Preparing For Tubes

Connor had his ENT appointment last week with Dr. K.  Before I talk about the appointment, I have to just say how wonderful the doctor's office is.  They were on schedule which is a HUGE plus for me, especially having a toddler!  Also the nurses were absolutely wonderful and made Connor feel more comfortable about the whole experience. All in all, I am so happy with the doctor we chose.

So the appointment started with Connor getting a couple of x-rays.  You could tell that the nurse does a lot of these, because we only had to do it once!  Then we went in the room for the consultation with Dr. K.  First thing he asked was "does he have an infection now" and I said "no".  Well to my amazement he actually had a double ear infection again.  I felt horrible because I had absolutely no idea.  Connor doesn't run fever or cry throughout the night when he gets these.  He may act a little cranky and pull on his ears a little bit, but he is also teething so it is very hard to determine what exactly it is.  Needless to say, Connor is back on antibiotics and we have scheduled his surgery.  He will be getting tubes and having his adenoids removed, which should drastically decrease the chance for more ear infections.  He will be having the surgery Memorial Day weekend, that allows us to make sure he is feeling 100% before he goes back to daycare.

In preparation for the tubes, Connor is practicing wearing his ear plugs.  Dr. K is a doctor who believes that kids with tubes need to wear ear plugs whenever they are bathing or swimming to eliminate water going in the ear.  The first night of practicing with the plugs was awful.  I think I said "no" at least a hundred times because he kept plucking them out.  Tonight we finally had success!  He left them in for his whole bath and I was so happy, especially because I was exhausted from fighting with him about keeping them in.

Generations of Joneses

This past weekend we got a picture of the generations of Joneses!  Granddaddy, Granddaddy Dennis, Matt, Reid and Connor were all in town for Amber's wedding, so it was the perfect opportunity to get the picture.  Ms. Charle did a great job taking the picture, while I was helping set up for the wedding.  I heard that Connor had a minor tantrum, but other than that he was a perfect angel. (Those tantrums are starting to get a little bit more frequent and he isn't close to 2 yet.)

This weekend was pretty much consumed by wedding activities.  On Thursday night we had rehearsal and rehearsal dinner (the venue had an event Friday, so we had to practice Thursday).  The rehearsal dinner was at Elfo's, which has amazing Italian food.  It was also nice to catch up with everyone! 

Mr. Dennis and Ms. Charle

Dawne, Reid, and Garner

Ryan and Kim

The wedding was Saturday evening, so I volunteered to help Dawne set up the decorations.  She did a wonderful job on the flowers and decor!  The wedding couldn't have been more perfect and everything went off without a hitch.  The ceremony and the reception were at the same location, so it was really nice not to have to drive across town for the next event!  Amber looked absolutely beautiful and Marty was grinning from ear to ear.  Of course everyone knows that I am horrible about taking pictures, so I only ended up with a picture of Matt and I.  However, once the photographer posts her pictures I'll add some more! 

Have a wonderful week!

 

Top 2 Tuesday...Dream Houses

This week it is all about dream houses on Top 2 Tuesday!  I have to say I'm somewhat of a city girl, with the hopes of liking the country one day.  I was a navy brat growing up, so we moved every 2 years.  The one thing that I want for my children is a place they can call home and a place that feels like home even after they leave the nest.

I like the luxury of being close to civilization (i.e. Target, grocery store, mall, etc.), however I also enjoy the idea of the country.  The country would allow the boys to have their fun and go on all kinds of adventures!  It would also be a place where we would feel like we had some breathing room without our neighbor looking in our window.  Needless to say, my dream house would be a place with land that wasn't TOO far from the city.

I absolutely love this house because of the wrap around porch!

This is the end part of the kitchen...I think the fireplace adds such a comfy feeling.  A great place for the family to gather during meal times!

And since we are dreaming...I love this bathroom!

Everyone has their own dream house and this is definitely mine...I'm sure Matt's dream doesn't match!  Ha! 

***all pictures via google images***

Happy Mother's Day!

Today we had a wonderful day as a family.  We met Gigi, Big Daddy, and Granny for brunch this morning.  We had a good time visiting and we each took turns trying to entertain wild man during breakfast.  I swear, eating out gets harder and harder!

Matt and Connor were very sweet and got me a Pandora bracelet for Mother's Day.  I'm so excited to start adding charms to it!  Right now I just have two clips that will keep the charms from sliding (when I get them).  Matt is also excited about the bracelet because now he doesn't have to think about future gifts, he can just a charm. 

via pandora

When you're a little girl playing house, everything about life just seems to be so easy.  However, motherhood is definitely anything but easy.  Don't get me wrong I absolutely LOVE being a mom, but it is definitely the hardest and most rewarding thing in my life.  When I was looking for a card for my mom, this is what I found (it couldn't have been more perfect)!

  

The front

The inside

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful moms!

 

Show Us Your Life- Your Kid's (or Future Kid's) Names

So this week at Kelly's Korner we are sharing how we came up with our kid's or future kid's names.  I always thought that picking out kid names would extremely easy, however it definitely wasn't.  I had forgotten that there would be someone else who had a say in the name picking, which added an extra dynamic to finding the perfect name (that we BOTH agreed on).  

Before we found out what we were having, we had a made a list of names.  (Of course the entire time Matt was praying for a boy)  Anyways, the girl name list consisted of about 20 names which neither one of agreed on any of them.  For the boy list we had a total of 4 names!  Once we found out that I was having a boy, I immediately knew the middle name would be David (after my dad). 

Since we had the middle name and the last name, it became very clear that we would choose Connor for the first name.  I thought this would be a really easy name to spell and there would be no confusion, however I was wrong!  Poor Connor will have to spell his name out for the rest of his life, a lot of people want to spell it Conner.  I couldn't be happier with the name and I can't picture him being anything else!

Connor David

New Game???

Not much has been happening with us this week.  Connor and I stayed home on Monday so he could try to get over his upper respiratory infection.  Next week, we have the big appointment at the ENT to see if he is going to need to get tubes. 

Connor has been so cranky/exhausted this week that he has been going to bed at 6:30!  That means its go, go, go from the time I pick him up until the time he lays down.  Nothing seems to entertain him these days so I have to admit that I broke out the laser pen and was shinning it on the wall.  Well guess who thought it was a new game?!?!

Sorry the pictures aren't very clear, Matt used his phone.

Duck, Duck, Goose!

This weekend definitely did not go as we had planned.  The plan was to go to Nashville for Amber and Marty's bachelor/bachelorette party, however the weather had other plans for us.  It started raining late Friday night and didn't stop until the wee hours of Sunday morning.  With all the heavy rain, flooding, and tornado warnings we decided to cancel the trip.  Instead of going to Nashville, we decided to have the party in Memphis.

The happy couple of the evening

Kim and Amber

On Sunday we went to YaYa's for a visit.  While we were there Garner spotted the geese in the backyard and immediately grabbed the bread.  The geese absolutely love her because she spoils them with bread and corn!  So of course Connor had to follow in suit because he wanted to be like a big kid.  The geese get so close that it's almost scary! (One goose eats directly out of the palm of your hand)

Connor loves hanging out with Garner

See how close they get!

YaYa and Olivia...they were trying to keep Connor from scaring the geese off!

Everyone needs an ice cream break!

Connor was pretending to throw bread like Garner

This is Dennis the goose...this is the one that eats out of your hand. 

The goose was named by the neighbors, just incase anyone was wondering

Last weekend my dad came in town for my birthday. We had a very low key weekend because once again the weather was horrible.  Not to mention, I had also fallen down the stairs on Friday night and twisted my ankle REALLY bad (I will not bore you with the details).  Anyways, my dad always loves getting a chance to hang out with Connor.  Finally on Sunday we were able to get out to the park for a quick swing.  I think the picture below is adorable!

Have a great week!