Turkey Trot 09

I am simply thankful for all of the wonderful people in my life--my family & friends. Below are a few of them...thanks for a great start to Thanksgiving Day!

more turkeys :)

23 mos.!

26 weeks

I was asked to put a pic of the bump up, so Drew took this especially for you Kel!

Fairmont Olympic Hotel--Festival of Trees 11/22

Ben going in for a kiss...

Magnolia Rocks--Who knew?

Last night we went to investigate the Village Pub in Magnolia...word on the street was that it is super kid-friendly. It is. There IS a tv at every table and you can change the channel to cartoons! I highly recommend you check it out. We also stumbled upon the Magnolia Village Holiday open house. They close the main street down and all the shops put out samples. The boys LOVED running free in the street. It was a great, and very cold, evening!

Commander Ben

22+months

I'm guessing the recent trend in Ben's language is consistent with the age of two...
"no, no, no"
"stop it"
"get it"
"have it"
"kiss it"
"read it"
"tie it"
"mukick(music) on"
"mukick off"
Yet there has been nothing terrible about this age. We absolutely love the commands especially when followed by "please," "thank you," or a smooch. Meeting all of our friends new little ones reminds us of how true it is--time flies. I am truly thankful for our time with Ben.

Let the holidays begin!

Jenn suggested we head to Swanson's Nursery for some holiday fun. The reindeer were the highlight, and Ben loved the free molassess cookies. Sometimes the spontaneous things you do end up being the most fun.

Sick and Surg

Quick update--This last week was hard! A sick little one with surgery and anesthesia on top of that makes for some rough days, but Ben has come out of it all better than ever. His post-op appt. went great, Dr. Cadera is extremely pleased with Ben's eyes at this point. He will have his eyes measured and such early in December, but just looking at him they are not crossing. Drew and I keep saying "he isn't crossing, he looks different!" His eyes look better everyday and we are thrilled to have our Ben back.

Ben's surgery

Ben's surgery went very well. The sedation pre/post was the worst part. Ben was very upset due to the drugs and that results in a very upset mom, and Nana! We will know in three to four weeks exactly how successful the surgery was--80% of patients undergoing this procedure need no other surgical correction. Fingers crossed! We did our best to spoil Ben today. He literally went from 0 to 60 throughout the day. By 7pm he was playing with his Elmo balloons, eating cupcakes, and wearing out all three of us. Thank you to all our friends and family for the thoughts, prayers, emails, texts, phone calls, and visits. We are fortunate to have such a happy and healthy little man, and for that we are truly thankful.

Pre-surgery fun...love the gown.

Notice who is getting a wheelchair ride--beloved Turtle(thanks Aunt Sue!)

Nana visits

My mom is in town for Ben's surgery. Thank goodness! Drew, Ben and I have been extremely well taken care of--tonight we had the best dinner. Thanks again mom. The pictures below make it seem that we stayed in our pjs all weekend--we didn't. But, we had some lazy fun mornings.