Update....

Thanks for reminding me to update Kristy-- it's been a busy week for sure!!

First of all, Carson's surgery was successful!! He officially is through it and doing well! It was very stressful right after his surgery, we were in the room immediately after he woke up from anesthesia and he kept choking and holding his breath. I picked him up and held him in my arms- at first he just melted into me, then he got painful and started thrashing around and at one time he held his breath from the pain until his lips turned blue and his oxygen level dropped to 68% (should be 100%)... so I freaked and grabbed the oxygen mask from the nurse's hand... thankfully it only lasted seconds until they gave him some iv pain medicine. Kids are so brave a resiliant... he has bounced back beautifully! He only needed pain medication in the first 24 hours and he has adjusted very well. The area is still bruised but looks great!!

I had 10 days off work to 'take care' of Carson and since he has recovered so well we have had a busy few days! Steve and my 5 year anniversary was 5/22 so we tried to spend time together and celebrate on Sunday by spending the night at Kah neeta- Steve went golfing while I got pampered at the spa- it was much needed relaxation for both of us!

We took the boat out on Friday and Carson had a blast!! He absolutely loves the water and the boat! He wants to drive it all the time and sits in my lap saying 'weee' the whole time! Here's some boat pics:

Carson with grandpa!

Here's a few pics from Steve and I spending time with Randy and Traci riding ATV's on saturday- it was really fun, but VERY dusty!!

ps. I am currently 15 weeks pregnant, Steve is still adamant about not finding out the sex of the baby, we'll see if I can stick to it in a couple weeks at the ultrasound appt. :)

Surgery

As many of you might remember- when Carson was about 4 mos old the drs discussed him needing surgery to rebuild his tubule that holds his testicle. Well... the time has come and we are going to send our little guy into surgery on May 19th. He also has a hernia in the same area- so the surgery will consist of fixing the hernia, reconstructing the tubule, and circumcision revision (because it was NOT done right). Our poor little bubba's man parts are a mess :)

Think lots of happy thoughts and send prayers our way on the 19th- I am REALLY nervous!! Today at the dr's office I was getting my blood drawn and I burst into tears talking to the nurse about it! (OK, some of the emotion is crazy pregnancy emotion) I really wish at a time like this that I did not work in the healthcare industry and was not exposed to the things that could happen. I have such empathy for parents whose children spend so much time in and out of the hospital- I feel so blessed that we have not had to deal with this on a greater level!!