It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

It was so fun to wake up this morning to see SNOW! Mike got called in early, so I actually knew before I got up, but it was fun to see what the kids thought of it. Collin was in awe, he couldn't quite figure it out when he touched it! :) I snapped this picture quick before I headed out the door to work. We have Christmas with Mike's family on Friday, so it puts me more in the mood!

Our Weekend In Wichita

We went to Wichita for the weekend, since we had a long one to see some close friends (Angie and Amy) we had not had a chance to see in a long time. (Marty and Renee also went.) It was a really great time for us to catch up, and just have fun together, and for the guys and kids to all get to know each other. As we were leaving Kendra said "Mom, we HAVE to do this again...it was fun!", and I agree! :)

Our Weekend In Wichita

Collin's Surgery

Well, we took Collin in for surgery at 7:00 our time this morning. It only took about 15 minutes, and we were able to go and hold him right away. He did really good, they said that they don't see too many go as smoothly as his! He didn't fight the anesthesia at all, and only cried a little bit after waking up. He did have a lot of fluid on his right ear, and they said this should definitely help. He act almost like he normally does, just wants held a little more than usual, but he's been running around playing since we got home. Thank you for all of your prayers!

Good Advice

I received some good advice from both my mom and my mother in law about Collin's plugs. They said that he may do better if Kendra had plugs. Sure enough, we had a much happier bath time tonight! Yea! We had quite a time getting them in, but once he was in the tub it went pretty smooth! Thank you for the good advice, and thank you all for your prayers!

Collin's Ears...Update

Collin got his ear plugs made that he will have to wear any time he is in the water after surgery. They told us to start having him wear them in the bath now, so he is used to them when he has to wear them. Lets just say I was crying after bath time last night...I sure hope it gets easier. He did not like them at all, and it was a fight the whole time. I think the part that bothers me the most is that he LOVES bath time, and so do I. It's like the time of day we both look forward to most, and now I am afraid he will start to not like it anymore. Here he is this morning trying them out. :)

Collin's Ears

As many of you know, Collin has had lots of ear infections in his short little life so far. Kendra is now pretending to be an "Ear, Nose Throat Specialist"! He runs around the house checking his own ears a lot too.

He will be having surgery next Tuesday morning bright and early to have tubes put in.