Blah days of May

Where to begin. The last two weeks have been pure hell. I had two funerals last week; one for a family friend that was 86 and was hit in a car accident and one for Luke's Great Aunt (very close to being his Grandma) at the age of 95 and this week will bring me to my third funeral for a very good friend of mine's husband. He was 62 and found out 3 1/2 weeks ago that he had renal cell cancer and it was fast moving, as he passed away on Sunday, May 11. I spend a lot of my summer hanging out with Arden and Trudy as we golfed a lot together. It is so hard for me to understand one of the sweetest men in the entire world was chosen to leave us. He leaves behind a wonderful wife and two boys and his grandchildren. Trudy has many things to be grateful for as he was diagnosed with cancer 12 years ago. God gave him 12 WONDERFUL years of life cancer free, and unfortunately the worst really did hit.

I have never been affected by losing someone so fast as the result of cancer; it just shows that you can't take each day for granted. As Arden went to the clinic from a week of just not feeling too well, and look what happened, it was just the beginning of a deal.

Trudy is a very strong person, and loved by many and is now able to take sometime for herself and begin her new journey. Things will definitely be different, but I know she knows Arden would not want her to change a thing. Get out and swing her golf clubs yet this summer.

Please remember that anything can happen at any given time as these last two weeks I have had a lot of reasons to think about stuff. Life is precious just as our little ones are. Enjoy each and every minute of every day.

Small but Strong

Yesterday (Tuesday) was Landon's surgery. As nervous as I was, it all went good. However, I was have some anxiety on Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Landon woke up in a good mood and was ready to go to the doctor, if he only knew what was in store for him. Surgery was about 45 minutes and the put in tubes and removed his adenoids. The Doctor said that Landon had a lot of fluid still on his ears so tubes were the definate answer. Recovery was a little slower, but he came out of it.

We got home and he wanted to play ball. So, I believe he is feeling well. At daycare today and I haven't gotten any calls, so it must be all good.

Amen to that.

Bike Rides

Now that is it finally starting to get nice out, we are able to go on more walks and bike rides. We have a cart that goes behind my bike that Landon just loved to be in last year. This year, he is a little on the heavy side and gets so extremely hot in their since there isn't much ventilation. So, I took it upon myself and bought a bike seat for him that attaches onto my bike. I am a little nervous about it since I better have good balance and stuff. We will see how it goes. I think that Landon will like it much better just since he will get the fresh air and I will be able to hear what he is saying. But with that, I also bought him a bike helmet since he will be completely exposed in the seat now too. I have to say I laughed for about an hour last night at him. He was so dang excited about his helmet and knee pads. It was brought to my attention that it looks as though he has a frog on his head, but really it is Diego. Just too funny! Check it out..

On a darker note, Landon and I went back for a check up with the Ears, Nose, and Throat doctor yesterday to find out that his ears are still not clear of infection yet. So, needless to say, on the 29th, he will be having surgery to put tubes back in and remove his adenoids this time. Pray for great results and that this will be the final time. :) It will be exactly two years to the date on the 18th that he had tubes put in the first time. So, we did pretty well for about a year, and then started to slide down hill again. I pray this is it.

Horton Hears a Who Who

You guessed it, Landon attended his first movie this past weekend with Grandma and myself. I guess for being 2 1/2 he didn't do half bad. We went to the 7 o'clock show and it got to be a little late for him as he found it way interesting to climb on the seats that folded up and sit on the floor and eat his popcorn, but all-in-all he was pretty good. He is still talking about the movie and couldn't wait to get home and tell his Dad that he saw Horton Hears a Who Who. Where he got that, I am not so sure.

Sunday we went shopping with Grandma Kathy and Landon got a new baseball glove. This glove fits his right hand and he absolutely LOVES it. I swear he was going to wear that thing to bed with him. Now he just has a dilemma of wanting to throw with his right hand as well. He had a left handed glove and he always wears it backwards on his right hand, so we thought he must want to throw with his left (seeing how he does everything else with his left) but now he wants the glove on his right and wants to throw with his right hand. I guess we have to wait and see what works the best for him. It is funny watching him try to get the glove off his right hand so he can throw the ball too.

It finally appears that spring might be here. We still have snow in our back yard considering the snow drift was up to the bird feeders, but it is dwindling away slowly. We grilled out last night, and man did that taste good. I can't wait for the wind to disappear and be able to go outside without a coat and hat on. It will be great! Landon is enjoying the outdoors more as well. We have gotten out for a few walks with the Cooper and the stroller. Maybe this winter weight will start to dwindle as well.

Where does the time go?

Another weekend has come and gone. I am not sure where the time goes or what we do with our time, but it seems to fly by.

This past weekend we spent all day Saturday watching my nephew, Joe, wrestle at a tournament in Baldwin. I must say Landon is totally into wrestling. He sat so well, and took in all the moves that Joe did. He is imitating the moves and facial expressions still today. It is quite comical. I think Joe gets a big kick out of it though, since Landon idolizes him. :) Not a bad thing either.

Potty training continues. It seems as though we are almost there and then Easter came along and he was too busy to think about going potty. So back to pull ups and yet he only tells me after he has peed that he has to go potty. He is doing great at daycare and is always in big boy underwear, but when he gets home it is a different story. I was told to not even use the pull ups and just keep him in underwear, but I am struggling with that too. I gag worse than I would changing a diaper. However, I think that is the stage we are at. He just has to run around with wet pants and not like it before he officially becomes potty trained. He will be moving into a pre-school room at daycare at age 3, but in order for that to really happen he has to fully potty trained, so that is what I am shooting for. Hopefully we can get over this hump soon. I know that I have to be more adamant about making him go potty, and so does Daddy, need to work more at home. This summer should be interesting with the peeing outside concept. Not sure if that will be good or bad.

Last weekend, I spent the weekend in St. Cloud with my sister-in-law Jen. We had a blast. We were scrapbooking. It actually worked out great. We went out to see some of the old bars that she used to drink at a century ago on Friday night and then all day Saturday we were in our room scraping. My old roommate, Katie and her family came to visit me. It was great seeing her and Joe and their newest member, Aubrey. So much fun. You don't really realize how much you miss a person until you see them and miss the conversations. I was so glad they were able to come to the hotel. And thanks Katie for all the scraping stuff. I have used some already and the books have been put to use already as well!!

So that is what I have been up too! Luke is finally back at work. I am not so sure he is excited about it, but I know that means the weather is going to be getting nicer and we should be back to a somewhat normal life again, right?

Some Easter Pics

Landon's new smile. With his bunny from Aunt Cheryl

Items out of the Easter Basket

My Boys!

Landon was not into the Easter Egg Hunt at all. I think that he found two eggs and then the basketball was more fun. He lost all interest in the egg hunt. I guess that isn't all bad though, then there was less chocolate for us to bring home. :) He did enjoy the mashed potatoes and ham though. Oh yeah, and the pie.

March has been a Whirlwind

My oh my!! Where does the time go? I need to pinch my cheek to make sure I know where I am lately. The first part of March I was dealing with a bulging disc in my back and was doing a bunch of doctoring and eventually ended up getting a cortisone shot. Boy that was a great time. It seems to help a little in my back, however; now it feels as though the ache has now moved into my hip/butt area. I am hoping it will pass and everything will be just ducky with no aches. We will see.

I was hurrying to get my back fixed so Luke and I could head to Vegas for a 5 days last week. Man, was that a great time. We went with Luke's cousin and his wife. Joe and Luke attended the ConExpo, which is a construction trade show. While Robin and I did some shopping. It was a great time had by all. Vegas is a great place to go once, but I am not so sure that I need to go anytime soon. Maybe in 5 years or so. We spent a night at Coyote Ugly. Man, we had a great time. We were teased about our Wis-con-sin accent, which I still think is strange. We stayed at the Excalibur. Did a lot of walking down the strip and people watching. It was just a great time. I am not back at work trying to get off of Vegas time and back on a working schedule. It is sort of hard to do. I will post some pictures when I remember my camera. :)

Today brings us to bringing Landon to the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor to have his ears checked out to make sure that he has no hearing loss after his last ear drum rupture. I am hoping there isn't and making sure that they will put tubes back in his ears this fall so we can prevent all those dang ear infections. We will see. Luke's Mom is still persistent on that Landon's ear infections are due to eating dairy. I read some articles, but I am just having a hard time believing. So, we have many questions for the doctor today. Hopefully he will have some good answers for us.

Then we are off to the Chris Daughtry/Bon Jovi concert at the Xcel Center tonight. I have wanted to see Bon Jovi for years and this year for Christmas I got Luke and I tickets. I can't wait. I am sure it will be a great show. Hopefully I will have some good pictures to post after tonight.

This weekend is Easter already so we are off to my Aunt Cheryl's house for the day on Sunday and then the following weekend I am spending a weekend in St. Cloud with my Sister-in-Law Jen scrap booking. Nothing like getting everything done in the month of March. I am really hoping April things will slow down for us. Oh wait, yes things should slow down a bit since Luke will officially be back to work as of April 1st. If I could still do a cartwheel I would; and he is on mandatory Saturdays from the get go. It will be good having him back at work and bringing in a normal paycheck other than unemployment. There really is light at the end of the tunnel.