Make sure if you haven't already to check out Nolan's birthday post that I posted below.
We just can't get enough time outside in the summer. We haven't been in our basement (where all the toys are) since the weather started getting nicer.
Another reason why I love summer. They finally burn off all of their energy and just crash at the end of the day.
Well Spencer had his last surgery this week. I've been a bit more mum about this one because I'm sure he will be thrilled when he get's older that I'm talking about it. Basically Spencer has what's called urethral stenosis. Or narrowing of his urethra. I noticed early on (when he was just a few months old) that when he peed it wasn't always straight. I was told to just keep an eye on it. Well, it never corrected and I asked again at his 5 year check up. We were then sent to the pediatric urologist. We also discovered at this time that Spencer's right testicle (Sorry Spencer if you reading this when you are 20!) had a tendency to go back up. So they wanted to fix that also. I felt so bad for him having to go through another procedure and I didn't even really know how to explain this one. Thankfully we had it done and Children's and they were all great. I can't say enough good things about our experience. He's recovering and doing great. He took pain meds for the first day and complained of peeing for the first day but other then that you would never know he had anything done. We are so proud of our brave boy and we celebrated that all of his surgeries are DONE! Now he can enjoy summer.
They had toys on the bed and a Wii ready to go when he got in the room.
Our sweet brave boy!
He requested that I sit in the back of the van with him.
Of course we had a little gift for him when we got home. I had to find stuff that would entertain him that could be done while sitting or resting.
We built his LEGO fire fighter set.
The hospital sent home doctor stuff for them to play with.
Towards the end of the first night Spencer started getting tired and this is the spot he picked to sleep. Don't worry we moved him to his bed eventually.
Spencer and I went to grandma's for a few days. He got to spend some time with Finley. They played Wii, got out Heather's old kitchen set and did a lot of tractor riding. Grandma also took them to a movie and they had dinner on the pontoon.
The boys also talked Grandpa into taking them fishing the next morning.
Even my sister came this year!
Ryan had the two little boys. He took this picture one morning when the drop off didn't go as smooth. They look tired.
But he also spoiled them with dinner at Target after getting Easton's prescription for swimmer's ear. Ryan said, "taking the easy way out tonight."
Easton got invited to another friend's birthday party. It was at the Giggle Factory so Ryan took Nolan along to play while Easton was at the party. I don't fully trust Easton to go to a party by himself yet. Maybe in a year or so....
The mom was nice and let Nolan crash in on the party fun!
We said goodbye to one of our old neighbors Terryl and Jake. They are the ones that have the twin girls in Easton's classroom that he's been in love with for a while now. It's sad to see them go but hopefully we can visit them in Colorado.
They had a ton of water slides and bounce houses for the kids. It was perfect!
My worst fear is to ever have to do CPR on one of my kids or a kid in general. Thankfully this story has a good ending but reminds me how quickly something can go wrong. One of our friend's little boy fell from the top of the water slide pictured above and hit his back when he landed in the pool below. He got the wind knocked out of him we think. By the time he got over to us he was upset and unable to catch his breath. He went pale and his lips started turning blue. We got him to the ground and he wasn't responding. After what seemed like 5 minutes he was able to catch his breath and I didn't have to start CPR. It scared all of us and the paramedics were already on their way. They brought him to the ER and he checked out fine. They even brought him back in the ambulance. It was also a great lesson for our kids to see why we have to be careful playing on those slides.
Don't worry the party carried on and while the little girls wanted to be waitresses and serve everyone food. My kids wanted to learn how to pour beer from the kegs.
My Boy Pictures.... and you could certainly start with the few above!
He's totally ok with dirty hands and these are from eating a chocolate chip cookie. Does it need to be that messy? Those dirty hands were later wiped clean on his white shirt and now I'm trying to get the stains out.
Anything and everything is an obstacle course in our house.
Proud mom! Spencer's back pack is the only one hanging in this mess.
A bubble beard.
