Texas A&M, Tubes, and Teeth

Have been the themes for this week. It was SO fun to head back to College Station for the game. We all loaded up early Saturday and met my sister along the way to drop Cambry off for the afternoon (which worked out great, by the way). Thanks Aunt Chera, Cambry had a blast!!! Then the 3 of us headed to Aggieland!!!

So great to be back...

They boys at the game

Colten was really into it for about two quarters and right before halftime he was ready to head home. The band captured his attention, however and he did pretty well the rest of the game. He had no problems yelling as loud as possible (surprise, surprise) and getting into the excitement. We did go through almost all the concessions available...from popcorn, to nachos, peanuts, candy...and possibly something I've forgotten by now.

Gig 'Em

Playing on the field after the game

Even today on the way home he asked about the Aggie game and sang most of the fight song with me, I was impressed (it brought a tear to my eye)!!! :)

Monday was Colten's procedure and he did great. Sunday evening I noticed he was becoming pretty anxious about it at bedtime. He had a list of questions, mostly about why he had to be "asleep" during it. We explained as much as we could, and as much as he could understand. All went well, a few hesitations at the clinic and some resistance to wearing the hospital gown with Looney Tunes on it (at least it was blue). All was pretty smooth until he figured out we would not be going into the surgery area with him. Lets just say alot of kicking and screaming were involved, it was much easier at 20 months when he could not comprehend what was about to happen. Reluctantly, he let the doctor take him and had calmed down as we headed to the waiting area. WHEW!!! It was a simple and quick procedure and we were soon escorted back to recovery. He was a grouch and was definitely not ready to be woken up, but soon enough we were on the way home. My parents had come in the night before and were watching Cambry and were a HUGE help that afternoon. Colten slept a little after we got home and then was back to normal. He's been great since, only one time did he say "Mommy, I was very upset with you and Daddy when you didn't go with me to the back." And moments later he exclaimed "Now I'm just like you guys, no tubes"!!! Both Caleb and I had them when we were young. We are all thankful that experience is behind us.

Wednesday was my appt for my root canals. Everything went great and the pain has been extremely minimal. Nothing compared to a week ago, that's for sure. I've felt great and even went the the Spurs game that same evening. A BIG thank you to cousin Kristi for spending two days with us through that, we loved having you here!!!

Checking in...

Since school started things around here have been in high gear. This week especially has been a CRAZY one, but nothing a few meds and trips to the doctor can't fix (more on that later). The kids are great, Cambry had her 15 month appt and is right at the 50th percentile, 23 lbs. and 30 in. tall. She's perfectly healthy and had a hearty dose of immunizations plus her flu shot. She's growing and changing daily and has been so much fun, independent and strong-willed, but a joy!!! Colten's great, we've been G.I. Joe buddies most afternoons while Cambry is napping, and personally I feel I'm becoming quite the pro...take a look.

Sorting out the good and bad guys

Mommy's "good guy" team (not bad, huh?)

Colten's bad guys...ready for action

Colten, of course, could play for hours upon hours. But mommy, only has about one a day in her. He definitely has quite the imagination.
A few bath time pics...

Cambry's wild hair (courtesy of Daddy)

15 months already, boy the time has flown by!!!

So...onto our week. I started the week with minor pain in my tooth and jaw. It got progressively worse and I went in for x-rays Wednesday and discovered that I indeed needed not one, but TWO root canals, oh joy!!! So, I have been taking antibiotics to clear the infection, but the pain only worsened from there. Wednesday night was miserable and I could do nothing to ease the pain. Luckily our fabulous dentist quickly called a pain medication in for me the next morning. Well, with that the pain subsided immensely, but on came extreme nausea which has left me in bed for practically 24 hours. Only now am I feeling "normal" again with slight tooth pain, hopefully the antibiotics are kicking in. My root canals are scheduled for next Wednesday, but Monday Colten is having his tubes surgically removed. Not anything major, just another medical "experience" for our household. And after that...maybe normality can return??

We are taking Colten to his first Aggie game tomorrow and can't wait!!! Have a great weekend everyone and Gig 'Em!!!