Those tonsils are outta there!

Grace was referred to a ENT specialist last May, and we were told she needed to have her tonsils taken out. Well, her name finally came to the top of the waiting list yesterday and the deed has been done. We had to be at the University Hospital by 7:30am for her procedure time of 9:30am. Matt took the day off work and I took Grace and Gideon with me. I actually went right into the OR with Grace and they worked pretty quickly to put in an IV and had her under quite quickly. The surgery lasted about 45min with about a 45min recovery time. They observed her for 3 hours and then we were sent home! Things have definitely changed since I had my tonsils out! Grace is doing well. It was a bit of a rough night, and she was crying at 2:30am that she wanted her tonsils back. Tylenol and Popsicles are her best friends right now. I can see that it will be a long week though. The doctor wanted Grace to stay home for a week and go on antibiotics as she had a bit of a cold and her lungs were full of "junk". We are hoping she gets better sooner rather than later. She is already missing her friends and school. With next week being spring break - it will be a while before she gets to do that again. Here's hoping the next two weeks don't drive me to the loony bin!

Getting changed into her lovely jammies!


Just waiting for her turn...

Not quite so chipper, but doing well.

Anna's 6th Birthday Party

Proud Mom

Report cards came out yesterday and I must admit to being proud of my kids! Anna's Kindergarten teacher raved about Anna's progress and said she was well liked by all the students. I can see this as she is a very social little girl, and is always making new friends wherever she goes. Grace is one of the top students in her class and came home with 6 A's! She really enjoys school and reads voraciously!
Brendan is the one who really impressed me this term though. School has never really been Brendan's most favorite thing, and we have had our challenges with that. I was quite worried about him going to Jr. High this year as the end of Grade 6 was not a good experience at all. I have been most pleasantly surprised with how well Brendan has done this year. His report card had 5 A's and 4 B's!! He is taking Art this semester and is really enjoying it. I have to share what his Art teacher said about him on his report card - - I never thought I would see the day, but I am definitely busting my buttons today!!

Brendan is one of the top art students. He is very good at watching how art technique is done and then applying it to himself and his work. He is a determined and productive student who is always willing to do extra work in the interest of learning. He is the ideal art student. I wish him well in all things he does in his life. Brendan is respected by others as he demonstrates skills in his own quiet way. We could have a whole classroom of students like Brendan and the world would be a richer place.

WOW!! What a tribute!!!

6 months

Gideon is now six months old! We had his checkup today and he is now 19 lbs 1 oz and 28 1/2 inches long. Gideon can roll over to his tummy, but not the other way. He loves his exersaucer and can almost sit up - still a little wobbly though. He is usually very happy and smiles all the time. We love trying to make him laugh and giggle and he is very good at entertaining us all. Gideon has started eating "real" food and loves vegetables right from the table. What a joy to have around!!

Rolling over, Sweet potatoes, and Battle scars

Gideon finally started rolling over a couple of weeks ago. I just thought I would add those pictures while I was on a roll...... hahaha!!

We have started Gideon on some "real" food. His first attempts at rice cereal were met with tears and much dislike, so I tried sweet potatoes.

He was a little mystified at first.......

..... and had to think about it for a while.....

..... but I think he likes it!!

Gideon had his first up close experience with the floor too - - Anna thought that he would like to enjoy a bumbo chair and then proceeded to forget all about him. I guess he is a little stronger than we thought and he faceplanted on the bamboo mat at Rachel's house. He's fine, just a few battle scars!

Gideon will be 6 months old on Saturday!! Where does the time go.... really!! He is such a great little boy. We sure love him!!

Anna is 6!

Anna had her birthday on Sunday. She is now 6! One of the first things she said on Monday morning that she was going into the 6 year old class now. She though that as soon as she turned 6 that she was automatically going to grade 1! I convinced her that staying in kindergarten was OK though! We had a big joint birthday party on Sunday for Anna, Brendan, Grandma Hatch and Aunt Rachel, and Anna will be having some friends over this Saturday for another little party. Anna is such a funny little girl, with a LOT of Hatch blood in her. Matt told me to ask her about what had happened in Primary on Sunday and so I asked her if they had sung to her. She said yes, and then started giggling. She said, "Guess what mom? I farted!" She thought that was the funniest thing ever and just laughed and laughed. Then she said, "And it stunk too! Oh mom, it was hilarious! You should have been there!" I couldn't help but laugh at that! What a kid!!



Getting ready to blow out the candles!



Anna thought it was pretty cool to find a five dollar bill in her card from Aunt Rachel and Uncle Cub!



A new shirt from Grandma Hatch



A new coloring book



A baton from Grandma and Grandpa Murray was one of her favorites!

My teenager!

Brendan had his 13th birthday on March 4th. I am still having a hard time believing that I have am the mother of a teenager! Brendan had such a busy day on his birthday. He had a basketball game right after school and just barely got home in time to change and open some gifts really quick before he dashed off to cadets. We surprised him on Friday night though and had a couple of his friends over and Matt took them all to the new Alice in Wonderland movie in 3D. They thought it was pretty cool and they enjoyed playing the Wii after as well. Brendan is such a big help to me. I really noticed how much I rely on him when he was away on a cadet camp a few weeks ago and Matt was working the weekend. It was really hard to go to church without either one of them there! Brendan is taller than I am now and is still going strong. Here's hoping for some excellent teenage years!

Brendan got some nice shirts from his Grandma Hatch

I made him an "Ipod" - - he didn't seem to really like it though ;) It even had a 64 page memory!!

Brendan has been saving for an Ipod for quite some time, and he was given quite a little chunk of money for his birthday, so he was able to buy himself a fun little birthday present all on his own!

We didn't have time to have cake on his actual birthday - we had a big joint birthday on Sunday for Brendan, Anna, Grandma Hatch and Aunt Rachel. Brendan shares his birthday with his Aunt Mindy too!

Love ya bud!

To-Do List

I am not sure why, but Grace decided to make herself a to-do list for today. I actually think she was bored in church yesterday and this was the result. Either way, I sure would like to trade my list for hers which goes as follows:

*Wake up when Mom says
*Get dressed
*Eat breakfast
*Comb hair
*Brush teeth
*Make bed
*Get ready for school
*Go to school
*Come home
*Get my snow pants and coat off and on the hook
*Read a book
*Read another book
*Play
*Play more
*Eat supper
*Do job
*Get pj's on
*Watch TV or DVD
*Go to bed

Oh to have the life of a 7yr old again!