A Couple of Updates!

So here it is....We have a new Pastor! The Church voted and the Esteps' accepted! Thank the Lord! It feels good to have a pastor again! They are not coming until September 28. So it is a little less than two months, but it still feels good.

Christian had his surgery today! It went really well. He did SOOOO good! Children's Mercy is a GREAT hospital! I would recommend it to anyone that has kids! We got there at about ten till 7am this morning. He was wide awake and happy. We got checked in and then the nurse called us back to get him ready for the surgery. She was really great with Christian and I think that he had a crush on her! Yes my son is a flirt! Anyways we got him changed into his tiny little gown and socks! Everything was kid size! It was awesome! She took him into the "Toy Room" that is where the scale and blood pressure machines were and there was shelves of TOYS!!!! Christian was in Heaven! When she took his blood pressure she turned on this bubble machine, and we all know that my son LOVES bubbles! It took his mind off of the cuff squeezing his leg! Again I can't say it enough, that hospital was GREAT!!!! Then we just had to wait to talk to the Doctors and while we were waiting for that, he was able to drive around in a toy car! No one seemed annoyed with him driving it around and he was completely comfortable! He was not stressed and was not crying. It was great! We talked to the Doctors and then it was time for him to go to the OR. We walked with him most of the way, and then we gave kisses and hugs and Jory and I waited until his surgery was done! It took like 10 minutes or so. It was VERY quick. Dr. Roh came out and said that he did great and it would not be long until we were able to go back and see him! Then a guy from post op came and got us. We went back and on the way back to the recovery room he said you might not get him back, because he was winning over all the nurses in post op! LOL I said " I know my son is the biggest flirt!" We walked around the corner and he said "MOMMY, DADDY!!!!" In a tired sort of voice. He was sitting on a nurses' lap. She gave us the discharge instructions and paperwork and she said that he could get dressed and we could go! He got a shirt from them and lots of love! We were out of there at 8:45 am! I know!! That is FAST!!!! We came home and he acted normal! He played for a while and then he was starting to get fussy and so I gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed. He slept for about 3 1/2 hours. He has been playing ever since!

Okay I know that you did not need to know the details, but it is my blog and I can ramble if I want to! So that is that!
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New Pastor???

Well I went to church last night for a meeting to meet the new possibility for our pastor! His name is Dr. Brad Estep. He has been a pastor for a little over 15 years. He is currently serving in central FL. I really liked him. His wife is really nice as well! Her name is Dawn. They have two kids Christopher and Katheryn (12 and 10) To tell you the truth, it was a little weird last night. Not meeting him, but the whole fact that I was close with Pastor Tim and Cindy. I felt like I was comparing them (Brad and Dawn) to Tim and Cindy. I had a little break down on the way to the church. It was all the sudden and I could not help myself, but I cried. I know that we as a church have to move on and heal, but I want Tim and Cindy back! I guess you can call it my selfish wants but I miss them. The good thing was that they had similarities to Tim and Cindy. I really like what Dr Brad Estep said last night. He had really good answers to questions that the congregation had. He said that that it doesn't matter the worship styles as long as we have one goal to work together to make the mission of the church real and help bring people to the Lord. I really liked that! Well, we vote on Sunday and I guess we will see. I hope we get a new pastor soon. I don't think that our church could heal without the leadership. I really think that this guy could help with that! So we will see!
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It is on the books!

Well Christian's Surgery is on the books. It will be on August 7th. A week from today! I will have to admit that I am a little nervous about it. He will have to be put under, and that just makes me nervous with his little body. But the good thing is that he will be up and running around in no time! He is having it done at Children's Mercy South. They are really great there. A very dear friend used to work there and she always spoke very highly of them. So I know that he will be in good hands!

I can't wait to see the difference if any it will make! I will keep you all updated! Thanks for your prayers!

Hair Cut!!!!

I did it! I finally cut his hair!!!! It has been six months or more since I really cut his hair! I was growing it all out but his hair is so straight that it started to look untidy. I like my men clean cut! So here are a few pictures of his hair before and after! Enjoy!

Moose, Moose where are you!?!?!?

Okay so it has been a LONG time since I have washed Mr. Moose. He got a bath today. Now for you to understand how hard it is to get Mr. Moose away from Christian for 1 hour, I have been tempted to wash him at night when he is asleep and not holding on to him. Well today I said to Christian after breakfast, after he ran his Moose through his blueberry syrup," it is time for Mr. Moose to get a bath", and we went into the laundry room and I said "give moose a kiss and put him in the tub." He gave moose a kiss and then he started to put moose in the washer and then he said "NOOOO!!!!!!! " I said" Christian Moose is all sticky and he needs a bath." So together we put moose in the washer. We started it and watched moose go round and round! He keeped going into the laundry room to check and see if he was done yet. It was so cute. When he was done with the washer, we put him in the dryer. Now Christian thought that Moose was having a grand ol' time in the dryer because he keep laughing at him going round and round. Again he keeped going in to the room to see if he was done. Finally he was done and Christian came and got me and said "Mommy, MOOO!!!!!" So we went and got him and he has not let go of him since.
Moose is his lovey, He does not go anywhere without him and God forbid we leave and forget Moose we will hear "MOOSE, MOOSE, MOOSE!!!" I was the same way with my blanklet. Mom and Grandma said that I used to bang on the washer untill my blanklet was done washing. We have front loading washer and dryer so Christian can see his friend take a swim!!! There was no banging just watching and a little crying! At least my son has a Moose that he loves and it is not a pink fluffy bunny of some sort. It is sorta manly! Right?? Here are a few pictures of him watching and waiting!!! Enjoy!
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Kids Driving and Locking Me OUT!!!!

Okay so I park my car in the garage and I leave my keys in the car. I figured if someone breaks into my house they can take my car! LOL (Jory would kill me if he knew I said that!!) So Christian and I get back from Walmart just a little bit ago, and I took him out of his seat and close the garage. He climbs into my car on the drivers side and says "drive, drive" but it sounds like"ride, ride." I am taking stuff out of my car when I hear the door shut and I said to myself "oh no my keys are in the car!" As soon as I thought it he hit the door lock!!!!! OMG!!!!! I tried for about 20 mins trying to get him to open the door and he just kept laughing and hitting the garage door button. In fact he hit every button other than the one I wanted him too!! I have a spare key to my car, but I have not had it since we have moved into the house 1 year ago!! So after 20 minutes of that nonsence I decided to look in all of my hand bags and totes for my spare keys!! If you know me you know that it is alot!!! LOL. Well luckly I found them! They were in a purse that I have not used in a while. Go fig! So I was able to open the door. I am VERY lucky that he did not do that at Walmart or anywhere outside. It is like 95* today and It would have gotten hot in the car REAL fast! I would have been real worried! It scarred me enough just having him locked in the car in the garage! So the moral of the story is don't leave you keys in the car if you let your 2 year old "drive"!!! He will drive you crazy trying to get him OUT!!!!
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Veggie Puree

So a few posts back I said I was doing this new way of cooking! Well it is working like a charm!! Christian is getting his veggies and he loves the food! I am sorta making up my own recipes along the way too. So far I have not goofed anything up yet! When Christian was first born I tried to make him baby food. Well I sucked at it. It is basically the same thing as making the puree's! I think when I was making the baby food, I was not steaming the veggies long enough! Well now I fell like a pro! I am SO making my own baby food for the next baby! Who knows when that will be! LOL Julie and Mom you both will be so proud of me! Anywho I just had to tell you about the new way of eating! It is WORKING!!!!! YEA!!!!
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