Surgery

We found out two weeks ago that Andrew has a hydrocele hernia and it needed to be repaired. The cause of it was most likely a tube that didn't seal before he was born. We went to Children's Hospital of Minneapolis today (the best kids hospital in the state). It was an outpatient surgery. It lasted about 25 minutes and Andrew did amazing. Here's a picture of our little patient. He had to go under General Anesthesia which was harder on Mom and Dad than it was on Andrew. He is back at home this evening and watching "Cars". The doctors and nurses at Children's were great and made the whole process very easy on all of us. Here are some pictures from the past few days. We got about a foot of snow in MN while we were in Green Bay for Christmas. It was a nice surprise to come home to. Thankfully we have a neighbor that shoveled for us, so we didn't have to deal with it when we got home.

Andrew loves the snow. Dad spent last Saturday pulling him around in the sled.
And Andrew spent some time pulling the sled around too (of course he doesn't call it a sled, he calls it a boat - we're not sure why).

He's just like his Dad, he doesn't get cold easily. They were outside for quite a while that day. Mom is such a whimp, she doesn't last more than a minute outside.

Here's a quick picture we took last week. It would have made a great Christmas card, but we didn't have enough time to get it developed, so you'll just have to enjoy it via the website. We were hoping to get New Years Cards out to everyone, but with the surgery this week, that doesn't look like it's going to happen. You all know we wish you a Happy New Year!

Have a great start to 2010!!!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!
We spent yesterday afternoon frosting cookies. Andrew even helped a little. Who else was going to lick the beaters clean? Must be yummy frosting! I don't think our dishwasher even gets them that clean.

"Santa" came to our house early this year, since we have to travel for the holidays. He got lots of new books and pajamas. Here is one set of jammies.

A couple weeks back we got Andrew a potty chair. He doesn't have much of an interest in it yet, but he sure is proud of it. He brought the whole roll of toilet paper down stairs so he would have it, just in case. Unfortunately he didn't leave the toilet paper on the roll.

Andrew got a Kidz Jam keyboard from Santa with lots of buttons to make music. Here he is opening the Kidz Jam.

And here he is very proud on his new potty. (don't you love the socks?)

Have a Merry Christmas! Sorry we haven't sent Christmas cards to everyone yet. We've been so busy the last couple weeks, so we're going to try to send a New Years card.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!

We have been super busy over the past month and this upcoming month will keep us even busier. We had the Raisanen's out for a visit a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. It gave Andrew and Nikolas some "Quality Time" together.

Thanksgiving at the Raisanens.
Nikolas and Andrew - hanging out.

Nikolas.

Here is that "Quality Time" I referenced. Nikolas just wanted a hug, but for once Andrew didn't want to receive a hug. There is another picture of Andrew crawling away and Nikolas still hanging on.

While Nikolas was in town we visited the Children's Museum in St. Paul. There was sooooo much there for the boys to do. Amazing. They both enjoyed the ant tunnels the best. An entire room was transformed into tunnels big enough for kids and adults to crawl through (I would know, I did most the chasing the boys through the tunnels - my knees are still hurting - j/k).

Since we are only a couple weeks from Christams, and I usually only post once a month, I might as well say it now.... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Andrew and Mommy dressed up as the scariest thing they could think of..... LIONS!!!! We disagreed on which types of Lions were the scariest though. Here's Andrew's scary lion costume... (he's more cute the scary)....

and here's Mommy's scary costume!!!! Ahhhhhhh... Detriot Lions!!!

(don't ask what Daddy's dressed as... we still aren't sure - He has on a long blond wig, a red Packers hat and big black glasses - he says he's Mommy, but really, does that look like Mommy?)

Pumpkin carving!!! Andrew just enjoyed making a mess all over the kitchen floor.

First Day / ROAR!!!!

(There are 3 new posts tonight - check them out).
Like I said before, the switch to new day is very bittersweet. While we know Andrew is ready to move on and learn new things, meet new people and have new experiences, we miss Linda and the kids terribly. The first few days of new day care were very difficult for mom, dad and Andrew. However we are happy to report that he has been there for 8 days now and he is back in his routine and having a blast. He doesn't want to leave when Mom picks up and he's off to play as soon as Dad drops off. New day care has helped to provide us with beautiful art work to cover up our refrigerator. We have a ghost that resembles Andrew's foot, a spider that looks like Andrew's hands, another ghost made of cotton balls, a glittery leaf and spider web. Here is a picture of Andrew on his first day. Such a big boy! This past weekend we went to "Halloween Live" at the Chaska Community Center. It was a Halloween party for the kids. Here is a sneak peek at Andrew's Halloween costume. Look at that cute tail!

We decided on the Lion costume due to Andrew's love of saying "ROAR". Daddy taught him that. Whenever he sees a lion (Detroit Lions included) he says "ROAR". Mommy isn't so happy about what Daddy taught Andrew to say when he sees a Packer.

So anyways - we had a lot of fun at Halloween Live. We watched some kids play some games, we made a Halloween cookie, chatted with our friends Isabella and Milena (and Dan & Suzie) and then came the dancing! They had a stage set up with lights and a DJ for the kids. Picture this, tons of toddlers, awkward looking parents and really loud children's music. The kids were dancing like crazy and Andrew was right there with them. It was so much fun to watch him watch the other kids and then dance a little bit. One little girl tried to take his hand to dance and Andrew just shook his head no and backed away from her. So cute!!

We are carving pumpkins tomorrow and Trick or Treatin on Saturday. We'll take more picture then!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!