Round 7 : Jude vs. Pulse Dye Laser

sigh.....here we go again. so after a 6 month hiatus we are back in the saddle with jude's surgeries. the infection he got last time caused a lot of scarring and few extra doctors appointments that prolonged the process. dr. vanderhooft decided we would just work around those nasty keloid scars. so after about 3 cancelations because of colds and being in the middle of a remodel we are here again.

i have long since dreaded the fact that jude would be with out food or drink from midnight on. this is standard procedure but jude hasn't been so devoted to his juice on prior visits. he kind of lives for his 3 parts water 1 part juice sippy cup. the morning of, he woke up at 7:30 yelling from his room "juice mama!". if this was any indication of how the day was going to go then it was going to be a really long day. luckily i had ordered this really gay little people easter train he saw in a catalog that he was dying for this exact occasion. i told him it was his surpise and he couldn't open it until we picked up dad @ 8:30. once we got trev and opened up the train he was okay. he kept asking for his juice but i just kind of ignored him and never told him he couldn't have it because then all hell would break loose. luckily we made it through that obstacle. it was my biggest fear of the day.

jude was excited to be out and about with mama and daddy and his new little people train, even when we got to the hospital. however, once we got upstairs he figured out where we were. he kept saying "no, i won doe home" and then when he saw the doors open and the nurse coming in he started screaming. i guess he remembered...... he fought us the whole walk back to the operating room and sobbed to go home. it was officially the worst feeling ever, knowing he knew what was going on and that we were just going to subject him to it no matter what he requested. i think i know that what we are doing is best for him, i hope so.

i mentioned last time he had surgery that they suggested we give him versed as soon as we got there and that was an answer to everyones prayers. after weighing him (28 lbs) they dosed him with versed and within 15 minutes he was having a gay old time. seriously he was STONED! he kept bobbing his head and saying "whoa" really slowly and just laughing. we would ask him questions only to get an answer 15 seconds delayed. he was pretty cute and snuggly as well. when the anesthesiologist came to take him away he didn't even hesitate but just said "bye bye mama."

all and all the surgery went great. he had a harder time waking up because of the versed but he did okay. it was the first time i have seen his actual IV, its usually out of there before they bring us back. it made me kind of nauseous that my baby had to have one. he kept telling us "ouey" again and really wanted his IV out of his foot. once we left to operating room he started doing a little better, he still cried a lot. the most heart wrentching thing of the day was him whimpering for us to "tiss it better" and to know that this time that remedy would not work. he slept the way home, ate a little bit at lunch, and once we got home he slept for 4 hours. he seems to be okay and as long as we stay on top of his pain meds i think we will survive. sometimes i think "what kind of mother puts her kids through this every 3 months?" and i don't know the answer.

hopefully no scars this time and no infections. until next time you nasty pulse dye laser.......

i was so grateful trevan was able to come with us this time. it is better for jude and better for me when trev is there. these picture are to document for jude that his dad loves him with all of his heart.

watching his new favorite "caillou" with boog.
judge me for him having his binki still but it is still a huge comfort for him. one day i will have the heart to take it from him, hopefully.

he didn't want his picture taken

day 2

everything is always better with a little bit of little people.

papa rog gave jude this bear named "boog" after surgery and jude has carried him around ever since. his name is boog because of "open season" the movie, its kind of jude and rog's thing.

if only........

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT MOVIE IN TALKS

read this and nearly peed my pants. my life would be a little bit better with some more arrested development in it. if you haven't partaken on the arrested devolopment fruit do it, NOW. really, now!

references? how's this for references?

momo turns 17

damn those teenagers, they are just so cute. i clearly remember being 17 (it was not THAT long ago) and i loved every second of it. life is great, the world as at your feet, no real worries, and not to mention you look great. lets face it everyone is girl is beautiful at 17.

so our precious morgan turned 17 and we were there to celebrate with her. i love morgan and she is totally my little sister in my eyes (heck, i have know her since she was 11 and still playing school). you have not met a more down to earth, cool girl. she is a really great aunt too. she honestly plays with jude and he loves her for it. i have a feeling she may love lil' sissy a whole bunch too, she is a girl after all.

the gregory tradition of shoving the cake in your face..... will not be carried on into my home hopefully.

happy 17th momo!

blue eyed uncle cammy

don't mind the sore nose from having a cold or the blow dried hair thanks to his dad.

my NEW kitchen (i'm in love)

after 14 months of living here and 3 weeks of remodeling our kitchen is finally finished! really its better than i could have ever imagine but to really appreciate it you have to know what it was before. thank you thank you interline for making this all posssible.

BEFORE

__________

my beautiful disaster of a kitchen

this is what my sink looked like everyday..... we had no dishwasher.

the oh so tiny dining room and glass partition

view from above and the lovely carpet

DURING
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jude playing in the soon to be island

trev putting on the doors and cover panels

cute boy

my hero!

drum roll please........

AFTER
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our first dinner in our new kitchen

i love dishwasher

jude loves his kitchen as much as we do!

so thats it. what do you think? we still have a little work to do (toe-kicks and moldings) but it's pretty much done. i love it and don't care if you hate it! seriously it the best thing thats happened to this house ever! i would also like to thank my husband and mother for dealing with a crazy pregnant woman. i know it was worth it for trev, i am not so sure about my mom.

now onto the kids bedroooms......... (sigh)

hardware ranch

trevan has talked to me about going to hardware ranch for as long as we have been together. i think its one of his fondest memories from growing up. hardware ranch is utah's state elk refuge located in hyrum, utah (outside logan). when i called to talk to terri about what they were doing for presidents day and she said they were thinking about going to hardware ranch i knew we were in. it's actually pretty cool. jude and i are both sick with colds and it probably wasn't the best thing for us to do, being outside and all. jude hated waiting in line and kept asking to go home. all and all it was a great time. the best part of the day for me was hitting up the t.j. maxx in logan and getting some more precious baby polo finds for sissy and jude.

jude was excited when we first got there, we all were, until we spotted the line....

yaya, jude, and momo on a walk on the ice. jude kept slipping and saying "whoa, geez!"

another precious find was this little gem while we were in line. if you look closer you will notice that her "fuggs" (fake uggs) are on the wrong feet. poor thing......

just a cute shot of papa and jude. did i mention i love the picture my camera takes?

after about 10 minutes in line all jude wanted was to held, and ONLY by mama. i was totally fine with it except for being 8 months pregnant it didn't last long. so we found a nice fence to sit on and we snuggled and sang songs. he also told me it was bright and needed my glasses. love him.

happy to still be in line

finally on the sleigh out to see the elk

there about 700 elk this year at hardware ranch. dem are cute!

jude had had enough at this point but was able to point out the elk poop and say "beans!". maybe next year he will enjoy it more. (yes, my face is getting huge, love that side effect)

like my ponytail? things have been a bit crazy and i haven't had time for a haircut. good news is that i can donate that bad boy to locks of love when i get it cut on thursday.

prilly elk

can't forget to mention the moose we saw on the way up there. don't tell anyone but i like moose better than elk.

fun @ yaya & papa's

being at yaya's house is a slice of heaven for jude. there are no rules at yaya's except for that jude get's whatever he wants there. being an only grandchild pays off and who knows what will happen when sissy gets here and when the chillens start having kids. all we know is that jude loves to go to yaya's and HATES to leave. you can tell why from the pictures below......

making cookies with yaya

rog may be jude's biggest fan. he is a total softy for this little guy. he gets emotional just talking about jude. everytime we leave papa takes jude out to his carseat at buckles him in. i can't tell you how many times we have pulled away watching rog get teary eyed. they are 2 peas in a pod.

sometimes its a hard realization for jude that landon is actually 10 years older than him and doesn't want to play with him ALL the time. however, there is not a cooler person than "yandy" in jude's eyes.

did you know that jude can peel oranges like a pro? don't bother asking him to eat it though.

a rog sandwich.
pretty sure rog was happy that cam and brennan are on missions at this point.