Anthony's miserable

Anthony has told me he doesn't feel good. The little guy is battling a fever and a sore throat. He just lays on the couch napping and watching cartoons.

Anthony got a bear..

Anthony had surgery this morning. He got this little bear to keep him company while he was in surgery. Somehow James got a little stuffed dog. James cuteness gets him many things.

Both the pictures were from before the surgery. After he was so out of it that he just wanted to sleep. So far he is doing great.

School is finally here

OK so school started last week. But it wasn't such a good week. Anthony was sick on Monday. I was sick on Tuesday. And Aaron came home sick from school on the first day. Because of all of this and the fact that the camera seems to hate me, I did not get pictures taken. Today was picture day at school and the kids decided to wear what they wore the first day. So here you go.

My camera still doesn't want to work so I used my phone. Let's see. Aaron is now in 6th grade. And Pam is in 2nd.

Today Anthony had a doctor's appointment to check him out before his surgery on Tuesday. He is getting PE tubes put back in and his adenoids taken out. Hopefully this will be the last time he has to get tubes put in.

And in more Anthony news...on Wednesday he gets to go to pre-school!!! He is so happy and so are Jaime and I.

doctor?

Anthony had an appointment yesterday to have a hearing test. We were told that he has hearing loss in both ears again. So today we went to see the doctor about getting tubes put back in(they came out about a month ago). The doctor wants to wait till August to make any decisions on tubes. His reason for waiting is Anthony just had an ear infection and the fluid might go away on its own. So until then Anthony can't hear well and thinks we can't hear him so he yells a lot.

More Anthony

For those who are unaware, Anthony had surgery this past September to improve his hearing. Jaime and I were concerned that Anthony was not speaking. He would babble and then get very angry that no one understood him. Anthony's doctor sent us to a specialist who had a complete hearing test done. It turned out that he had fluid in his estuation tubes and needed to get them drained. The doctor also put tubes in his ears to help prevent them from filling again. Anthony didn't hear us before. Imagine being under water and people talking to you. That’s the way Anthony heard every thing for the first 2 1/2 years of his life.

The hope was that after the surgery he would start talking because he could now hear. For the first few months, I was a little worried that there was something else wrong. He really wasn't doing much better. But now almost every day there is a new word or even a sentence. His progress is amazing to me.

His favorite words lately are why and toy car.

And just to prove that yes we still do have the other two kids, here are a few current pictures.

Pam loves gymnastics.

Aaron still likes playing basketball. He is getting pretty good at it too.