I just realized that some of you have no idea what I am talking about when I say that one of our kids was in the hospital and that we are moving. So here's the lowdown on what's going on in our lives. First of all, yes, we are moving in August. We will be heading to sunny, southern California. Jim is going back to school to get his PhD in Business Policy at UCLA. The program lasts 4-6 years but usually it takes 5. I have been telling Jim that I wanted to settle somewhere for longer than 2 years and I guess I am getting my wish in a round about sort of way. It will definitely be a challenge living the student life with 3 kids but I think it will turn out to be a great experience for our family - at least we will be minutes from the beach!
Also this past year we have had some major health challenges with Luke. When he was 3 months old we found out that he has a hemangioma under his vocal cords. It was almost completely blocking his airway when we discovered it. In case you are wondering what a hemangioma is it is like a vascular, raised birthmark. You often see them on people on the surface of their skin but it is pretty rare to have one under the vocal cords. Hemangiomas usually appear at 2-3 months of age and continue to grow until about 9-12 months of age. By about age 5 they are usually completely gone. So Luke's hemangioma has been growing like crazy for the last 6 months. He has had 6 surgeries with his 7th scheduled in a couple weeks. When he has the surgery the doctor has to go into his airway with a laser to cut it off. Then after a few weeks it will have grown back so they just have to go in a do it all again. We are hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel soon. His breathing is sounding better so I think that not only is his airway getting bigger as he grows but the hemangioma's growth is also slowing down. He has had to deal with a lot in his short little life but I am thankful that it is not something worse and that he is totally healthy otherwise. We will keep you updated after his next surgery. Thank you all for the concern and prayers in his behalf.
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Ben put a whole bunch of toilet paper in the garbage and I told him that is a no, no. He said, "no it's a yes, yes!"
I tell Jimmy on a regular basis that needs to talk nicely. He yelled something across the room to me and I gave him the look that said I didn't like the tone of his voice and he said, "I was yelling nicely!"
Jimmy and I are listening to "Give Said the Little Stream" and Jimmy says "How does it talk?" I said "How does what talk?" He said, "The stream, it doesn't have a mouth, how can it talk?"
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Funny Things Kids Say
We were at church and during the sacrament I was talking to Luke about Jesus. I told him that Jesus bled and died for us. Luke looked at me with a very concerned look and said, "Did Heavenly Father give Jesus a band-aid when he was bleeding?"
We were about to walk out the door so I told Luke to go potty. He came out of the bathroom saying, "I can't go! The batteries in my pee pee are dead!"
After Ben finished a big meal he said, "my tummy is so big and full I look like Grandpa now!" (sorry dad).
Ben pointed to a picture of the prophet and said, "That's President Monckley!"
We have a saying in our house. It's "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!" But Ben has his own version of this. He says "you get what you WANT and you don't throw a fit!"
Jimmy said that he is allergic to babies. I asked him how he knew and he said that he gets sick when he smells them.
Ben asked me for another piece of halloween candy and I said, "Mommy is ready for the halloween candy to be gone" and Ben said, "Yea, gone in my mouth!"
We were driving past the gas station sign and Ben said, "I see a lowercase 5 on that sign."
I was talking to Jimmy about election day and asking him if his teacher voted and he said that she was "absent" that day. (I finally realized what he meant. She had just mailed in an absentee ballot.)
We were about to walk out the door so I told Luke to go potty. He came out of the bathroom saying, "I can't go! The batteries in my pee pee are dead!"
After Ben finished a big meal he said, "my tummy is so big and full I look like Grandpa now!" (sorry dad).
Ben pointed to a picture of the prophet and said, "That's President Monckley!"
We have a saying in our house. It's "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!" But Ben has his own version of this. He says "you get what you WANT and you don't throw a fit!"
Jimmy said that he is allergic to babies. I asked him how he knew and he said that he gets sick when he smells them.
Ben asked me for another piece of halloween candy and I said, "Mommy is ready for the halloween candy to be gone" and Ben said, "Yea, gone in my mouth!"
We were driving past the gas station sign and Ben said, "I see a lowercase 5 on that sign."
I was talking to Jimmy about election day and asking him if his teacher voted and he said that she was "absent" that day. (I finally realized what he meant. She had just mailed in an absentee ballot.)
Ben put a whole bunch of toilet paper in the garbage and I told him that is a no, no. He said, "no it's a yes, yes!"
I tell Jimmy on a regular basis that needs to talk nicely. He yelled something across the room to me and I gave him the look that said I didn't like the tone of his voice and he said, "I was yelling nicely!"
Jimmy and I are listening to "Give Said the Little Stream" and Jimmy says "How does it talk?" I said "How does what talk?" He said, "The stream, it doesn't have a mouth, how can it talk?"
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