Tonsils, adnoids & tubes!

We took Bode in Thursday morning at 6:45 to have his tonsils and adnoids taken out and his 2nd set of tubes put in his ears. The doctor said the poor kid had so much gunk in his ears it was growing into the bone. He said it was as thick as honey, so no wonder the poor kid couldn't hear. His adnoids were huge and his tonsils were bigger than the doctor originally thought. He has been doing pretty well, today has probably been the worst day, but he took a nice long nap this morning and has been up playing ever since. All of this hasn't affected him too much, he still can't stand to just lay or sit still so that has been the worst thing, getting him to rest.

The rest of the pictures were right out of surgery.

He was just waking up.

Trying to give us a smile :)

He ate a popsicle about 30 minutes after surgery and he scarfed it!

Hopefully all of this will help and we won't have to have a 3rd set of tubes.

We want to thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers for Bode and a big thanks to Grandma LaDaun for coming down and staying with the other kids so both Chris and I could be with Bode at the hospital.

Happy Birthday to Kobe!

'Boy' does time fly! It seems like yesterday I had the goop on my belly and Chris and I were seeing our little guy wiggle around. We were so excited, almost in shock, that it was a boy, me not Chris. He was going to be the first boy in the Wright family. After growing up with 3 sisters and having 1 daughter and 6 nieces I was going to experience a boy. What an experience it has been. I have loved every minute of it. Kobe is such a happy kid it's hard to not love it (or him). I was such a proud mom with everyone telling me what a beautiful baby he was with those big blue eyes. I'm still a proud mom for the wonderful kid he is. He is a good student, and is very talented in all he does (karate, tumbling, hip hop) and he is a major sweet heart. We wish him a very happy birthday with lots of love!

Belt Graduation!

Mylee and Kobe were promoted to a high green belt on Saturday. We are so proud of them and how hard they work, not only at karate, but in everything they do. I don't get to see them in their class since I work on the days that they go, so it was fun to see them doing the forms that they had to pass off for their new belt. They also demonstrated some of their grappling skills. Chris tells me almost every week that Mr. Reis or Mr. Bell had Mylee go to the front to show the class what the forms should look like. I sure it helps that she is an awesome little dancer too. Anyway, here are some pics from the belt graduation.

Mylee, Chris & Kobe

Mylee, Mr. Bell & Kobe
(Mr. Bell has had two professional MMA fights and won both of them. We are sure that someday he will be famous and in the UFC and we will be able to say we new him and have pictures of him with the kids.)

Mylee, Mr. Reis & Kobe
(Mr. Reis is the main instructor and both him and Mr. Bell are so awesome with all the kids.)

Mylee, Me & Kobe

Huntin' with dad!

Chris went with the Young Men to EFY Saturday morning and he told the boys if they got the toy room and their bedroom cleaned up he would take them shooting. When they were done cleaning they came upstairs in these clothes and said 'we're ready to go huntin' with dad!' I got a kick out of it! :)