Ian Update

It has been a fairly eventful weekend in our house. Let's bump back to Friday.

Ian had his appointment with Dr. Vaidya (the ear, nose & throat specialist) on Friday morning. We actually ran into a couple of friends there. Janis works there and Amy was there with Ryker (and Reilly). Surprisingly, Ian did great with Dr. Vaidya...until he touched his ears. Then it was over. The screaming and thrashing about began. He's a strong little boy for only 21 pounds. Ian has another ear infection in his right ear. Dr. Vaidya confirmed that he needs tubes in his little ears. His surgery is scheduled for Thursday, July 6th, sometime in the morning. We'll know a definite time the day before. It's a common procedure these days. But, as one of our Sunday school teachers says..."it's common until it's someone in your family." I'm not really concerned about anything except the anesthesia. Tomorrow I have to go to St. Francis for his pre-op paperwork. He started another round of antibiotics Friday evening. Dr. Vaidya also gave us ear plugs to use when we bathe him or if he goes swimming. He DOES NOT like them at all.

Saturday was a good day. Ian took a 3 hour nap and then we decided to go out for a little while. So we went to Target and then to Utica Square. It was a hot day, but in the shaded areas it was really nice. Utica Square is so nice and Ian loves being outside...or "outs" as he would say. We were able to get some cute pictures there. The one posted above ("Classic Photo") was our favorite. After we snapped a few pictures and did some shopping, we decided to grab a bite of dinner. Ian ate WELL. He hadn't been eating much for a couple of days...but he made up for it at dinner. We're amazed at how well he drinks from a cup (without a lid). He barely spills a drop now. Of course, we have to hold it for him, but he's doing much better. He's been on the Singulair (for his allergies / asthma) for a week now and we can tell a big difference. His little nose isn't running as much and he's not coughing like he did last week. Hopefully this will help. He slept well last night and woke up in a great mood today.

Last night our washer decided to break, explode, die...whatever. It started making this funny sound and when I walked into the kitchen there was water all over the floor (the laundry room is just off the kitchen). So we stopped the washer and mopped up the mess. We decided to try and finish the cycle since the clothes has just started to rinse. Well, that didn't work. Before the spin cycle was complete, there was even more water on the floor. Bottom line, washer is toast. We got a good deal on a new one today and it's being delivered tomorrow.

Today was great. Church was wonderful and Ian just loves going to his class. He's always so happy to see us, but he loves his teachers. After church we stopped at one of our favorite little diners for breakfast. Ian ate almost all of his French Toast and sausage (plus a lot of cheerios). He fell asleep on the way home. When we got home, I tried to put him down for his nap. Big mistake. Daddy needs to put him down. He's going through a bit of separation anxiety and he won't go down if I try to put him down. He just cries and cries. He basically slept for about 30 minutes in the car and that was it. After he had a whole banana for a snack this afternoon, I thought we'd go to Sam's and pick up a few things....since he wasn't sleepy at all. So, I loaded him up in the car and off we went. Before I got to 41st street (we live on 26th St), he was asleep. So, needless to say, I didn't go to Sam's. I drove around for a while and let him sleep.

Tonight was our Church Picnic celebrating Independence Day. What a great event. It's held at the Hillenburg home in Broken Arrow. There were probably 500-600 people there. Lots of hot dogs, chips, lemonade, sno-cones and watermelon. The Harbingers (a southern gospel quartet) performed. They're a great group and our friend Bobby Hart is their lead singer. We love to listen to Bobby sing. He has been given an amazing gift and he uses it!!! So...Ian attended his first concert (well, sorta). He had a good time. He loves being outside and he loves being around people (especially other kids). He won't let many people hold him. Tonight Marla was the only one he allowed to touch him. He's all about Mommy right now (and Daddy sometimes). Again, he ate WELL. He had two and a half hot dogs (no buns, just the meat). We also tried the sno-cones again. Not as bad as the last time. He had his first nibble of watermelon. He wasn't sure what to think at first, but by the 2nd or 3rd bite he like it. We were there almost 3 hours and I think he could have stayed a while longer, but we didn't want to push our luck. So we came home and got him ready for bed. It didn't take him long to go to sleep tonight. Hopefully he'll have a good night.

Tomorrow, both Charlie and I are off. We're going to take Ian to daycare so we can get some stuff done around the house. We were originally going to go see a movie, but since we're having the washer delivered tomorrow we'll stick pretty close to home.

Please say a prayer for Ian on Thursday morning. Pray that the surgery will be as "common" as it is for everyone else. Pray that Mommy and Daddy get through this. :)

Also, please say a special prayer for our friends Mary & Brad. Can't really go into it here, but they need to be lifted up.

I'm sure there's much more that I'm forgetting. I know that Ian has certainly changed our lives and we are so very thankful for the amazing blessing God has given us.

I'll post weekend pictures in a separate post.