoothie place. We're not really into this store, but Sie seemed to like the fish.


This is one of the few times he actually played in the sand with Daddy.


He was never really scared of the water. He would actually reach for it when it would flow away.


A long day at the beach is always better with puffs and a sippy cup of refreshing water to wash it down. Oh, just a bit of advice, it is always good to make sure the sippy has holes cut into the nipple. If not, you have a very fussy baby that is begging for something to drink and can't convey that to anyone with words.

FL

Well we reached our condo in Florida late Saturday afternoon. So now we are enjoying our vacation. The trip down here was a little reminder of our honeymoon 6 years ago. We left Friday night and decided to drive until we got tired. As on our honeymoon, we ended up in getting tired of driving about Gadsden, AL. When we pulled over for a hotel, they were all full. This time the world's longest garage sale was coming to an end but there was a big baseball tournament in town. SO we kept driving to until Hoover, AL. We left out early the next morning not know how far we were from Destin. Along with making pretty good time, some visitors at a Subway gave us a helpful shortcut. This has been the only good thing that has ever come out of Alabama. In case you can't tell, I don't like that state.

Anyhow, I am trying to relax and forget about work as Erika is trying not to get burned.

Here are a few pictures from waking up yesterday morning.

Making the Cut

Today Silas encountered another one of his milestones--His first haircut. Steven has been on me for quite sometime to get his hair cut. I, however, had grown quite fond of his baby mullet. Who doesn't love bussiness in the front and party in the back?? I knew this would truly signal his transformation from a tiny baby into a toddler ( that isn't toddling yet by the way ). The time had come, his hair would not lay flat against the back of his head and he had these crazy wispys that hung over his ears that reminded me too much of the dad on Everybody Loves Raymond.
He did great. He wasn't even fussy. Steven had just taken him to the ped. and found out he had two ear infections. Poor baby hadn't been feeling good, but he took everything in stride. He sat in Momma's lap while daddy snapped some pics. Jerry (Steven's Barber) did an awesome job. I was really impressed with his skill. There is no way I could have done it in a million years!

We are taking off for another adventure. The Bridges are heading south to Destin for a week. I will be sure to share any eventful happenings when we return.

Here are some pictures of my big boy!