Around the house....

Brady LOVES taking pictures...here are a few of his masterpieces!

Girls Night Out...

Yep...that is right! Mom got a night out! Woooo Hoooo! Started off at the Black Iris, headed to Santa Fe, and ended the night at Knuckleheads. It was a good time and hung with some friends I hadn't seen in awhile. Oh and just a reminder...NICOLE...watch out for signs!

Dollinger Farm

My Family!

So tall!

Checking out the kid houses and slides.

Hmmmm...which one should I pick?!?!

Awwww...Brother and Sister

See anything funny about this picture???

We went to the pumpkin patch to find some BIG pumpkins and spend a little family time together. There was sooo many people there and it ended up being a mild weather day. While we were there, there was a civil war reenactment going on so that was entertaining. We saw Abe Lincoln!!! I should have gotten a picture of that but I was taking too many pictures of my kiddos enjoying the day.

Brady's Surgery

Brady and his buddy, George

Playing catch with Dad before the surgery.

Brady has had many problems with colds over the past two years and we could never stay on top of it. Finally they saw scar tissue on his ear drums so they sent him to an ear specialist. They gave him some medicine to see if things would clear up, and it did but the middle ear still had fluid. The doctor decided that putting tubes and taking out Brady's adenoid would be of a benefit for him at this time. The surgery was scheduled for Monday October 5 and when we went to the pre-surgical check up, he had a cold AGAIN. They gave him some strong medicine and he had to get rechecked again on Saturday to get the approval...we got it, so Monday at 7:30 it was. When we arrived at the hospital we got registered and Brady had to get into this TINY little gown! He was then given some medicine to calm him down a little. We had cartoons on the tv and I had lots of toys and books with. About 7:30 the nurses came to take him to surgery and off he went on the bed. We gave him our kisses and into the operating room he rolled. I broke down! Wow...I have NEVER felt that way...I saw my child get taken away and I had no control over what was going to happen, and this was minor! That 45 minutes was the LONGEST of my life so far. The doctor came out and said we made a good choice by doing this. The fluid in Brady's middle ear was as think as maple syrup. Wow! About 20 more minutes went by and we got to go see him. He was just waking up and was very confused. Crying, Screaming, trying to rip out his IV. It was scary but not at the time since that parent mode kicks in and all you want to do is make him feel better. We got some fluids in him and out came the IV. I then climbed up on the bed and we watched Cars. He calmed down and for the next couple of hours it was Popsicles and apple juice. Once home, we just hung out on the couch and after his nap, he felt much better and was running around like his normal self. What a whirlwind of emotions...Thanks for all the calls, texts, e-mails, and facebook posts! We really needed it and really appreciated hearing from all of you!