He's such a trooper!!

All done! The surgery went great! G had tubes put in both ears and his adenoids removed. The doc said he drained tons of crap out of his ears & his nose. Hopefully this will help keep him healthy. I'll post more later! I've got pics and videos but they will have to wait until G goes to bed in a little while. Thanks for all your prayers!

Port-a-potty

I'll let you fill in the blanks on this one.

Does a bear, I mean Gibson, ____ in the woods?

(I know I'm terrible. But it was too good not to go there.) We were driving between Hughes Springs & Marietta last week and Gibson decided he had to go to potty. (and not #1.) So.....the only thing between Hughes Springs & Marietta is a REALLY curvy road and lots of woods. So, Gibson popped a squat. :) I couldn't resist and I took a picture from a distance so not to interrupt. I know one day he will hate me for taking this picture but oh well. That's just part of the mother job, right?

I've still have tons of pictures to post. I'll try and get caught up in the next week or so. My washer broke so I've been trucking our laundry down to Mom's to wash and back to our house to dry. Anyways, G's surgery is tomorrow. Please keep us in your prayers! I'll try and update tomorrow afternoon about the surgery. Have a great Monday!!

I've been good!

I was so busy trying to get Gibson to take a picture with Santa that I missed Gibson actually telling Santa what he wanted for Christmas. I picked up in the middle of the conversaion. Santa asked Gibson if he had been a good boy this year. Gibson was quick to answer!

Santa sings Rudolph!

This is at the EMS Christmas party. Santa was awesome!!! Gibson LOVES this song....he knows most of the words but was so in awe of Santa, he only sang the "Ho! Ho! Ho!" part.

Santa trades sleigh for ambulance!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas. Gibson got a tow truck (which is ALL he has asked for for months) and a trampoline from Santa. Jason & I got him a bike and a few other things. All in all, as usual, Gibson racked up and now it's up to me to try to figure out how to fit it all in our house.

With all the Christmas festvities, I've gotten VERY behind on posting pictures. This post is from Jason's work Christmas party. We basically all bring a dish of food and Jason's boss supplies the turkey, ham and a few veggies. I should have took a picture of all the food we had this year. We could have fed a large army with all the leftovers we had. Needless to say, all the shifts ate very well with all the leftovers we had.

Santa squeezes in time every year to come to the part. (Just for the record....this Santa is as close to the real Santa as you can get. The pictures don't do him justice at all. I'll try and post a video so you can get a little better idea. He's an amazing Santa.) Every year he arrives at the Christmas party in an ambulance. (I know....kinda corny.....but the kids love it.) This is the first year Gibson has been beyond excited to see Santa. I know this first picture is very blurry but he was running at the time. I think you can see the excitement on his face through the blur. :)

Santa makes his entrance and Gibson goes right up to him to give him hugs.

Gibson is answering the 'Have you been good?' question with a very enthusiastic 'Yes!'.

Waiting patiently for his turn to see Santa
I tried & tried to get a good picture of Gibson & Santa. Santa was very cooperative......Gibson not so much.

Another one....

Last one....

After taking present requests, Santa passes out presents that he brought....

The kids all had to wait and open them after every kid had a present.....Gibson had a hard time waiting

Trying to start a little early....

Finally! Tear in!

Wow!!!!

A race car!!!!

Playing with his new race car!

After the Christmas party, we all went downtown to ride around Bywaters Park. Roger, one of Jason's fellow workers, gives rides around the park for free in his buggy pulled by a GIANT horse. :) Roger was brave enough to let Gibson drive by himself. I was not brave enough to get out of the buggy to take a picture but I wish I would have.
Here's Gibson petting Ruth, the GIANT horse....

I'm skipping a couple of events to show you our Christmas eve pictures. Jason was on duty Christmas eve so Gibson & I were left to get everything ready for Santa. Here Gibson is with the milk and cookies we set out for Santa.

Gibson wanted to write Santa a note. I helped but Gibson signed his name.

Posing in front of the Christmas tree before he goes to bed.

That's it for now....my brain is tired and my back is killing me! Just in case I don't get the next post done before the new year, let me go ahead and wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

Can I offer you something to drink?

Tonight we decorated the Christmas tree down at Mom & Dad's house. (A little late I know....but they have been remodeling so the last few weeks have been crazy.) When we got home, Gibson wanted orange juice to drink. I open the fridge to find the following:

Orange Juice....

Milk.....

Egg Nog (for Jason! Yuck!).......

Leftover spaghetti for tomorrows lunch........

Dog?!?!?!

No....we did not eat at a Thai or Chinese restaurant. (I know that's really gross. I've been hanging out with Jason for too long.) It's Gibson's dog that he sleeps with. Technically, he has 4 dogs. He has had them since he was very little. I rotate dogs and keep them washed. When he is ready to go to sleep, he holds the satin side of the dog on his face and rolls his head from side to side until he falls asleep. Anyways, I'm not sure how dog got in the fridge but Gibson thought it was pretty funny that dog was in the fridge with his orange juice. :)

Gotta get to bed....it's 12:31 in the morning and I had a late night last night too. I need sleep! Have a great Friday!

Picture tag!

I'm a long time lurker of Suzanne over at Steece's Pieces. She has a very inspiring story. If you haven't read it, check it out. Make sure you have a few days (lol) and a box of tissues.

So I decided to play along.
The object of the picture tag is to:
1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer
2) Select the 4th picture in the folder
3) Explain the picture
4) Tag 4 people to do the same
NO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

Here's mine!

G was only about 10 days old here. *wipes tear* It cracks me up because he is ALL paci. :)