Our Little Man

Our little man has finally arrived. We are so happy he is here and part of our little family. I went in to be induced at 8:30 that morning and had him at 1:21 that afternoon. It was such a great labor. They started my petocin and when I was just starting to have a little pain from contractions the anesthesiologist showed up to give me my epidural. I labored slowly until 1 when the Dr. came and broke my water and shortly after I felt lots of pain and pressure. They called the Dr. back. He sat down, told me to push, and by the time I had counted to 5 he was telling me to stop because the baby was already coming out. One more little push and out he came. It took us a while to decide for sure what to name him but ended up what we had originally planned on 4 months prior. Max Walker Newman. He is perfect in every way.

Cole's Surgery

So I took Cole in for his 3 year old checkup and I asked them a question about his little boy parts and when he checked them he told me had a hole that should have closed up on its own but didn't and so fluid was getting in areas where it shouldn't. So he referred us to a urologist and sure enough he needed surgery otherwise later in life he would get hernias that would be painful. So we hurried and made his appointment before the baby came. Cole was such a good sport when we got to the hospital and was so happy. They were so fast at taking him back to the operating room though that he didn't get to play with the toys in the waiting room before he went back. So he was a little disappointed over that. He did great through the surgery but when he woke up he was so mad at us. As you can tell by the after surgery picture he just puckered his lips up and wouldn't talk to us. He did like getting his root beer slushy fed to him though while he was in recovery. He got to ride out to the car in the wagon and was disappointed when we couldn't take that home with us.

For 2 weeks after we had to keep him off of the tramp and his bike, but he was such a good kid and was good about it. I'm so glad we had it taken care of before he got any older so that he doesn't remember too much.

School Starts

I can't believe it. Kaya is already in the 2nd Grade. She started on July 26th. It came way too fast especially since she didn't get out of 1st grade until July 3rd. She was so excited to go back though and start up again. She loves school and loves learning. I just hope it lasts.. Her teacher is Mrs. Goodman and Kaya adores her. She is a sweet lady. Kaya and her best friend Ellie loved riding their bikes to school and felt so big when we let them come home alone.

Even crazier though is that Tanner started Kindergarten. He started the next week after Kaya since he had his Kindergarten testing the 1st week. He did awesome. He was so excited to go to the big school. He is one of about 5 boys in his class of 23. Poor kid is always surrounded by girls. His teacher is Ms. Calhoun who was also Kaya's Kindergarten teacher. She is a nice lady and he loves her. Two kids in school. Holy cow time flies!!