Quentin's Day at the Hospital

Well, our day started out at 7:30 a.m. at the hospital. Quentin was wide awake and ready to talk to everybody about his Bumblebee toy that he brought with him. I was putting on his hospital gown and he said "I'm not a girl!" He didn't seem to like the idea of a dress. They gave him an IV and wrapped it up like a cast on his hand and wrist so that he couldn't tug on it. After they had given him some stuff to relax him and get him ready for anastesia he started acting a little 'drunken' and used his new blue cast as a gun to shoot people (like Bumblebee). He was so funny and talking about the most random things and laughing at everything. They took him back to take out his tonsils, adenoids, and put tubes in his ears. The nurse came out a half hour later and asked me to come into the recovery room to help him calm down. What was funny is that she asked me if I was "Bumblebee's Mom." I laughed and she told me that he was telling everybody before his surgery about him. It took us about another half hour to get him to calm down and recognize where he was at and that I was holding him. He slept for about an hour and a half then woke up to see James, Katie and Emmett there. He seemed wide awake and ready to talk and play with Emmett, but couldn't quite get all the words out just yet. His voice was very high pitched, it actually sounded really cute to hear him speak. He's been awake ever since and had a milkshake, popcicles and water at the hospital. He even wanted to eat my chocolate chip cookie that James brought me from the cafeteria. I gave him a little taste (it was a soft cookie) and he did just fine. Actually, Quentin was a little upset that we were leaving the hospital. He had so much fun getting pampered by everyone. After we got home he'll get kind of fussy now and then, but has been doing really well. We'll just have to see how the next couple of days go. Thank you all for your gifts and for coming to see him.

Past, Present and Future: A New Year Update

Last year went by so fast I don't have much to tell. The days seemed to run into each other with how hectic life was. We had a lot of fun getting our lives settled and hopefully next year we can do it all with a little more finesse.
2008 Favorites:
Wedding Day (of course!)
Lava Hot Springs
Family Pictures (a wonderful disaster ;p)
Quentin's Halloween (beginning of the obsession w/ Bumblebee)
Ugly Sweater Contest
2009 Upcoming News:
I will be starting school January 7th. I am taking 16 credits and my classes are: Nutrition and Young Children, Social Psychology, Personality, Building an Eternal Marriage, Ethics, and Early Child Development. It shouldn't be too difficult. I'll still be working at Wal-mart on Tuesday and Thursday nights and every other Sunday. James will begin another semester on the 5th and will be graduating in December. We hope to be able to go to Maryland this February to see Kristin get baptized. We'll just have to see how things work out. Quentin is getting his tonsils out and tubes put in his ears on the 15th. I'm praying that all goes well. We are going to try and be apartment managers to help save a little money, hopefully that works out. James is coaching Wrestling and will be playing Football this summer. It's always fun to see his games, maybe we'll go to one in Utah and do something this summer.
2009 Goals:
Survive!! ;)