Saturday, January 29, 2011

Tates Tonsilectomy..

Earlier last summer Tate started to snore really bad...like really bad. He would snore (Or breath really heavy) even when he was awake. So in the fall I had him at the doctor for some other weird thing that only Tate could manage to have, anyway the doc checked his throat and said his tonsils were huge!! We had his checked by a specialist and there was no question that his tonsils needed to come out. So we went in the first week in January and had them removed. I am so glad we did, they were so big I can't believe they even fit in his throat!! No wonder the kid had breathing problems!! He did so awesome too not only in surgery but his recovery was amazing!! He was back to normal in about a week and we only had a few really hard mornings!! What a champ!! He is a whole new kid now, I am shocked. He doesn't snore at all now, his appetite his unreal and I'm sure its just the chip of the ice burg!!
Here he is getting ready for surgery!
Just after, Tate is still dazed and Carter is not so sure about the whole thing!

Total deer in the headlights!!

It doesn't do it justice but here are the tonsils, keep in mind these were in a 4 year old throat!!









Christmas 2010

So here we are at the end of January and I'm finally getting around to blogging about Christmas. Not because I haven't had time, but because I was overwhelmed by pictures. So I did my best to narrow it down but there are still a ton. Its better than the 500 I had to choose from, not to mention that I forgot my camera on several occasions! We had a fabulous Christmas, we spent before and after up in Huntsville riding the sleds behind the 4-wheelers, playing in the snow building snow forts and enjoying family. My Brother Dan and his family came into town just after Christmas, it was fun to see them and its always fun for the grand kids to catch up and play with cousins! We are so very blessed and I'm so grateful for my savior, this year has been rough for us, but it has definitely strengthened my testimony as well as my relationship with my Savior. A picture is worth a thousand words ...right, so excuse to excess amount of pictures, but most people just look at the pictures and could care less to read the print so here it goes...
What Christmas would be complete without a sharpie war......it wasn't hard to pick the winner!

With the Cousins on Christmas morning.

The chub with his light

Tate loved the skateboard, and the sexy man behind him would be my Jer!!!

The boys and their toys!! We are going to be very self surviving this year, the boys wanted a fishing pole, a bow and arrow, a gun, and a skateboard!!



Waiting to go open presents...

Everything they asked for and under 10 bucks, that's my kind of Christmas!!




It didn't take long to have all of our presents opened!!

Tate enjoying the spoils!

Merry Christmas!!
Jer having help opening his stuff.
Every Christmas Eve we act out the Nativity scene, the kids love it and I like to think it helps them remember the true meaning of the season.
My leading donkey!!
Cole started as a Shepard, but had to fill in for Joseph when Tate got bored!More Shepard's and a Soldier??

Our beautiful angles!
Three wise men!Huntsville....
The best buds!!
Carter trying to pull Lainey.....
He didn't make it far!

The boys built a fort and this is then giving their tough guy stance!!