Sean's surgery

I said I had some pictures of Sean's broken nose so here they are...


I know, it doesn't look broken at all, does it? He's pretty happy because I told him I would take him to Walmart since he wasn't allowed to eat or drink until after his surgery, which was scheduled at 1 pm. If you know Sean you know he's asking about breakfast as soon as her wakes up. If you know me, I really don't like Walmart. So this was a pretty big deal!





He was even more thrilled when the official greeter said she was going to give Sean a sticker. Little did we know she was going to stick it on his nose! Luckily she didn't push too hard and I stopped her before she had a chance to. He kept that sticker on the whole time in the store.




We waited in this little curtained off room until they were ready for him. He actually enjoyed his socks and gown. They let him take his socks home with him. He's showing off his new toy that he got while we were at Walmart.




When they were ready, the bundled him up in a warm blanket and laid him in his own chariot. We walked down the hall and around the corner and he was asleep. The nurses and doctors kept asking if he was given any meds to calm him. Nope. He must have just been worn out from not eating all day long.


About an hour later
He came out pretty groggy. They finally let us go home when he was able to eat a Popsicle. Once I told him their stipulations he downed that Popsicle so fast and then stood up ready to leave.


He is now doing just fine. There is still some internal swelling and dried grossness that is causing some congestion. One more visit to the doctor before we move and he's done. I'm just thankful that we found out before anything worse happened.

Graduations!

We have had a couple graduations to talk about.




Sean graduated from preschool. He did a great job!

My handsome graduate. He even sang a solo. Here's the video.



It's a little long but he's just cute and nervous





Before that, Kaelin graduated from kindergarten. For her graduation she memorized the Preamble to the Constitution. I was pretty impressed.





Before that, Rob graduated from the Southern College of Optometry


This was a pretty stained glass window, of Memphis, inside the church.




Had to take a picture of "the hood"


Congratulations to all my graduates!

Nothing

Well, we have pretty much nothing. The movers came and took all they could. The kids and I have about two weeks worth of clothing, about ten books, and a shoe box sized Tupperware of toys. I drove Rob to the airport at four o'clock this morning so now its just Brandi, the kids and myself. Life can be pretty boring with nothing. I think there will be lots of trips to the aquarium and hopefully when the weather gets better swimming and parks. Although, as long as we're still getting snow I don't think we will be visiting the parks very often. We have some fun plans with Brandi coming up this weekend and then we'll kick off the day trips. I still have a few errands to run, a couple times to the post office included. Since our computer is already shipped I guess I'll have to take to time to upload pictures onto this laptop.
If Rob is able to read this at all in his down time...
Happy Birthday! We love you and miss you!


So for now we're still hanging out for another few weeks. Our official move date is June25.

Crazy Days

Craziness:

Monday 6 pm- Sean falls in the garage and gets a bloody nose

Monday 9 pm- We find out his nose is actually broken and he has a septal hematoma (google it, I know you want to) which will require surgery.

Tuesday 4 am- Rob starts his drive to LA where he'll drop off our van at a port so it can be shipped to Portugal

Tuesday 9am- Kaelin is sent off to school, while I take Sean crying, because he couldn't eat breakfast, to the ENT

Tuesday 10 am- I find out that the first available surgery time slot is at 1.

meanwhile- Brandi takes Savanna and her dog Morgan to K's school for animal day. I take Sean to Walmart to waste time and distract from food until check-in at 12

Tuesday 12-pm- check-in at the hospital and wait.

Tuesday 2 pm- Sean comes out of surgery very drowsy but well. Rob makes it to the airport for his flight home

Tuesday 9 pm- pick-up Rob from the airport and head home to get ready for the movers to come in the morning

Wednesday- first group of movers
Thursday- second group of movers
Friday- last group of movers
Saturday- baby Brooklynn's first birthday
Sunday- Good-bye party for Rob
Monday- Rob leaves for officers' training and we don't see him until we are on our way to Portugal in a month.


Very crazy days! The home computer was packed up today so no pictures today. I do have plenty of pictures from the hospital excitement. After all is said and done, Sean is doing well, he's in pain but he'll be alright. Rob is sick. And we still have some moving/packing/sorting to do. Now, when to find time to breathe.