A fun week with great friends

We had a great week with our good friends the Richardson's who came out to visit us. We got to meet Sophia and play with Karis. We had a blast and it finely felt like home again. At the end of every great visit is a sad goodbye. I realized that it was harder to say goodbye to the Richardson's then it was to our family. I think this is because I know my family will always be there and I will see them on holidays, birthdays and just because I love my family and would not know what to do without them but with good friends who have become family you realize how hard and rare it is to come across friendships like that.

Sweet Revenge

We have always told Dylan he needs to be nice to his brother because if he is not one day Noah will get him back!!!

Favorite thing to wear

The last few days Noah has had an obsession with his brothers Mickey Mouse ears. He has a pair of his own but wants brothers. He also only wants to wear the ear nothing else. He gets this from Dylan who would walk around naked all day if he could and Dylan gets this from....well lets just say they are Southwicks alright!!

Surgery Day

The last few days have been very eventful. On Thursday I called Kaiser and told them that Noah has a hernia and it is getting lager and harder to reduce. They told me since he is in pain to take him to an urgent care or ER. I took him to an Urgent care center in Boerne since we know the Dr there(his daughter is on my volleyball team and one of Aaron's students) They told us he needed to get it fixed ASAP so they called a local surgeon who said he could do the Surgery on Friday.

So Friday came and we went to the ER around 9:30 the Dr got there around 10:30 and said Noah needed surgery and he would prep a room. They got the room ready and sent us to a pre-op area. In this area are a bunch of beds for kids who are about to have surgery there is also a toy room. One of the nurses took Noah to get a toy he came back with two toys on his way back he lost his diaper and everyone in that room thought it was the funniest thing. At around 11:45 they gave Noah a medicine to calm him so that when they took him from me he would not be so upset. Well noon came and they took him but I do not think the medicine worked because he screamed. They said the surgery would take about an hour and they would come and get me when it was done. Around 1:30 they came and got me the Dr said the surgery went great but it was a pretty big hernia. At this point it felt like I had already done this. That is because we did a year ago. I went into the recovery room and there Noah was in a hospital Crib hooked up to all there monitors. The nurse said you can hold him just make sure he does not take the IV out of his hand because he has been trying to and that is his pain medication. Well no sooner did I pick him up that he tried to pull it out. He was so disoriented he was screaming and trying to get this thing out. After about 5 minutes of him doing this he fell asleep. While he was asleep his breathing was not too good so they put him back on oxygen for about and hour. He continued to sleep and at about 4pm they said since his breathing is ok you can go home when you like. So they took the IV out and I got him dressed. We got into the car and Noah seemed happy to be going home. He kept saying Bye. On our way home he fell asleep again. Once we got home he ate like nothing I had ever seen before. He at a package of Graham cracker, 2 slices of bacon, 2 eggs, 2 biscuits, a cup of juice, and a cup of water along with some fired potatoes. He went to bed early that night around 7Pm and woke up around 6 this morning in a great mood. Once he woke up he wanted something to drink and he drank a whole cup of water in about 2 minutes. With all that being said he is feeling much better and we are so thankful for helpful doctors.