Update!!

Just wanted to give a quick update on how my dad is doing. He came through the surgery good and is currently in ICU. They removed the breathing tube around 1130 today and that gave him a lot of relief. He is very tired and his body is exhausted from the surgery. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts. Don't stop -- we still need them!! We are hoping within a couple of days he will be moved to a step down unit from ICU. That will be a big step. Thank you all for your prayers!!

Keep Us In Your Prayers!

Well I don't normally blog about things that don't involve my kids but I'm sitting here trying to find something to do with all my nervous energy. We found out today, in a very round about way, that my dad has to have open heart surgery. It will be sometime this week. He has not had a heart attack but they have found several blockages in his heart. I am really scared. My dad and mom both keep saying they have faith and that he will be fine, I wish I had that faith. It's very hard, as I'm sure some of you know, to watch your parents get old and see their health decline. My dad is the rock of our family and he keeps us all going. Please keep my dad and our family in your prayers.

Happy Halloween!

With three kids under 3 years and the fact that last year I ended up carving 3 pumpkins by myself I figured this year we would do a family pumpkin. The kids helped just enough for me to get some pictures but they really weren't that interested. They liked the Pooh Pumpkin that grandma got them a lot better. On Wednesday night we went to our ward party where the kids got to go "trunk or treating". Brooklyn wasn't feeling to good so she didn't get a lot out of it but the boys had a blast.Ezra wanted to keep going around and Mikey was just happy that he was there. He kept telling me "Mama .. I eating candy". He couldn't figure out why nobody was stopping him. We had a fun time and they ended up with a huge box of candy -- that's what it's all about right!

I have an awesome friend!

I have an awesome friend! Her name is Emily. The last couple of days I haven't been feeling very well. I think I have the flu or a virus, and Michael has it too. Anyways, yesterday Emily called to let me know she had finished a hat she was knitting for Brooklyn and she wanted to bring it by. I told her to stay far away from my house so she wouldn't get sick. However, being the kind hearted, generous person she is, she insisted on bringing dinner to us. Since we already had food for last night she brought it today. Yummy fried rice with egg rolls, and the koala hat she knitted was adorable! Nino kept going on about how nice she was and that he was relieved that he didn't have to cook. Just when things couldn't get better he found a warm plate of chocolate chip cookies waiting for us under the pan of rice. He was so excited I think he did a little dance. It's nice to have friends that go out of their way to take care of us! Thanks Emily!!

We've made it through 7 years!!

Today we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. The day was a little hectic .. still dealing with Ezra and his crankiness from his surgery and on top of that Michael fell and cut his lip open which got me a trip to the ER but no stitches. After all this, I was very happy to find out that Nino actually remembered we had an anniversary this year. Still no card -- he didn't have time .. hmmm -- but I'm trying to learn that it's the thought that counts. He took me out to a nice dinner at my favorite place --Olive Garden, although even McDonald's is considered nice when we don't have 3 kids screaming and crying. After dinner we drove to the park where we went on our first date and went for a romantic walk and then he serenaded me with our song .. oh wait a minute .. that was the dream I had last night. After dinner we went and got his haircut and then went to Target. Not quite as romantic but hey we were alone for almost 3 hours. It's been a long 7 years, a lot of ups and downs, things didn't go the way we planned on them, but I can honestly say today that I am married to my best friend and I wouldn't have wanted to go through the last 7 years with anybody other than him.

Goodbye Tonsils and Adenoids!!

Anybody who has ever heard Ezra breathe / sleep / snore etc knows that he was a very loud guy. He was seen at Valley Kids ENT a few weeks ago and we found out he had to have his tonsils and adenoids out. He was showing signs of sleep apnea and had enlarged tonsils. He had his surgery on 9/23/08 and the doctor said that when he actually got in there his tonsils were about 3 times as big as they looked from the outisde and the adenoids were also enlarged. Ezra did fine through the surgery and is still a little bit whiney but I'm sure he'll be fine. He just doens't want to eat much right know although I don't blame him. We took some pics to docmuent his eventful day. The first one is before surgery but after they gave him versed. The second one is after surgery - he lost that excitement I guess!

Today's The Day We Got Ezra Day!!

Oh my how time flies! Two years ago yesterday I was sitting at work contemplating whether or not to go ahead with my next infertility procedure since the last one had just failed. My whole world changed about 30 seconds later when my phone rang. It was the lady from the adoption agency asking me if we wanted to take a little boy about 7 months old. He was ready to be placed for adoption. Of course, my answer was YES, obviously, and so September 1, 2006 became "The Day We Got Ezra Day" and every year we celebrate him! Many things have changed since that day, we have 2 more children and Ezra is no longer a quiet, shy little baby, but as we celebrate having him with us for 2 whole years I look back and think of how blessed I am to have him in my life!