A Day of Rest? Yeah Right!!

This morning we headed out bright and early to the surgi-center for Jacob to have tubes put in his ears. I have always felt that one of the reasons that he does not speak well, is that he cannot hear. We had him tested and sure enough, his ears were filled with fluid. I know that this probably sounds horrible, but I was glad that they were finally going to put tubes in after a year and a half. Not that I wanted him to be in any pain, but if your head is under the water in a swimming pool all the time and people are talking to you, you cannot hear them! That is what it was like for him. Now that the fluid is drained, we really hope that will improve his speech. (along with his listening!)

He did great. He headed back with the nurse in a little wagon and just waved. Mom cried of course. It was over in less than 30 minutes and boy was he mad when they brought him to us. They told us that he would be sleepy today and just want to lay around and relax. Mom's translation: Yes! I will be able to get a TON of stuff done around the house while he relaxes on the couch with his big brother! Wrong!! There is nothing normal about this kid. This is what he did for about 3.5 minutes when he got home.



THIS... is what he did for the remainder of the day. This is his normal everyday attire. I had him in nice comfortable pajamas to relax in. I bought him a new movie, snacks, and his brothers were all jockeying for the chance to lay down with him and snuggle in leiu of doing their chores today. He stripped down to his diaper, (nope, not potty trained yet) and got into the stash of candy on dad's desk. This is about the 5th lollipop that I caught him with. He spent the day playing outside, tormenting his sister, hitting his brothers, and sitting in the corner for quite a while.




A day of rest? Not around here!