Dean's Appendectomy

We had a big emergency last Thursday. Dean started having stomach pain around 4 am. On my way home from dropping the boys off at school, Dean called me to come right home. He had severe pain in his lower stomach. I rushed him to the ER and they took him back right away. I have never been so scared in my life! It took 5 hours of tests and waiting and then the CAT Scan confirmed it was his appendix. He had laparoscopic surgery shortly there after. The surgery went well and his appendix didn't rupture. Dean was able to come home on Friday. He is resting at home and is feeling a little better each day. The full recovery time is 6 weeks.

We had a wonderful friend pick up the boys from school and take care of them in the afternoon. I had Hailey and Josh the whole day at the hospital. Hailey was an angel and Josh did OK for Josh.:) I had someone offer to watch him, but I knew he would cry, like he does when I leave him at church. Poor little Nathan had a hard time leaving his Daddy at the hospital on Thursday night. I am so glad Dean was able to come home so quick. The kids were so worried and missed him so much.

We had to cancel Matthew's birthday party on Friday and he took it so well. I was so proud of him. We are planning on rescheduling it sometime soon. BTW, the birthday cake count is up to 3 now. :)



Here is a picture I took of Dean in the ER on my cell phone after they gave him the pain medicine.

Here he is today.

Easter Sunday

The Easter Bunny left the baskets outside of the kids' rooms. They brought them right into our room bright and EARLY! Next year, I'm hoping he will hide the baskets to be found after we all wake up.

Josh thinks he's a big boy and wants to dye eggs too.

Here is Dean "enjoying" the days activities. :)

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Matt's Birthday at Home

This is from Matthew's actual birthday. His birthday was on Good Friday, so we planned his big party for the next week. I wonder how many cakes he will end up with?

Matt's Birthday at School

Easter Egg Hunt

Our neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Josh loved all of the candy he got out of his eggs! He was so cute picking up the eggs. Nathan, Matt and Hailey didn't find any eggs and they handled it so well. Dean went and got them some eggs from the volunteers running the hunt later. We took them for a shaved ice treat after the hunt because they were so good.

Spring Break

The kids had spring break last week. We had a nice relaxing week. On Friday, Dean took off work and we went to the zoo, Lake Austin for lunch and swimming in our neighborhood pool. It was a high of 96 degrees. The pool was cold, but the kids didn't mind.

Joshua's 2nd Birthday

Our little baby boy turned 2! I thought his cuteness peeked around his 1st birthday, but he has grown even cuter every day since. He is doing so well. He is eating everything, walking everywhere and is finally learning several words. The therapist comes once a week and Josh is still about 6 months behind, but we are hopeful he will close that gap.

We went to one of Josh's favorite restaurants, Red Robin for dinner. Josh had some chicken sandwich, fries and a banana milkshake with whipped cream and sprinkles. Then, we went to the park and headed home for ice cream cake and presents.

Josh goes down the slide all by himself!

He liked being sung to.

Gotta lick the frosting off of the candles!

Everyone loved the big cardboard bricks! They could play with them for hours.