So behind

I have really neglected this blog lately! We have been very busy with end of season/year parties and just life! I promise..updates coming very soon. Lots of pictures to share. Birthdays, awards, sports...

Happy Easter!

We hope you had a wonderful Easter! We sure did! The boys had a total of 4 egg hunts. The first at church, then our neighborhood egg hunt, then our family hunt at our home, and last at my grandmothers with lots of family.

On Palm Sunday our church had a great egg hunt with bounce houses, hot dogs, and cotton candy. The kids had a great time. A.J. loved hunting for the eggs. On Maundy Thursday we went to church and attended the Seder meal. That was very neat. We had plans to attend the Good Friday service but Mr. A.J. wasn't feeling 100% so we decided to stay home and let him rest.

On Saturday we had a neighborhood egg hunt. The big boys had a blast and we had a great turn out. A.J. wasn't very interested in the hunt.

On Easter morning we had a yummy big breakfast the went to church. After church we came back home and had a nice family egg hunt and then headed to my grandmothers for a family gathering. My cousin, his wife and their daughter came to Texas for a visit! It was great to see them and meet baby Emersyn! The kids enjoyed a big hunt over there as well.

Enjoy a few pictures from our Easter!

Wordless Wednesday~Funny horse!

Camping

Dillon just got back from a 4 day camping trip to Arkansas with his boyscout troop. He had a blast! He came back looking great with a little color. He was filthy though! And he was exhausted! I wish I had taken a picture of him leaving. It was really early and I wasn't thinking. He looked very grown up. So handsome. My baby is getting way to big.

Wordless Wednesday ~ My Adorable Helper

Wordless Wednesday-Brotherly Love

Surgery day for A.J.

Back in October we noticed a small lump in A.J.'s throat. It looked just like an adam's apple. We took him to the doctor and she ordered blood test and an MRI. That all was pretty scary but the blood test came back quickly and normal! We had his MRI a few weeks later and he was diagnosed with a thryoglossal duct cyst. We were told he would be just fine but would need surgery to remove it. It was growing so we chose to have it removed sooner rather than later.

A.J. had his surgery on Feb. 15th. We were really dreading this but overall it went well.
A.J. looking for things to get into while waiting on the anesthesiologist.

You can kind of see the thyroglossal duct cyst in this picture.

After "silly juice" and mama not ready to hand him over. The silly juice is a sedative so he doesn't realize he is being taken form mom and dad. It worked really well.

The surgery took about an hour. It was shorter than we expected so that was nice! When he woke up he was hysterical! He was screaming so loud and for a LONG time! His blood pressure was high and it was obvious that he was stressed. He was in pain but we believe the reaction was more from the anesthesia. First they tried to calm him down with Loratab. That failed. Then they ordered him morphine. The first dose did nothing. So they gave another. The poor boy crashed and slept a few hours. I really think he just needed to seep off the anesthesia. I hate that he was given so many drugs.

Once he woke up he was upset again. However this time I was able to calm him. He was given pain medication around the clock for 1.5 weeks. I hate that. But my baby was in pain.

A while after he woke up he was willing to eat a popsicle.

He did lots of sleeping. They originally gave us a rocking chair and a crib. We laughed and asked for a bed. There was no way A.J. was going to lay in a crib. No he wanted mom! And he got mom. I held him all day and all night. It was a little tricky sleeping with a baby all hooked up to wires.

This is the next day before we got to head home. The doctors came and took the drainage tube out of his neck. It was adorable because we thought he was sleeping. And once they were done he immediately handed him his left arm with the IV. He wanted that thing out! He hated the IV! He was so happy to get his IV out! He was ready to play as soon as it was out.

On our way home from Children's.

Once we were home he seemed SO much better. He played. He did rest and he was eating okay and drinking fairly well. Unfortunately he ran a fever from the day of surgery until 11 days later. He was doing pretty well until about 6 days after. Then he went back to not feeling well and being very fussy. He wouldn't eat or drink. He lost 2 pounds! I think allot of it was the fever. Once that broke on day 12 he acted so mach happier!

He has had a check up since and everything is looking wonderful! The doctor is very positive that he was able to remove the entire cyst and that it won't grow back. It does happen but I am hoping that this was a one time surgery!

Thanks to everyone who prayed for my little man! We really appreciate it!