Maurer House Random.......

The surgery was a success!!
We are sleeping through the night, napping, and feeling very well rested! Which also means everyday by 6am we are bright eyed and bushy tailed, but it could be worse----right? The surgery itself went fine but it was an exhausting and painful ten days after. He was extremely miserable and it was very hard, but he is like a whole new kid now. I recommend not doing it until absolutely necessary which our case was. I think it would have been a little easier if he could understand a little more what was going on. When they put him under I was in the room and it was harder than I had anticipated. He looked so scared and then he just went limp eyes open still and all. The anesthesiologist was like okay mom we're good now and while it was quick it was still kinda scary. The actual surgery only took about an hour and the hospital staff loved him. He wanted to take walks and eat lots of Popsicles. The sight of him wheeling around his IV was too much. He also had a problem swallowing his drool for about three weeks afterward I think from fear of it hurting so he was drooling like a mad man
Alex is feeling very well and speaking much more clearly now in full sentences. The potty training thus far has been successful. The Nanny 911 approach seemed to work pretty well.
He is growing so fast now I can tell in no time he will be a school boy and I will be sad.

Sebastian is doing very well in first grade also. He is at the top of his class and a little bored but doing good. He recently lost his very first tooth!
It is a big deal since it seems like he was the last kid in his class. Of course it happened while at school and i missed the whole thing but I am still happy for him. The Tooth Fairy has come!!
All I keep picturing is the adult teeth that will soon take the missing ones place and i know he will no longer be my little boy but my big kid. I think seven is going to be a hard age for me. (aren't they all) I am just so proud of him and the person he is becoming day by day. My children are very compassionate right now and I hope they keep that with them always. Compassion for others I feel is a great quality in people and i am glad that they both seem to possess that one. If nothing else at least they care about others.
It seems like the older I get the faster time goes. The weeks seem to fly by now that school is in full swing and I am already picturing graduation. It's scary, time seemed to move so slow before kids and now every once in a while i have to step back and catch my breath.

Joel is turning thirty this year and even though I think when my time comes it will be hard, he seems to be taking it with stride. Thirty used to seem so old even though it's really not. His outlook is it has to be better than the twenties. Maybe he's right.