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In sickness and in health

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A few weeks back (May 8th) the boys had their tonsils and adenoids taken out.  Not sure what I was thinking letting the ENT do them the same day.  We figured we won’t have to worry about who’s taking care of who since they were both kept overnight at the hospital.

Ethan has a pretty low pain tolerance, haha.  And anesthesia makes him evil, not just mean, but crazy mean.  Enzo was so easy tho.  He’s so tough.  He slept for 2 days straight, occassionally sitting up in bed to cringe and grab his throat, but other than that, he really toughed it out.

    

They are much much better now.  Enzo doesn’t even snore anymore!  And I don’t know if it’s all in my head or not, but he has calmed down alot since the surgery.

Tonsils and Prayers…

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Yup, Ethan and Enzo are scheduled tomorrow to have their tonsils removed.  Enzo is scheduled at 11:50am and Ethan is at 12:25pm.  What a double whammy!!!  They’re staying overnight at the hospital.

So please pray for protection, health and QUICK recovery for the boys.  We’ll keep you posted.

Random photos

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I found a few photos on my hard drive that I haven’t seen in a while…look how much my boys have grown

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This was last February, during his first weekend home visit with us.

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This is Enzo with his cousins Jordan and Asher.  They all look like babies!  My Zo is so cute!

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Look at my Ethan! He was such a baby before he turned Kuya!  This was about 2 years ago…

Thrifting on a rainy day

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It’s been so long since I’ve gotten a chance to go thrifting or antiquing.  So today after Enzo’s speech therapy, with Enzo and Ethan in tow, we went to a thrift store and our favorite antique store.  We didn’t find anything good, but it was nice to get out of our regular routine!

Ethan loves antiquing so I didn’t even have to worry about him. Enzo was really good too! I forgot my sling at home (which he is starting to get heavy in, esp after lunch) and his stroller is too big for the tiny tiny aisles at the antique store. I had his tiny hand in mine and I asked him to stick the other in his pocket, and off we went! We didn’t stay long at the antique store, mainly because they just didn’t have much that caught my eye, and because I didn’t want to wait for Enzo to get bored!

I think it helped that I bribed him with Nemo gummies! 😉

i LOVE LOVE LOVE my church

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i really really do!  it’s awesome that Ethan loves waking up sunday morning to go to church and we don’t have to drag him outta bed.  Enzo on the other hand is a little slower on the wake up call but once you tell him we have to get ready for church, he is out of that bed and stripping his jammies off!

Today we were walking around a store and Enzo started singing a song and said they sang that new song at church. He kept singing, “Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord, Halleujah!” It was just too sweet! I know it doesn’t seem like such a big deal, but i love that he’s learning old school songs that Toots and I grew up with. I love that I don’t have to wonder or ever worry about Enzo getting a strong Biblical foundation outside our home. Enzo tells me that his teacher reads him stories out of the Bible “too much” (his words not mine hehe). I was reading a book one day, and he asked me if i was reading my Bible. After telling him that I do read my Bible, but the book I was reading was a different book, he said his teacher, Ms. Karen (which he LOVES LOVES LOVES) tell him stories about Jesus from her Bible everyday (meaning every Sunday). How cool is that? I know its stuff that you expect out of a church but what can I say, I’m easy to please!

I love that I know Ethan is not just taught HOW to live a christian life in such a secular world, but he’s taught WHY. He sees that living for God doesn’t have to mean being uncool or being a boring person, because he sees how his youth leaders treat him. he really likes them! esp his small group teacher, Mr. Stan, and one of the youth leaders that plays the guitar in the youth band, Justin. Ethan really likes him! Ethan hangs out a bit after church is over and they play ping pong, pool or Wii. Ethan loves his youth pastor, Tim, because he has crazy stories that go everywhere but in the end always talk about God (Ethan’s explanation not mine). Well that and because Ethan thinks Tim looks like David Blaine! They really go the extra mile for the youth and make them feel included.

Personally, I don’t think Tim the Youth Pastor looks like David Blaine, but Ethan seems to think so, maybe its the hair…or the lack of it….

Tim Gray is the one in the middle with the crazy face
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David Blaine, some magician that really creeps me out…eek!
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hmm…oh yeah those aren’t my pictures, hopefully they don’t mind, I got Tim’s picture off our church website and David Blaine off the internet.

Use your eyes not your mouth!

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My grandmother use to always say that to me when I as little, and I always say that to Ethan when he’s in a hurry to find something that is already in front of him but can’t seem to find…As we’re getting ready to leave the house, I ask Ethan to put shoes on Enzo.  So Enzo is searching high and low for his shoes, while saying “Where’s mah shoes?  where’s mah shoes?”

Enzo’s quest quickly turns to whining (I’m starting to learn to tune this out *yay for me*) because he can’t find his shoes and I hear Ethan yell “Use your eyes not your mouth!” Then Enzo is walking around the house with his hand over his mouth and eyes wide open.  So I ask him what he’s doing, then he says, “Kuya said use your eyes not your mouth. So I am!”

My boys are funny…