Weston's Procedure

Today Weston had his tubes put in and his adenoid taken out.  I was a nervous wreck, well a week or two leading up to this day, but so scared the day of.  I tried to keep it together for him, but I just wanted it all to be over.  We got to TCH and Weston went straight for all of the toys in the waiting room.  We checked in and before we knew it, we were back changing him into his yellow jammies.  Weston was not in a good mood before the surgery since he hadn't ate or drank anything since the night before, so the doctor and nurse warned me, "he probably will NOT be happy when he wakes up."  They took him back and we headed out to the waiting room and I was proud of myself for not crying.  The whole procedure took about 20 minutes.  We got to go back to the recovery room and Weston had just woken up and they said he came out of sleep really fast and he was thrashing about and wasn't fully awake.  They ended up giving him some morphine and basically knocking him back out in hopes of him waking up in a better mood.  I just held on to him for an hour or so while he slept and I was so happy when he finally woke up he was happy.  He wanted a popsicle, so I knew he was ok :)  The rest of the day we just spent the day resting and he seemed to be very agitated, but I knew it was just all the medicine.  He drank a lot of fluids the day of and I was so happy that he never got sick to his tummy.

UPDATE:  Today Weston woke up COMPLETELY fine!  I am so happy to say that he is back to his normal happy, go lucky self and has a big appetite again.  We go back to the doctor over Spring Break to have him check to make sure everything is healed!

heading to TCH for the procedure

zonked out afterwards

Pop came to visit and to help me feel better

Weston is TWENTY THREE Months Old

.One month away from our little boy turning the big T-W-O.   I am so excited to celebrate his birthday with family and friends. We bought him a bounce house for his birthday and we have enjoyed the past few weekends setting it up and letting him play.  Our parents are going to be getting him a swing set for his birthday, so hopefully we will have that by his party.  I have been looking a lot at old pictures of Weston and it makes me smile and also want to cry.  He brightens each and every day for me and our family, but it's so sad to see that he isn't a baby anymore.  He is becoming so independent and I know one of these days my sweet little boy won't want to give me eskimo kisses, hold my hand on the way up to school, and come cuddle with me on the couch.  I am trying to stop each day and really just soak in every minute I spend with him and bottle these memories in my heart.

At TWENTY THREE Months Weston...

*weighs 27.9 lbs
*loves taking colored baths...he now knows some coloring mixing. He will tell you what colors make blue and yellow and sometimes orange :)
*counts to 16...but then says 20..I think because when we do a breathing treatment we count to 20, so now he wants to skip right to 20
*loves playing outside and chasing the dogs
*loves when I lay on his floor at bedtime and sing songs with him
*he loves seeing This Little Light of Mine
*now tells me things that go on at school; this past weekend he told me "Grayson try bite Weston, but no bite me"
*loves watching Paw Patrol and Sesame Street
*every since his procedure he always wants popsicles
*now does big boy puzzles up to 9 pieces
*is really into animals-especially dinosaurs
*lights up when Ryan gets home...they spend a majority of the time running around the house
*pretends to call people on the phone...it's so cute..."hewwwo...hewwwwwo?! byebye."
*now says "cheese" or "cheeseburger" when I take his picture...now if only I can get him to master looking at me when he says it ;)
*is getting really good at using his spoon and fork

happy, happy boy

hanging out in his jambes

getting ready for school on Valentine's Day

Dr. Love in the house

testing out the new bounce house

I think he likes it

February brought us some great weather to spend time outside

I melt 

morning donuts with mom

Weston loves his "cowboy" hat

my little man...future lady killer

working hard on his artwork

first masterpiece

Mama and Me

ZOO TRIPS and GORGEOUS Weather

Weston is finally feeling better and so we can finally get out of the house!  We have spent the weekend at the zoo and in the backyard playing and it feels wonderful to be out.  Weston loves being outside, but we can always bet that if he is out, within the next few days he is congested and feeling crummy.  Hopefully after next week that will all change!  We had a blast with Weston at the zoo.  He loved looking at all of the animals and riding around in his wagon.  Daddy taught him to say "stinky elephant poop" so that is what he is currently obsessed with saying :)  Here are some pictures from the zoo and from playing outside.

playing golf with daddy

bubble blowing

biggest bubble he's blown yet

excited to be at the zoo!

Arian Foster was at the zoo that day!

listening to the zoo keeper talk about the elephants

he picked out an alligator and jaguar to take home :)

chomp chomp

Mommy and Weston...he was more interested in looking at the lions

Daddy and Weston 

Weston is TWENTY TWO Months Old

I can't believe in two short months our little boy will be two.  It's a new year and we are learning new things every day.  We are back into the swing of things of me being at work and Weston going to school.  Although I absolutely LOVE his school, I think I am going to move him to another MDO program that offers a 3 day a week program.  He just loves being at school so much now that I really want him in it as much as possible.  We have a busy month ahead of us-Weston will be getting tubes and his adenoid taken out soon.  We have had another horrible round of ear infections that don't seem to want to clear.  We are on our 3rd antibiotic now and nothing seems to be helping.  Luckily, he is is in good spirits and doesn't seem bothered by it.  So much is going on that I know I am forgetting to type something, but I guess that is the beauty of blogging-I can always come back later and add more :)

At TWENTY TWO Months Weston...

*weighs 27.4 lbs
*loves singing songs...his current favorites include Twinkle Twinkle, Shake Your Sillies Out, and Old McDonald
*anytime we are in the car now, we have to be listening to his CD
*talks about his "fwends" at school all the time...it is so cute to hear him say their names :)
*now knows what an oval, star and diamond are
*would probably eat yogurt melts all day, every day if I allowed him to
*loves playing soccer...his favorite thing to do is to kick the balls into his tent
*loves painting and playing with stickers
*still is not a big fan of brushing his teeth...this makes night time routines sorta tricky
*likes playing hide and seek
*chicken nuggets and french fries are his favorite things
*has been stuck inside a lot this month due to sickness and allergies!  (sigh)
*is still shy when meeting people for the first time, but once he gets to know them he doesn't stop talking!
*is obsessed with animals-he has a whole collection of stuffed animals from the zoo and he loves lining them up and playing pretend with them.  Most of them make it into his bed each night too :)

"mommy, dat's sidy" 

he loves his giraffe 

handsome little man

he attempted to take his own clothes off...this is as far as he got

BUSTED!  too many toys in the bath!