Where has summer gone?

Summer has just flown by. I've been eager to see some of this heat move on but with September comes Logans birthday and I am NOT in a hurry for that to arrive! How is my baby almost 2?!?!?

Logan has recovered well from his surgery. He never for even a second acted like anything was wrong. He's a tough little guy anyway!

I took Brenden swimming the other day. It was his first time trying out a big pool as a big boy. He tends to get timid in situations like that so I prepared myself for him not wanting to swim. Much to my delight he was a brave little boy. He let me take him out with his water wings on and he would kick his legs. He jumped in the water several times and let me catch him. I know this seems lime normal kid stuff but Brenden has always lead a very cautious life when it comes to new and unfamiliar situations. So it makes me happy to see him put on a brave face and try big boy activities.







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Logan's Surgery

Today Logan had his second surgical procedure. This was for a hydrocele. A hydrocele form when the membrane that surrounds the testicles has a small hole in it allowing fluid from the abdomen collect in the scrotum. The fluid can become uncomfortable and the hole can be a risk if his intestine ever were to get kinked in the whole. So today they put him under and cut a small hole in his abdomen and repaired the membrane and drained the excess fluid.

We had to be at the dr at 8:15 and we went through all of the pre surgery consults. Then they gave him a medication to relax him. He went back to surgery and was done with it all after about 45 minutes. It seemed so much longer than that. The procedure went well. However he came out if anesthesia violently angry. You could tell he was so disoriented and miserable. He began kicking and thrashing so the nurse advised he be given a small dose of morphine to push him back to sleep. So they gave him a dose and no change. The dr said he could have another. Much to everyones surprise he continues to scream and thrash. So a third dose was given. Finally he fell asleep and stayed asleep a good hour at least. All I know is we didn't finally leave until after 1pm. He seemed better spirits but still groggy. I had to stop at the pharmacy on the way home to fill his prescription and before we made it to the pharmacy Logan threw up all over the back seat. Ugh!

He got home and drank 2 cups of juice and ate more cheerios than I could even count and was much better after that. Then I put on wiggles and I laid on the floor. I was so tired. Well I actually fell asleep and when I woke up Logan had put his bunny pillow on the floor beside me and went to sleep too. So sweet and thank goodness he didn't trash the house while I was asleep!

He's doing great. Doesn't show any sign of pain or discomfort. I'm having a tough time keeping him inactive. Hopefully he continues to make good progress.








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Our (not so) fun weekend

This wasn't the most fun of weekends. Brenden has been really showing his 3yr old 'firm' opinions and Logan had a bad tummy bug. Its been so hot lately the kids haven't gone outside as much and I know that was part of Brendens problem. He was just bored and frustrated with being stuck inside. We try not to let him watch TV all day long so we've had to get creative in finding things to do inside. We introduced him to the world of CandyLand and he LOVES that game. We've had to teach him about being a 'good sport' and playing by the rules and its okay if someone else wins. Of course we all like to win games. He gets so excited playing it but if he starts to lose or gets a bad card he tries to put it back in the deck lol. Overall its been a good experience for him and its also fun to do some big boy stuff with him.

Friday night Logan was completely drained of all energy which is totally not like him. Saturday he got up and had some diarrhea. He didn't eat much all day and proceeded to have runny diapers all day too. Logan loves to eat so refusing food must mean he feels really bad. We couldn't go anywhere Saturday because of Logans tummy. We tried playing outside for a little bit but Brenden and Logan both started saying it was too hot and they wanted to go inside.

Sunday Logan seemed much better. He made it all morning with no tummy episodes. He ate a little breakfast and had loads more energy. So we decided to take the kids to Ikea. Its so huge its the perfect spot to let the kids run off some energy. Brenden thinks its so fun to try out every couch and bed in the place. He hops on one and rolls around on it giggling. We went to the cafeteria for lunch. I love their cafeteria because its cheap and they have a little area with kids tables and a tv w/some sort of Disney movie playing. Yesterday it was Jungle book. So the kids sat down and we sat a grown up table nearby and all was good. Logan wasn't eating but drank all of the milk that came with his meal and wanted more. Sean went through line to get him more milk and he sat back down and drank some of that too. Then he walked up to Sean and just stared at him and UP came ALL of the milk. ARGH. I felt so bad for all the people eating around us. Most people were pretty empathetic towards Logan and helped us by getting napkins and such. Then he throws up again. Brenden is oblivious to all of this as he's watching Jungle Book still. So we had to clean Logan and get someone to clean up his mess. We checked out our merchandise and left. Logan took about a 3 hour nap when we got home and actually ate (and kept down) a slice of pizza for dinner.

This morning he seemed okay and is at school today. I checked him out on the webcam and he's been active and playing all day so far. Thats good. I just hate when the little guy gets sick like that. He clings to you like "make me feel better" and there's just nothing you can do but hug them and cuddle them :(

I wanted to add a few of the funny things Logan says lately. Hes talking mostly in full sentences now. He'll say "look at me!" when he's doing something. If he messes in his diaper and you ask him if he stinks he'll say "no, dada stinks" or he'll blame other kids when he's at daycare. Last night Brenden needed to go potty during dinner. We sent him upstairs to go. Now Brenden has a BAD habit of waiting until he's got to go BAD before going. Then he takes forever to go to the bathroom.. Turn light on, turn hall light on, take off shoes and socks, take off shorts and underwear, forget why he's up there and start playing with something, etc. We have to tell him a million times (as he does his pee pee dance) Brenden just GO.. FOCUS!! Well last night before we say anything Logan gets up from his little chair, walks over to teh stairs, points his little finger and says "Brenden! Get! Go potty!" lol. It was too funny. Little parent (and school calls him little teacher).

trying out the chairs

enjoying lunch... for a moment...

Brenden likes us to make up stories for him before bed. His favorite are stories of him in a race (and of course he wins the race). It just makes him light up and you can see him imagining winning the race and everybody pats him on the back and says "way to go Brenden!" He's got such a vivid imagination.