October 6th is the date for surgery. That is only 1 week away. And now it seems oh so real.

Study- Done!!

And another one down!! Now all the bedrooms are done upstairs. It has been a lot of work finally unpacking the last of our boxes, but oh so nice! And, my goal has been met: I wanted all the bedrooms painted before Mom and Dad came!!! Yeah!!

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Beautiful

This is where Tim and I went after meeting with Dr. Muntz on Friday. It helped clear our heads, and let us appreciate what a beautiful place we are now living in. I love fall colors especially since I never got to see them living in Alaska. The trees still have green leaves it seems like when it snows!! I cant wait to take Mom and Dad up this road, they will love it!

Mandibular Distraction, I guess that is the final answer. My heart still hurts, probably even more.
http://www.pedsent.com/surgery/swfs/distraction/distraction.htm
This website gives you a pretty good idea of what the surgery is.

Heavy Heart

Dr. Muntz called me this evening. Sleep study was really bad... We are meeting with him tomorrow to decide between the Mandibular Distraction Surgery or the Tongue-to-Lip Adhesion. My heart hurts.



Good thing we finally found Mr.Giraffe (name still to be decided).

Meet Mr. Giraffe

Ever since I have know that Carter is going to need surgery, I have had this nagging need in the back of my head. I really wanted him to have a special stuffed animal he could take with him to the hospital so he would feel the comfort of home. One he could take back to surgery with him, and one he could wake up with when I can not be there. It just seems really important to me. So, I have been on a mission to find this special critter (can you believe Carter actually does not have even one stuffed animal??). Today I found him, I think, well, he is pretty soft, and totally cute, so I think he will do. Meet Mr.Giraffe.


Really cute huh? I hope he makes Carter feel loved and smells like his bed at home when we are at the hospital.
So I need your help. Since Carter is not old enough to talk, I need help thinking of a super special name for this Giraffe. All suggestions will be taken into consideration, so please leave your comment with a perfect name. For all those cousins reading this, please leave your feed back as to what a kid might name this little guy. It is important after all....

Bavarian Cream

So I am a blog stalker. Yes, that is right, I love to read all kinds of blogs, people I know, and people I don't know. One of my favorite blogs: http://pizzaandrootbeer.blogspot.com/ is written by a fellow ATSU graduates wife. She is honestly the best cook! If I ever need something to make for dinner, I just go to her site. She honestly has the best, best recipes. So this past week she posted a recipe for Raspberry Bavarian Cream. Honesty, I have no idea what Bavarian Cream is, but it just sounded that good. Tonight, I spent 2 hours making this thing, dishes where every where, but I was just amazed with how great my creation looked. They have to sit in the fridge for a while, so I turned my back to open the fridge to put them in, and you wont believe what happened... Actually, I still can not believe what happened... Tim at that very moment spilled bleach solution all over the counter and my Raspberry Bavarian Cream!!!! What the?! Needless to say, we are not on talking terms at this time. But, you all know me, and I could not let a good dessert go to waste. So, I ate it. It was amazing, of course (Thanks Katherine), but the last taste in my mouth was bleach. Raspberry Bavarian Cream Bleach!!

Carter Fix

Here is your weekly dose of Carter pictures. The little man has learned quite a few tricks this week. The first being he can now climb all the way up the stairs. Yesterday he started waving "Bye Bye", and today he started giving Fives. I guess that is what happens when you turn 9 months!!! Yep, that is right, Carter is now 9 months old. At his 9 month check up, he weighed 15 pounds, and was 26" long. He is still not on the chart, but we are making our way back up to it. I guess that is what happens when you add a little whipping cream to his milk instead of water!! GO Carter GO!!!

Survived

Carter and I survived yet another sleep study in his short life. He was such a champ. Even with all the cords hooked up to him, he still smiled like crazy. He slept really well until about midnight, and then it all went down hill. He was doing his "I cant breathe sleep". I am sure it looks really horrible on paper. But we will have to wait 2-3 weeks to find out. Lets hope for the best.
On a side note, they gave Carter a blanket while we were there. It is cute, with footballs on it. When they gave it to him, I thought "what are you doing? Those blankets are for the sick kids, not my kid. Some little Grandma spent time making those for the sick kids, not Carter." I guess we are the sick kid, and I hate it. I hate having to go to the hospital because it is a reminder that my sweet little boy has all these problems. It is so sad. I wish we never would have heard of Pierre Robin. And I bet Carter feels the same way. Oh how great it would be to breathe!!!!
On another side note, we left the hospital about 7:00am. It was shift change, and all the nurses were frantically running up to their floors to get report. Oh how happy I was not be one of them!!! I love staying home with my little guy!!!! Even if we do have to got to sleep studies.




This one is blurry, but it shows that he still is just smiling!! Love it!




All Done!!!!

Just pictures (That's all you care about anyways!)

Guest are Welcome!

That is right, the guest bedroom is done!!! Now on to the study, and all the bedroom upstairs will be done!!! Oh, and the color of this room before we painted was just awful!!! Why would you choose such a color?

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Video

Here is a super cute video of Carter taken a few weeks ago. It makes me laugh every time.

Date Night

Timmy and I went to a local park here for a "Date Night" tonight. It was fun to get out with the kids and enjoy a nice picnic at a beautiful park here. Kenai had fun, and of course there are tons of pictures from the night.

In Love

I am so in love with this little thing! Thanks Aunt Becky and Aunt Martha!!!! I am now able to see my little man breathe at night while he is sleeping. It is such a blessing. I did not have to get out of bed a hundred times last night to check on Carter, I just looked over at the TV. So great!!!!!

Carter's Duckie

Thanks for the hand me down Nanna, Carter loves it!!!

Saturday Hike

Tim, Carter, Kenai and I decided to check out the Utah Mountains this past Saturday with a HIKE.






It was really hot, but we got super excited when we found wild BLACKBERRIES.




We continued on for a little while more until I decided I had had enough fun jumping out of the way of all the snakes on the trial. So we turned around to go pick some more Blackberries!!




Kenai got stuck in a PRICKLEY bush, so we decided it was time to go home.




And then we HEARD this:



And it RATTLED






And we were DONE with our pleasant hike.

Snotty Bugars

Please tell your children not to put their bugars on the wall. You never know who will be cleaning those walls after you move out...

Visitor

Steffany made a quick trip into town yesterday to see her Mommy. We got to spend a little bit of time with her so she could get in her Carter loves. If Carter keeps seeing her so much, he might actually think she is his favorite Aunt. She was our first out of state visitor, so that does give her some brownie points. I guess the rest of the family is going to have to kick it up a notch.

Another one Down!!!

Yes, the Master Bedroom is finally done!!! Tim did help a bit with this one, so it went a little faster. I love it so much! It is so nice to finally be able to unpack the bedroom furniture. Today we have been working super hard on the guest bedroom. Hopefully that room will be done tomorrow.

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