Merry Christmas from Kase to You!!

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WOW

Hello readers!  I unfortunately don't have Kase pictures today, but wanted to share this blog post with you.  It's long...but WOW is it ever powerful!  What would it look like if we all did this?  Can you imagine the GLORY that would be given to Jesus?!?!  This has been on mine and Keith's hearts lately, and this blog post just encouraged me to do the radical!  I encourage you to do the same...and together we can change Christmas to really be about the Baby, the Savior, THE KING instead of the jolly fat man pictured above.

members of our family

We'd like to introduce you to Kase's closest confidants:

This is Kitty & Whale

He used to call Kitty "Titty" but since then has gotten his K's and T's figured out...thankfully!

And Whale is actually a shark...but we're not telling.

This is how our mornings start.  Kitty, Whale, blankie, and milk.  Usually there are some snuggles and cartoons mixed in here as well.

"HIIIIIIIIII AUNTIE RACHEL! CHEEEEESE!"

 We've recently adopted Puppy into our family as well.

 

 At multiples times during the day Kase can be seen sitting on the couch, with books, "reading" them to Kitty, Whale, and now Puppy too.

tubes

Kase had a rough day...can you tell? :)

Today was a traumatic day for Mommy though!  Well, Kase too, but I think it was worse for Mommy!  Due to the numerous ear infections Kase has had, the doctors recommended a myringotomy (tubes).  Confession, I had to WebMD that term :)

Anyway, I was nervous.  The rules were the same as any other person who has surgery, no food or drink after midnight.  How, exactly, do you explain THAT to an 18-month old child?  Thankful item #1: Not once did Kase mention eating or juice before the nurses took him away. 

I brought plenty of books for him to read in the car and before surgery.  Thankful item #2: Kase loves to read.  This was a great distraction for him...and Mommy :)

 

AND HOW CUTE IS OUR BUDDY IN HIS HOSPITAL GOWN?!?!  :)  We're thinking that next year for Halloween he could rock the "hospital patient" costume!

Judge for yourself...here's a few more pictures of him looking studly!

 

The nurses came to get him around 8:30, and after some tears from Mommy, he was out the door with the nurses.  Thankful item #3: Keith allows me to express the fears in my Mommy-heart and doesn't belittle me when I cry. 

Thankful item #4: The nurses' station had Diet Mountain Dew. :)

The doctor was back in our room 10 minutes later (no joke, 10 minutes) to say that she was finished.  Kase was in recovery longer than he was in surgery!  Recovery was another thing I was nervous about...especially after hearing the other children screaming as they came out of recovery.  But...not Kase!  Our sweet sweet buddy woke up happy asking for Mommy (be still my soul!) and talking sweetly to the nurses.  Thankful item #5: Surgery & recovery went well!

We had some juice, watched a little bit of Elmo on TV, and then we were out of there!

Thankful item #6: Kase was happy, playful, and completely content for the remainder of the day.  He was no different than every other day.  We were beginning to question whether he had had surgery or not!  

 

And now we get to wear these super awesome earplugs that are super fun to put into a squirrely kids' ears (note the sarcasm).

Overall, the day went remarkably better than either of us has expected.  I think it's fair to say we had a lot of prayer warriors today!

After making through this day with a happy boy, Keith seems to think we're stopping with one child.  Oh is he sadly mistaken!  He married the wrong girl to only have one child!  Besides, when we procreate things as cute as Kase it should be illegal to stop at one :)

our weekend

 

Due to the excessive mud in our backyard, Molly received numerous baths this weekend.  

She's pretty stoked!

This Tupperware container provided a boatload of fun for Kase

And finally some Skype time with family!

Happy Weekend!