Recap

Well July has flied by.... It seemed like it came and went in a blink. We stayed really busy, after the 4th of July trip my sister Erika and her family came in to visit her husbands family. We were able to get together a few times and the girls had a sleep over which Elle LOVED, it was way fun and really sad to see them go. Then we had Jacks surgery which you got all the info on already, and after that my other sister Denise and her daughter Nadia came out to visit for a few days then Nadia went to a BYU soccer camp. And finally my little brother Matt came out for a quick trip to visit so we got to spend a little time with him. That was really nice because for our family reunion he had to leave early and we were not able to go to Rye with the rest of the group where he met up with them again. So it was nice to get some time with him.... Elle was on 24hr fun-mode again and just wanted to go go go, the problem is that her mother -me- did not. Life gets a little tricky when you are hauling around 3 kids vs 2. I think the hardest part is that Jack isn't walking yet so it's 2 trips to the car every time we leave and come home. He is getting really close, he loves to stand up and he is wanting me to hold his hands so he can walk a lot more than he has before. He loves the stairs and now he knows how to come down them safely.
He is doing great, which leads me to the news..... His surgery is scheduled for August 23rd. so a little less than 3 weeks away. I should have known it would be around that time, I mean out of every week in August, that week is by far our busiest. Elle starts school and dance that week, and on that Monday - the 23rd - she has an open house to go and see her classroom and meet her teacher. Oh well Steve and I will miss out on some things but I'm sure Elle will be totally fine, she just wants to meet her classmates and start playing right now : ) I've been talking with some other parents whose children have had this type of surgery, and I'm learning a lot. Some good some that I would rather not think about. It seems like the first 3-4 days will be the hardest by far but from there it's just little by little. I worry the most on how we are going to keep our little man from moving. He follows after his sister and loves to just be on the move non-stop so to limit that is going to be REALLY hard. Hopefully the doctors and nurses have some sort of plan for little ones who are like that, I would think so. Oh well we will just have to wait and see....