Babies, Brownies and Blessings

Today is the day. WAS the day. The long-awaited ornery-ectomy was to take place for BigBoy #2. This morning he needed it, bad. The fighting, crying and yelling that began as soon as the boys woke just about did me in. But today was going to be the beginning of the end of sickness for BigBoy #2. Out with the tonsils and adenoids, in with the happy, feeling good boy. Those plans were changed. By yogurt. 3 ounces of Dannon Smoothie Strawberry Burst yogurt. BigBoy #2 is a big breakfast eater so I knew it would be a challenge to keep him from eating this morning. He was allowed popsicles and jello, though, so I thought that would be a delight to any little 3 year old. Popsicles for breakfast!! He wanted yogurt. I said no. He said yes. Yada yada. I won the battle for a while. I intercepted an almost intereference when I found him disobediently grabbing a yogurt out of the fridge. We had done our best to explain why this was not an option for him. And he gets popsi...

Tomorrow is the big day. Caleb's Orneryectomy (aka tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy)  will take place early in the afternoon. Bri and I are both feeling a bit apprehensive. It's hard to choose surgery for your child, even if it is the best option and the long-term benefits will be worthwhile. Caleb, on the other hand, is looking forward to it. At 3 he doesn't quite get what's going on but he keeps asking if it's time to go to the hospital yet! We did our best to explain without scaring (and scarring). He won't be able to eat anything in the morning which might be rough. Breakfast is usually first on his list when he wakes. But he can have popsicles and pudding until about 8am so he might think it's his lucky day! There's a chance he'll have to stay the night in the hospital, depends on how well he takes fluids post-op. He's a stubborn one so we may be in for a fight for a few days. We covet your prayers and ask that you'll lift up...

It's been a rough 6 months for our 3 year old. He hasn't gone more than a week's time without some sort of illness. A string of ear infections, pneumonia, coughing, colds, strep, sinus infection. Courses of antibiotics. Now steroids. You get the picture. The thing is, he's ornery. Really. Really. Ornery. I'm not certain if he's just "3 year old ornery" or if its more than that. Right now I'm banking on it being more than that. In a couple weeks he's going to get his tonsils and adenoids out. It's going to be miserable for a while afterwards but I'm counting on a big return for my misery. I'm hoping that along with taking the tonsils and adenoids, they will take the ornery out of him, too. I've heard of it happening. And I'm praying it will for us, too.