Sam's Blessing Day

Its been so long and some of these catch up post will be a little out of order as Sams blessing took place before his surgery..if I had blogged about it at the time I would have remembered if it was march or april :) But a photo memory of the day i do have of those who assisted in his blessing.

catching up again...april 16th 2012

OUr c Finding time to update the blog is so hard. Zack gets into everything so I cant take my eyes off him for a minute or who knows what he will be destroying...hopefully with all the kids home today they are keeping some sort of an eye on him. trying to catch up as this is sort of a family journal. April 16 2012 was one of the longest and scariest days of my life...sending my baby in for surgery. None of my kids have had surgery except Sam. This was his second ( his first was when he was 3 weeks old) but this was a biggie. He was having a pyleplasty on his left kidney. basically cutting the connection of the ureter to the kidney. cutting out the blocked bit and reattaching. It was meant to be 2-3 hours however is was more like 3-4 hours long. Iw as so worried that something might go wrong, he may not wake up or that they would botch his circumcison which he was having at the same time.. since none of my others have been circumcised I was quite stressed about it but his surgeon had insisted it was neccessary with his kidney problems. His surgery went well and then we started a very long 8 days in hospital. But as it is in Hobart there were certainly plenty of familier faces both staff and patients to help make the time go a little faster. Hwoever we were certainly relieved when his drain finally came out and we were allowed to go home. Thankfully since then he hasnt had any problems. His kidneys are still screwed but the surgery has hopefully stopped any further damage to the kidneys. were are still waiting to hear about his 3 month post surgery test results but I am hopeful that kidney function hasnt got any worse in that kidney..the right kidney who knows. that one is certainly harder to fix and may not be worth fixing since its already low functioning.

what a trooper

Sam had his monthly ultrasound last week and I was prepared for a 45 minute screaming match like his february scan. He really hated it so I was expecting the same. However this time he lay there and went to sleep with not a sound.

I have spent weeks trying to get a smile on camera. so far this is the best I can get

Beach Fun

The week before Sam was born we had some really hot weather ( for Tassie anyway). We arent really a beach family but we headed down to the beach a couple of times that week and enjoyed the water. I actually went swimming a couple of times which was the first time I had swam at a beach in 9 years! I loved it and now want to swim all the time.

trying to get a nice photo....

is never going to happen with 3 crazy boys who cant look at the camera at the same time, and smile without pulling faces....or zack who cant stop wearing that silly tea towel. I would love to get some photos of him with his lovely sun bleached blonde hair.

Back to School

The first day back to school was very easy and non stressful this year. It was nice going back to a school where the boys werent the "new" kids this year. They both found friends before they even got to their classes so they were very relaxed and I could have almost not been there. It was good though to meet their teachers. Since we are still newish to the school I dont really know many teachers yet so it was good to meet them. Ethan and Daniel were also excited to show off their new brother to their friends and new teachers. Sam was a real hit with everyone. After we dropped them off at school Zack was a little sad on the way home. But we ended up having a really nice quiet day at home. I am definately enjoying being back at school and having a little peace during the day with just the little boys at home.

Zack of course had to be in the yearly back to school photos this year. He has an obsession with wearing a tea towel on his head at the moment and so almost all photos he looks like that!

giving the "baby" a bath

Since Sam was in hospital for so long, which required me to be there pretty much all day everyday, the kids spent a lot of time at my parents house so Matt could also come into the hospital. While Zack was staying there one afternoon he asked aunty Erin if he could give the baby a bath. The baby which was Ariel. he is so facinated with bathing Sam and always has to get a chair to "help" me bath.