We have liftoff...Almost!

We finally have the day pinned down for Bug's surgery. We are scheduled at 9:30 on October 16th! We have to be there by 8 so that's not near as bad as being there by 6 as in the past. I am very excited yet there are anxious feelings too that I'm not quite sure about. Not sure where they're coming from or what they mean. As I've mentioned, I've wanted this for months but now that it is drawing closer I feel unexplainably uneasy. I'm sure it will pass. 

We are hoping to have his new prosthetic in time to have Christmas pictures made. If not, then we'll have them made anyway! The plan is to sew the eye lids shut for about 6 weeks post-op and then proceed with the prosthetic. It should be a fairly easy ordeal to have the prosthetic made since the occularist knows Landon and has already worked with us before. I was looking at pictures of Bug before his accident a couple of days ago. I posted it to his site because I wasn't sure if I was the only one who forgot what he looked like before his accident. My sweet boy has suffered this year. We have as well, but God is mighty and sovereign and we are glad to be resting in His arms.

On a funny note, my mom picked up Landon's Halloween costume. He is going to be a pirate! Oh how I cannot wait to post the pictures of him in it. We tried it on this afternoon and although he fought me, he was truly adorable. I wanted to eat him up! He was not happy about wearing it until we laughed and clapped and made a big deal about him. Then he thought he was the cat's meow! 

Please be in prayer every day about Landon's surgery. For him  and for us. This is a big ordeal and we've pushed through a lot to get here. This worst case scenario has turned out to be something that we want and long for. Pray for it daily & for us; that every aspect of the surgery from pre-op to post-op will be perfectly placed in God's hands and we will have peace and be drawn to God through all of this. We love you all dearly. Thank you for loving our baby with us!

"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy!"

Job 8:21

"For I know the plans I have for you ," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you  hope and a future!"

Jeremiah 29:11

Ike Ike Baby!

Well, we have survived. Ike blew through over a week ago and it seems like just yesterday. Our hearts go out to the people who had such horrible destruction of their homes and lives. It serves as a constant reminder of how blessed we were (are). The only damage to our home was the gait to our fence is hanging by a hinge. No roof damage, broken windows, no water. We are truly blessed. We got our power back on Sunday evening. I really feel for those who still have no power. My aunt sent out a hillarious email about the frustration of being without power for 8 long days. I will keep her profanity to myself and smile to myself at all of her humor! We are thankful that she and my uncle let us stay there for 4 days until they lost power and we jumped ship to Dallas. What traitors we are!

On a positive note, the single most important thing I was worried about (after I found out we had no serious damage to our home) was Landon's rescheduling of his adenoid removal surgery. Of course we were due to have them removed Tuesday after Ike hit, but that did not happen. We called ASAP and had him rescheduled for Thursday. That is really good work on the ENT's side of the coin. To reschedule him 2 days later was fantastic! So he had surgery this past Thursday and came through with flying colors. He had a little post-op fever on Friday that had me worried but Saturday he was a wild maniac yet again and hasn't stopped since. In order for him not to get really upset when they take him back to the OR, the nurse wheels him back in a wagon. We've done this before and he really likes it, but this time the child life specialist paraded him with an array of bubbles on his way back. He looked like a prince in his little yellow jammies and bubbles flying all around him. He never even noticed we slipped away. This is one of the many reasons I prefer to have surgery at Children's. I think he already feels better. His little personality is just picking up tempo. His new word for the week is "leash." He walks around my mother-in-law's home with the leash trying to attach it to the dog's collar. It's funny. Of all the words! His appetite is finally picking back up as well. Maybe we can try to feed him something other than PB&J!

We should have his eye removal surgery pinned down for October. I am going to call his surgeon's office this week. I have dreamed for 6 long months of finally being finished with this child's eye! And it brings my heart great joy to know we are almost there. We will keep you updated on the following plans. We love you! Please continue to pray for those devestated by Ike!

Does it ever slow down?

Howdy! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I must start this post by saying I wish everyone reading this right now could have been at church with me on Sunday. We had the most fabulous worship EVER! And we didn't even have the words up on the screen like we usually do. There were some slight technical problems, but holy cow what great worship! That being said...

I called this morning and begged Landon's ENT (or her secretary actually) to squeeze him in sometime this week so that we could have his adenoids removed next week. She had nothing.. not a single open appointment for this week at either location she sees patients at. But I told her secretary the problem and she said if we will keep our appointment for Monday then she would go ahead and pencil us in for surgery on Tuesday! Now that is what I call customer service! I'm sure his ENT will be surprised when I tell her on Monday that we already have a surgery date and she doesn't even know what we're coming in for :) That's how we roll!

If anyone has any ideas how to keep my child's inner "monkey" from evolving please let me know. Everytime I turn around he is standing on top of SOMETHING! Recently this week it is the kitchen table (glass), the end table in the living room, and the toilet. Not the lid, the top of the tank. He has this obsession with his toothbrush and toothpaste. I would love to brag on myself and say that he just enjoys brushing his teeth, but really he just enjoys sucking the bubble gum toothpaste off of the toothbrush. Lord, help me!!

A couple of weeks ago I was volunteering in his class at church and my cousin brought his little girl who is 4 months younger than Landon. After that morning, I was so jealous. She just sat there and played with her blocks and ate goldfish and looked at Landon like he had horns. (sometimes I think he has horns...and a pitchfork!) Little girls are so different; so calmn, relaxed and just roll with the flow. Not me. I have a boy! And man is he a wild mess. But he's our wild mess.

I'll update again before his surgery. Please be in prayer that the 16th (next Tuesday) will be our lucky day. We need to move forward with his eye and this is one step in the right direction. We love yall!