Day at the Park

A few weeks back we decided to go to the park, since Lydia had been bugging me to go on a daily basis. It was finally a decent day, so we headed off. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing.

Lydia's First Bike Ride . . . on two wheels

Yes everyone . . . safety first! Lydia asked Rafael to get her bike out so she could go riding. He told, only if we take off the training wheels. About 5 minutes later, Rafael came in and said you need to get the camera. There she was riding down the street. What? She loves it and hardly ever falls. Now she just needs a new bike.

My Little Piggy Is Gone

Anyone that has spent much time around Wesley, knows that when he breathes he sounds very congested and dare I say sounds a little like a piggy. You should hear him eat. The poor kid would take several bites, then inhale deeply to get air. Well since this has been a condition for him since about 9 months old, I thought it was time to get things figured out, now that he is approaching 2. At all of his check-ups they just said we will watch him and see if perhaps it will get better. He was too little to do much to correct the problem, anyways. Finally we took him to an ENT Specialist and within minutes they had diagnosed him with large adenoids. He was also finally at an age, where they could do something to correct the problem. So last, Thursday we took him to the hospital to have his adenoids removed.

Getting dressed in his very attractive hospital gown and awesome socks.

Passing some time before surgery.

About 15 minutes before the surgery they gave Wesley some medicine they said would relax him. Slowly you could see his eyes glaze over and he became more relaxed and silly. At one point he wanted to get up an walk, but I soon realized he was like a drunk little baby. He would have never passed a sobriety test. The picture below is off him just before they took him in for surgery. I think maybe they slipped some of that medicine to Rafael as well.

The surgery went really well. The doctor said his adenoids were huge and were almost completely blocking his nasal passage. The surgery didn't take very long and he was doing great by that afternoon - the picture below is a few hours after surgery. He decided to go lay down in Lydia's bed and thought it was pretty funny.

Wesley is so much happier now that he can breathe. I wasn't sure at first if it was just the medicine he was taking, but, his happiness has stayed. I guess I didn't realize how miserable he probably was. There is a lot less whining from him, he is eating well, no snoring at night, no snorting at the dinner table, and he laughs a lot more. I guess the only side effect is that now he has become a Momma's boy and doesn't want me to leave his side. I have to keep reminding myself to enjoy his clinging, because he is not one that usually likes to cuddle and one day I will miss it.