A Very Unorganized Update

I am way, way overdue on the updating and if I wait around to organize it...it'll never happen. So in no particular order...here is the past week or so!

1. Margie's 9 months post-chemo scan results have come back NED :-) Yippee!! NED means No Evidence of DISEASE!

2. Miss Cleo has had THE awaited appointment and is now declawed and spayed. I LOVE this cat - she is a total doll, but she put some serious hurtin' on our leather couches during the couples weeks that we had her with claws.


3. 6pm or so on a Sunday - Silas and Daddy on the porch enjoying some gorgeous weather. We have been SO spoiled with gorgeous late summer weather. It might look like we have Silas in his pajamas pretty early...but the truth is...he never got out of his pajamas that day. He loves his "lazy days"!

4. Klutzy Silas has struck again. He fell out of the blue porch chair and did a head-dive onto the concrete. I'm seriously surprised that Childrens Services hasn't come calling on us...


5. Silas started his first round of swim lessons at the Y. He did great. I remember when Mason started taking swim lessons - it took about 10 sessions before he'd even put his face in the water. Luckily, Silas has been around pools and water since birth (thanks to the James' lovely pool). He is totally at ease in the water. He was freezing his butt off though.

6. This school stuff is putting a totally whooping on the kids - they either crash out at the end of the night or are manic for hours on end and refuse to even contemplate sleep. Silas often tells me "I cannot close my eyes in my room" - that is his way of trying to get to sleep in our bed. He's been waking up in the middle of the night for the last 5 or 6 days and coming into bed with us. He is not subtle...he'll come in on my side, I'll sit up so he can climb in and then he totally takes my spot and zonks out in an instant, leaving me to move his jello body over into the middle of the bed, where he promptly completes the H between me and Justin, head in Justin's back and feet in my ribs...this morning he was laughing and giggling in his sleep.


7. This wonderfully, beautiful weather that we are having has gotten us outside a lot in the evenings. I would take the weather year-round with a couple days of snow at Christmas.

8. Justin bought new jeans. Finally. Sam's club jeans. Nice jeans, $12 - can't complain. Here he is in his new jeans moments before leaving for work...luckily I had downed several cups of coffee before he left and was pretty observant...

Yes, I told him before he left the house...


9. Mason - he avoids the camera as much as possible. but he still exists. More about him later....

Dentist Trip for Si

We are very used to the kids getting bumps, bruises, etc., especially Silas - he seems to be most like his father....(Mom or Dad J. - we might need to get your version of why you used to make Justin wear a helmet...).

Somehow during the last few days or week, Silas managed to bump a tooth and it started turning gray. I noticed it several days ago and got him in to see the dentist today. The good news is that there is no major damage and Si doesn't seem to have any pain. But there is definitely some kind of nerve damage so the tooth will stay gray and most likely get worse - so Photoshop will be my friend until he loses that tooth in a few years...
He also managed to run into his sister who was talking on the phone this evening and got another little bump on his head.


Silas was a major rock star at the dentist. He was momma's baby when we were going in, holding my hand and looking around. As soon as the dental hygienist came out into the lobby and called "Silas" - he was walking off with her - head up, shoulders back and strutting off. A total BIG BOY.

He did exactly as she asked, never squirmed or made a peep.




He even did awesome during the x-rays.

Ella and I sat and watched (and took pictures). Her turn is next week, just for a cleaning. Silas set a very good example for her!