Tongue Surgery

Our little Wyatt man was "tongue tied" from birth, but it was not caught until he went to the dentist in August. Basically, his bottom frenulum (what holds the tongue down) went all the way to the tip of his tongue making it hard to talk. It was suggested we see a specialist, so we did, and he decided we would need to do a frenuloctomy and cut the frenulum so that Wyatt could use his tongue.

It was SOOO hard to see our little man in hospital PJ's, but he did a GREAT job :) The actual procedure took about 15 minutes, but the setting up and getting him ready was a couple hours.

All in all, he no longer has a heart shaped tongue and can now say all those tricky letters that involve the tongue moving :)

The Fire Station

We were invited to Parker's 3rd birthday party and he decided he wanted it at the Fire Station :) I knew Wyatt was going to freak out and I was right - he LOVED it! He got to tour the firemen's "house" - where they eat and where they sleep - and then he got to see all the trucks. It was awesome - they let them play and "drive" all of them, they got to hold the hose, and even got to see the fireman get dressed in all of his gear! We then took the photo op and had all the kids (most of them anyway) sit on the front of the truck.

We then went to Godfathers for a pizza party and cake - which the boys loved :) Happy birthday to P - we are so happy to have celebrated with him at his special party!

Halloween 2012

We decided to have our annual Halloween party again this year and it was so fun to see how the kids had changed in a year. Nick made his homemade chili (which was the best yet), we had cornbread and all the fixin's to go with it too! Although a few adults dressed up, I must say the kiddos stole the show this year :) Wyatt was a monster (fitting!), Nolan was a monkey, Jake was a lion and Luke was a fireman. They all looked super cute and had fun trick or treating in the neighborhood. Our good friends who came over also brought their little ones dressed up and we had a dino, hula girl, pea pod and snow white :) I just love keeping the tradition up and passing on my favorite things to the kids. Hopefully they don't all end up hating the day because mommy/auntie is pushing it so hard ;)

The boys' first Autzen experience!

We were so excited and fortunate to be able to take the boys to their first Duck game in Autzen a few weeks ago. We were offered a parking pass and tickets up to the Paulson Suite - which made it perfect for taking kids :) We got up early and headed down to watch the Ducks stomp Colorado - the kids did great. The tailgate was a little wet, but it didn't stop them from having a great time. It was so fun to watch them up in the suite - Wyatt LOVED kick off and was cheering on the Ducks...for the first 5 minutes :) Nolan was content just being held and checking everyone out - which was nice since Wyatt was all over the place. We ended up leaving after half time, but I was impressed the kids did so well. I think we have little Ducks in the making...;)