My Poor Baby!!!

So Monday morning started out as just a normal Monday.... I was cranky because I had yet another week of work ahead, the coffee was not brewing fast enough and I was running late! Next thing I know Mikie came out crying that his stomach was bothering him. At first I just passed it off as some kind of stomach bug since Patrick and I both had that last week. I had him lay down on the couch and told him he could stay home. As time went by the pain was getting worse so I got him dressed, took Patrick to school then headed to the Emergency Room with Mikie. Within a short time we were back in a room and the doctor was already seeing us (that pretty much never happens in our ER, we usually wait at least 2 hours before we even get back to a room). Right away the doctor suspected it was his appendix but he was ordering a CT Scan just to make sure. After about an hour waiting for the results the doctor was back and sure enough it was his appendix. Mikie was doing pretty good until he found out that he had to have surgery... then the nerves kicked in. Of course I dont know who was more scared, him or I. That was absolutely the worst feeling, seeing my "baby" lying in a hospital bed getting ready to go under the knife! Well, he got through the surgery with no problems and only had to spend one night in the hospital. He is still having alot of discomfort and is moving about as fast as a 90 year old but he is showing improvements. Here is a picture of him in the pre-op right before they took him in for surgery.

Another Blog... can you believe it????

OK, so I am being told that I am slacking off on my blog again so I figured I would get just a little bit of an update in....
Pat and I have been attending parenting classes for our adoption and for the most part they are pretty fun! We have 2 more left then we are done with that part. We still of course have 1 or 2 more home studies and a home inspection then we just have to do that dreadful waiting to find out if we are approved! I am feeling pretty confident though so hopefully everything will be just fine!!!
Patrick is doing great! We had a meeting at his school last week to map out his classes for next year. He loves to cook and has decided to take culinary arts classes for his electives. He is already an awesome cook but these classes are going to be so good for him! AND the good thing is he will want to show us what he has learned so I might be able to get out of cooking a few times a week!!!! He has his first "real" girlfriend which is of course giving me a few grey hairs but she is a real sweetheart and over at our house almost every weekend!
Mikie is already starting to count the days until summer vacation! He loves school and gets excellent grades but in his words "my tank is running on "E" and I just need a break"! That kid cracks me up! He only has 1 more year left of middle school then he will be a Freshman and that is just breaking my heart. He is still my baby and and it just does not seem possible that he is growing so fast!!!
Katie and Aiden are doing good. Katie has been going to school.... I know she is pretty stressed with school but she does not have too much longer. Aiden just turned 1 on February 1st. Unfortunately we were not able to make it to Phoenix for his birthday but we are hoping to get out there sometime soon so we can see them.
I know I have already said this but I will be keeping this updated weekly (give or take a few days). Once we are done with these parenting classes then I will have more time after work to work on this. Hope everyone is doing well..... Michelle :)

OK... So I kind of slacked off on the blogging!!!!!

Well, I obviously did not keep my promise of keeping up with the blogging!!!! Life has been completely insane here, I am just so excited I am getting time to write this blog now!!!! Well, after the holidays when life is supposed to be slowing down it seemed to really speed up for us!! We have started the process of adoption which turned out to be ALOT of work but it will be so worth it in the end. We are still at the beginning stages of it all like home studies, parenting classes, etc. but we have really been moving pretty quickly and hopefully within the year we can welcome a new child to our family! On top of doing all of that we still have our normal lives of working full time plus having the joys of 2 teenage boys in our home! Anyways, I am making it a point to try to update this blog every week and I am going to try my hardest to keep that goal!!!! Here are a couple of pictures from Christmas Eve.... I will get more recent pics posted when it is not so late.