Tubes for Drew

On the 16th of August we took Drew to St. Francis to have tubes put in his ears.  His right ear has always looked great, but his left ear has been full of fluid for months now.  Funny thing about Drew is that he is a doctor's dream.  Seriously, he does what they say, he doesn't cry or fight the dr. at all!  Sam spent the night with his grandparents since we had to show up at the hospital at 6:30 am to register. After registration, they took us back to meet the nurses and the anesthesiologist that would be taking care of Drew.  Finally around 7:30, Dr. Gibbons arrived and the nurse held her arms out and Drew went right to her.  We waited for him about 30 min. or so and then the Dr. came out to let us know that everything went great and we just had to wait for him to wake up.  About 5 min. later, the nurse came to let us know we could go back and get our little guy.  Drew was snuggled up with a nurse and ready to see his mom!  They let us know that he did great and never cried.  We ended the morning with taking him to McDonalds to get pancakes.  The funny part about the day was that they told us he would be sleepy the rest of the morning, so just go home and let him rest.  Well, not Drew.  After breakfast, we went home and he was ready to go.  I made him sit on the couch for a little while, but he finally looked at me and said he wanted to ride his bike!  That's our Drew, always ready for fun!

Another week of swim lessons and both boys are still doing great.  Sam is learning freestyle, the backstroke and "pillow".  He has no fear of the water, never really has and is so obedient to his teacher.  Drew is also doing great.  He still hasn't shed the first tear and is willing to do whatever his teacher asks of him.  He is learning to float on his back, get to the wall and flip from his stomach to his back.

I can't believe that it's august 1st.  Soon we are going to be sending Sam off to pre-school for the first time.  I'm really excited for him and know that he is going to love it, but I have to say it's hard to see him growing up.  Just this week, he went to the movies with Lydia and it made me kind of sad to see him drive off.  He loves working on crafts, he is awesome at coloring and can still throw a ball with serious speed and accuracy!  If you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he will tell you a soccer player or a weather man.  He loves to look outside and predict if it's going to rain or not.

Drew is still the most active of the two boys.  He is always on the move.  I have quickly learned that he needs to get outside or go somewhere that he can run and burn energy.  He is going through a phase right now that he asks to be a baby and loves me to wrap him up in a blanket and hold him.  He really is a momma's boy, but I would never complain about that.  A lot of times, he will look at us and say, "i wanna tell you sumtim" When we say what, he says "om, om, om" and then makes up something.  He loves talking and has a great vocabulary.  His first prayer a few months ago was, "God, cake, amen!" He almost always volunteers to pray before each meal.  Another funny Drew story, one day he said to me that he wanted "sicken" (chicken) and then said "uh, achually, cake"  That boy loves his cake!  Drew is still napping once a day and some days will ask to go to bed.

Well, it's time to get ready for swim lessons!

I'm alive!

Nice, a year has almost passed without an entry!  I'm great at this.  ;)  I want to blog so badly.   I want to remember the funny, crazy things that happen during our day, but then I forget to do it and a year passes!  So, I'm going to try this again.  Who knows, maybe it will stick this time.

July is here, it's hot and humid!  Not really a surprise for a summer in Richmond.  Zac is in WV for Stony Point's yearly mission trip to help out the people of Fairmont.  I'm home with the little guys and trying to keep busy.  We actually started swim lessons yesterday.  This is Sam's third year doing lessons.  He did a great job.  He is really comfortable in the water and is learning different swim strokes this time around.  Yesterday, he jumped off the diving board and learned scooper arms.   Drew is doing lessons for the first time.  I wasn't sure how he would do with me dropping him off with a stranger yesterday, but he took his teacher's hand and never looked back.  He is really comfortable in the water (we go to the pool a lot) and learned to blow bubbles, humpty dumpty and was floating on his back.  When I went back after his 30 min. lesson, his teacher told me that he is the first 2 year old she has had that didn't cry!  I was so proud of him.  He is a little bit of a momma's boy these days and likes to keep me close by.  So, there we are, a little bit of an update.  I should be back!! :)