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!!

BEFORE


AFTER

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!!