January 17th, mainly about Dylan...

Just waiting...

The happy medicine has started to take affect...

Finally we get a decent pix of us... this was about the 4th try though...

After he came out of surgery. He has his "Rudolph" light on his finger. And also an IV, but luckily they wrapped it all up...

And here he is with his favorite pal Max... As you can see, Max just LOVES this!

It seems like the last week or so has mainly consisted of taking care of Dylan. He did great with his surgery, but did have some issues coming out of the anesthesia. It took about an hour to calm him down and let me tell you... it seemed a lot longer than that. But once that was over everything else was smooth sailing. Before the surgery they gave him some medicine to relax him and boy did it. He was so funny, laughing and being goofy. It was hilarious! I went back with him to the OR and that was a hard thing to do. They warn you of what will happen, but until it's happening... They basically put the mask over his face, but his instinct is to fight it (reason for the relaxing meds) It is like standing there watching your child be smothered to death, because all of a sudden they just stop and they are lifeless. Not something I am sure I will ever do again. It wasn't as though he knew I was there, he was so out of it from the meds. But... I wanted to stay with him as long as I could. He has fully recovered from his surgery now and is back to his normal self. Although we have yet to give him chips... Monday will be the 2 week mark, so we are going to try then. He did eat some Cheezits today and did fine with them. It just makes us nervous. We can tell a huge difference in the way he breathes. The first night Dylan slept with me and I kept having to put my hand on him to feel him breathing. Before I could hear him all the way downstairs in our room. So I know it was worth it, having him go through that. And even when he came out of recovery he, out of the blue, said, "Mom, watch I can breath through my nose with my mouth closed". I knew then we had made the right decision.

The Wednesday after Dylan's surgery, Mike and I both got a stomach bug that lasted till Sunday/Monday. We never threw up, just felt like we were going too. It was horrible! But we did find out from the doctor some great advice when you are sick... Don't take Ibuprofen it really irritates your stomach lining. Take Tylenol instead. Also eat things that are low protein. Your stomach has a difficult time digesting protein, so it upsets your stomach even more... Just thought I would pass that along.

Last Saturday we went to the movies and watched Marley and Me... very good movie, but a tear jerker! The boys enjoyed it too. Afterwards we went to Village Inn, since they serve breakfast all day, we knew Dylan could eat some pancakes. He ended up eating 4 sausage links! That was the most we had seen him eat since he had his surgery.

Sunday we hung out here at the house and caught up on laundry! fun!! Monday was back to work and school, except for Dylan... he needed one more day. He woke up Tuesday begging to go back. He really missed it. Which am I glad for. I was worried with almost a month off, he wasn't going to want to go back.

Tuesday, Mick finished up his latest class and will start his next class on this coming Tuesday night. It is nice that they are only 5 week courses, one day a week, but he spends the other 6 days of the week doing homework! It will all be worth it when he is done though.

Today, he went over to Bryan's to work on an engine. Then I went to the movies with Jen. We saw Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood... wow... another tearjerker, but a great movie. LOTS of f bombs in that movie, along with words that some may find offensive (he has names for every type of person!) But a great moral story to it. Jen and the family were going to come out for dinner tonight but unfortunately about 5 minutes before they got here, their little guy Payton threw up all over the place... So they just went back home. I hate that they weren't able to come, but totally understand. Plus I am glad that it happened before they got here. I don't want to get sick again!!

Tomorrow... we are going to take the boys to see Paul Blart, Mall Cop, with Kevin James. It looks really funny... which I am ready to see a comedy after the last two! And I am sure Mick will work on homework when we get back... Amazing how he hasn't even had his first class yet and he already has homework!

Well that's about it. Not too long in between this time... Maybe I can keep up with it better now that the holidays are over...I hope everyone has a great week!

Happy New Year!!

I was asleep on the couch and Dylan climbed up on me and fell asleep too. The kids waiting for the ball to drop!

Me and my sister Kim

Me and Mick getting ready to open the gifts the boys got us...

We got into an icing fight while decorating the gingerbread house. As you can see I didn't do too well.

Mick and I at the Christmas party.

The Suburban getting pulled out!

Me, Mom and Dad at the airport.

Me and Jen (Geno's wife)

Mick and Geno.. what a goober!

Well it took almost 2 months, but I am finally back on here...

We have had a great last couple of months. Mick is still going strong in school. He is almost through his second class... I think he is enjoying this class. It is something he thinks he knows a lot about. Human Sexuality! At least I haven't had to listen to him complaining when it comes to the required reading for the class! He has been off work since the 24th and while it has been nice for him to get ahead on schoolwork... I don't feel like we have spent any time together. Every time I look at him he has his nose buried in his book or on his laptop. But... at least he is home right?

My sister and her family came up for Thanksgiving and for a few days in between Christmas and New Years. And she did watch the boys for us one night while Mick and I went out. We went and saw Australia... If you haven't seen it... go see it!! We had a great time visiting with them. They now live about 5 hours west of us. They seem to be enjoying it. I am glad for them.

We went to Mick's company Christmas party. We had a blast. Afterwards we went dancing. I don't think we have danced, in public, since our Senior Prom! It was a lot of fun though. My parents came up that weekend. It was nice to have them up for a visit and all to ourselves. They took the boys to the movies, Itz, to get ice cream, etc etc etc. They really enjoyed it. Mick and my dad were on the their way out of the driveway one morning and ended up getting the suburban stuck for a few hours. It took the neighbor's tow truck with a winch to pull them out. Of course I just laughed about it, but Mick wasn't in the mood for it... He did laugh later though.

We had a great Christmas. Nice and quiet! It was just the 4 of us. Dylan got a new bike and Kristian got a PlayStation 3. Mick and I didn't do gifts this year. There wasn't anything that either of us wanted/needed. And I wanted to spend it all on the boys.

For New Years we hung out here at the house. Cat, Brett and the kids came over and we played games. We actually made it till midnight! But shortly there after Dylan was out like a light on the couch. The next morning we had them out along with Chris, Maite and the kids for a New Year's Day brunch. It was nice to get to visit with everyone. After everyone left around 2 I went right back to bed! I had been having head aches all week and I got another one that day. I ended up getting sick! I think it is a head cold. Today I am doing better though.

Dylan is having his surgery in the morning. Tonsils and Adenoids. I will be so glad when it is over!! He seems ok with it right now.. we will see how he feels once we are at the hospital and once the surgery is over... I am planning for the worse and hoping for the best! He has to eat soft foods for about 2 weeks. So we took him to McDonalds today, so he could enjoy something good one last time. :) Me and him are going to "set up camp" in mine and Mick's room for at least the next week. He isn't supposed to be up and around for a few days, so we will hang in there watching TV and eating ice cream!! I am sure it won't be as fun as it sounds though...

Kristian is doing well. In addition to the PS3, he got a Ripstick for Christmas too. Basically a skate board with only one wheel at each end. He has amazed us with figuring out how to ride it. We thought it would just sit in the corner and collect dust, but... Mick and I have tried it out too... I must say I was better on it than Mick. I wish so badly I would've had a camera when Mick tried it. He fell flat on his butt. In the seconds that it was happening... I was thinking how funny it was and wondering if we were about to make a trip to the ER! Luckily, I was able to just keep laughing!

Well I suppose I should hit the hay... We have an early morning tomorrow. I hope to be on here more often now that the holidays are over... No promises though!