Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Catching up!
Wow, we have a lot of catching up to do. Since the last time we posted we: celebrated Sydney's 6th Birthday, Sydney learned how to ride her bike without training wheels, went to the lake again, Owen started Pre-school, Sydney started 1st grade, SD state fair, Ann and I celebrated our 11th anniversary, went to the final Twins game in the metrodome and stayed at a nice waterpark, carved pumpkins and Trick R Treated, saw Cooper get chicken pox, and this weekend Ann and I are going to a Steeler's game. My mom will be here to hold down the fort. Very Brave!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Arts in the Park and a Wedding!
First off we had a wonderful time in Sioux City at Jon's cousin's wedding, Christie. We danced the night away. Sydney danced until midnight, Owen made it till about 10:45 or so.
Sunday was Arts in the Park in Brookings. The kids got their balloon hats, Sydney a rainbow hat and Owen a basketball hoop with a court and a ball. Sydney stepped on a pin off some kind and it went through her flip flop and punctured her foot, so we got some first aid for her. Owen also wanted to have his face painted. He wanted both Spider-man and Batman. Instead, for those of you who always wondered what it would look like if Spider-man tried on Batman's mask, well here is what it would look like.
Sunday was Arts in the Park in Brookings. The kids got their balloon hats, Sydney a rainbow hat and Owen a basketball hoop with a court and a ball. Sydney stepped on a pin off some kind and it went through her flip flop and punctured her foot, so we got some first aid for her. Owen also wanted to have his face painted. He wanted both Spider-man and Batman. Instead, for those of you who always wondered what it would look like if Spider-man tried on Batman's mask, well here is what it would look like.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
SUMMER 2009!
COOPER 13 MONTHS
OWEN 3 1/2 YEARS
COOPER'S 1ST HAIRCUT
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND TOO MUCH
THE BOYS!!
SYDNEY LOST ANOTHER TOOTH!
SHE PULLED OUT ALL BY HERSELF!!!!
MOM, SYDNEY, AND OWEN
GOOFIN' AROUND!!
T-BALL SEASON
GOTTA WORK ON KEEPING THAT BACK ELBOW UP!!
SYDNEY AND HER BEST FRIEND LUKER!!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Owen Gets Tubes
Well Owen had to have tubes put in his ears. We have been wondering for quite a while regarding his hearing and after we saw the hearing test and that he was functioning with mild to moderate hearing loss we felt bad about all the times that we had to yell at him thinking he had the common condition called selective hearing loss. But nope he actually did not hear us.
So the procedure itself is very easy and quick. About 5-10 minutes. They make a tiny cut just below the eardrum and vacuum out the mucous that is stuck behind the eardrum which is the actual cause of the hearing loss, and then put in ventilation tubes which fall out after about a year. Well in the adult we would just sit in a chair and clench our teeth and try and sit still, for a child they have to put them under anesthesia and put them to sleep. So we were not worried about the procedure but the fact that he was to be put under. I could have felt at ease that when I went in to lay him on the operating table that there was a Nurse Anesthetist and an Anesthesiologist but anyone that knows anything about surgery knows that you don't need both. So it actually made me more nervous because the process of putting a little child under anesthesia is a lot harder and riskier than an adult.
Nonetheless after only about 20 minutes from the time that I laid him on the table he was back in our arms awake and just fine. In fact he was back to himself only an hour and a half after surgery. Except for the part where he could actually hear. He spent the entire hour drive home singing lalalas and doing vocal exercises to himself. I suppose it sounded weird and he was getting used to his ears. Anyway, the hardest part about this will be to keep him from dunking his head under the bathtub water for the next 2-3 weeks.
All in all he was a trooper never once crying and save for a little anxiousness laying down on the operating table he did great. The nurses and staff at the Avera hospital were great as well. We arrived at 5:30 did the procedure at 7:30 and were gone by 9:00.
Nice hospital gown!
Just before I took him into the operating room
Just after the surgery
On the way back up to the room
All done!
So the procedure itself is very easy and quick. About 5-10 minutes. They make a tiny cut just below the eardrum and vacuum out the mucous that is stuck behind the eardrum which is the actual cause of the hearing loss, and then put in ventilation tubes which fall out after about a year. Well in the adult we would just sit in a chair and clench our teeth and try and sit still, for a child they have to put them under anesthesia and put them to sleep. So we were not worried about the procedure but the fact that he was to be put under. I could have felt at ease that when I went in to lay him on the operating table that there was a Nurse Anesthetist and an Anesthesiologist but anyone that knows anything about surgery knows that you don't need both. So it actually made me more nervous because the process of putting a little child under anesthesia is a lot harder and riskier than an adult.
Nonetheless after only about 20 minutes from the time that I laid him on the table he was back in our arms awake and just fine. In fact he was back to himself only an hour and a half after surgery. Except for the part where he could actually hear. He spent the entire hour drive home singing lalalas and doing vocal exercises to himself. I suppose it sounded weird and he was getting used to his ears. Anyway, the hardest part about this will be to keep him from dunking his head under the bathtub water for the next 2-3 weeks.
All in all he was a trooper never once crying and save for a little anxiousness laying down on the operating table he did great. The nurses and staff at the Avera hospital were great as well. We arrived at 5:30 did the procedure at 7:30 and were gone by 9:00.
Nice hospital gown!
Just before I took him into the operating room
Just after the surgery
On the way back up to the room
All done!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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