Be Prepared...This One Is Long

   Whoa! 2 months since I've blogged! Yikes! I don't even know what I should blog about! We've had lots going on - there definitely hasn't been a dull moment. 
  Dylan and Madi tracked out of school in mid-March. We had a very busy track out. Daddy had to go to Charlotte for a business meeting so we thought we would join him and surprise the kids with a stay at Great Wolf Lodge! We got to stay for 3 whole days! It was a blast! The kids played in the water park until they could barely walk themselves back to our room! Dylan and Madi loved every slide, pool and spout of water they could find!

I wasn't sure how the little boys would do. Dustin amazed me. He hit the ground running and never stopped! He found two "big boy" slides that he was allowed to go on and I couldn't begin to tell you how many times he went down them. It's definitely safe to say that the number would be well over 100!

It didn't matter how many times he slid down - it never got old!

 

 

 

He had a hard time keeping his trunks up! wink!

   Tucker was very unsure at first. He wanted to be right by my side at all times. Every time I put him down he would reach for me to pick him up and say, "I need you....I need you!" It melted Mama's heart.  He finally started to get used to it and actually want to explore on his own some! His favorite spots were the ones that squirt, spray or shoot water!

Loving the water shooting up out of the ground!

Enjoying squirting water on the jet ski!

Whoa! That one is big!!

 

   It was such a joy to watch the kids enjoy the time that we had there. We decided to "upgrade" and get the room with bunk beds! The kids were beside themselves when we got to our room!

    I got some really fun pictures and we made memories that will last a lifetime! Here are just a few more fun pictures from our trip...

They loved just sitting in the middle of all of the water sprouts!

Dustin and Tucker enjoyed this "water bubble" so much!

Dylan and Madi waiting for the huge bucket of water to dump on them!

An halfway decent shot of all 4 of them!

Sweet Dylan loves, loves, loves to be in water!

Muscle Man!

Lunch time!

sweet face!

After, we got home from GWL we had lots of preparing to do for Daddy's shoulder surgery that coming Friday. The kids stayed with my parent's for the weekend. We had friends from church bring us meals the first week after surgery. That was such a blessing for us! Scotty's surgery went really well and the recovery has been amazing. We were prepared for the worst and got what I like to think is about the best it could have turned out! The power of prayer never fails to amaze me! We aren't used to Daddy just laying around watching TV all of the time so we got lots of extra snuggle time! Score!

Tucker can't snuggle with Daddy unless he can rub on his ear!!!

    The big kids also got a weekend with my mom, grandma and aunt at the beach! Busy, busy, busy!! Now the big kids are back in school and Dustin is out for spring break! We aren't up to a whole lot - just enjoying our last weeks with Daddy home! Dustin and Tucker got new bikes and they are so funny to watch on them! They love them!!! The first day they got them they were on them for over 4 hours! It's amazing to watch a 2 year old on a bike....so cute!

So...

Stinkin'...

Cute!!!

Tucker has had good days and bad days. He got sick when we got back from Great Wolf Lodge and they put him back on a strong antibiotic. It seemed to do the trick - for a while. Five days after he finished his meds he started back with the "crud" again. We went to UNC yesterday and they said that he has bronchitis. They started him on 3 new antibiotics and told me to watch him closely. He will be on this round of meds for 25 days and then if he still can't seem to fight off infection they are going to try something called an IVIG. Not 100% sure of all of the details - we'll cross that bridge when we get there. From what I gather, basically it is where they give him blood through an IV that will have the antibodies in it that he needs to fight off the bacterias he can't seem to shake. He will go once a month for 9-12 months after this procedure for blood work to make sure his body isn't rejecting the new blood or antibodies. Again...we'll cross that bridge when we get there!
  So, that's what we've been up to....


Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Phillipians 4:6-7