A sunday afternoon with dad

Jeff sat down one Sunday afternoon to watch a movie with the kids and this is what happened. Two of the three fell asleep. Molly was out and so was Jeff. It was so cute to see the three of them there together. Aww.....how cute!!

The Winker

He did it!!! Gabe has mastered the art of winking. It ain't pretty, but it sure is cute!!

Gabe's thyroglossal duct cyst

My mom was watching the kids one day, and noticed this funny little bump on Gabe's neck. I had never seen it before and, honestly, thought it was an Adam's apple. We took him in to see the doctor and get it checked out. The doctor thought that it was some type of cyst, but that it was non-lifethreatning. He referred us to Dr. Kelly who was a pediatric ENT. After an ultrasound and an appointment with Dr. Kelly, they determined that it was a thyroglossal duct cyst. As I understand it, the tyroglossal duct forms when the thyroid descends in a fetus from under the tongue to the lower throat area. This duct dissapears (usually), but Gabe's didn't and got filled with fluid. They just had to take it out to prevent infection. We set up an appointment to get it surgically removed on March 3.


We had to get to the hospital at 6:00 am on March 3 to get checked in and prepped for the surgery. Gabe thought it was pretty cool and had fun playing with all of the toys. Primary Children's has the whole surgery process down to a smooth sailing system. We opted to get some Versed for Gabe to take before they took him back for surgery. He was so funny once he took the medicine. He started to giggle, I mean giggle, a few times and it was only made worse by Jeff and I because we, too, started to giggle. It was just so funny. The more Gabe giggled, the more we giggled. The more we giggled, the more Gabe giggled. Do you see the problem?

The surgery took about 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete. Gabe cried and cried after the surgery. He had a hard time waking up, but once he got some apple juice and his blankie, he was fine. We had to spend the night in the hospital for observation. Gabe did pretty good and enjoyed all the attention. He loved all the apple juice, popcycles, and PB&J's. He talked everyone's ears off and the nurses thought it was adorable. It is so fun to hear how he views things and what he thought of the whole thing. What a brave little boy!!

Gabe enjoyed all the wagon rides.

Kate's 1st Birthday!! She's 1!!!