TNA

Anderson underwent tonsilectomy and adenoidectomy (or whatever) on 7/13/2010. He had to spend the night so that his sleep apnea can be monitored. He did really bad overnight and had to be given morphine but now we are home and he is doing great. He ate and drank today and I only had to give him motrin and not the tylenol with codeine medicine that I have to force him to take because it is so nasty tasting. He had the procedure done to help the sleep apnea and also hopefully help him not wake up so much and rock and bang his head to go back to sleep.
On another note, we will be going to St George Utah to vacation for a week, we got a 2 br condo for $100 for the week. It is a timeshare that a friend has that he is not able to use. Also we are going to Disneyland around Roman's 3rd birthday so the kids are really excited about that too. We also went to San Diego for my birthday this year and went to Sea World, the kids had a blast. It was their first time to California. We also like to do camping trips but have only been on one this year. Rose had a distal femal buckler fracture and had to have a cast for three weeks so that set us back a bit but we are looking forward to lots of fun this summer before the girls start school in August.

The Decision

Everything worked out perfect with Christopher. As it turns out, we decided that we would not keep him because it was too hard on us and not fair to any five of the kids. We were so torn because we also did not want him to not be able to grow up with his siblings. I had a friend that was in the process of getting her foster license and offered to take him. It was a struggle to get it to actually happen but as of 6/24/2010, Christopher went to live with another foster family. They are a great family and will adopt him if it gets to that point. It is so nice that the kids will still be able to maintain a relationship with him. We have already gone out to dinner with them as well as Christopher spent the night one weekend so it is great so far. Anderson had the hardest time when he left. He was holding his bottle one day and told me "I hold the baby's bottle for when he comes back" Another night he started crying and saying he wanted the baby to come back. All of the kids are really excited when they see him and they know he is special to them. I feel confident that we made the right decision. Even when he slept over for one night it was rough. Our kids are at such a different level right now because of that and the multiples of them, it is too hard to add a baby to the mix but we love Christopher so much. I met with Danielle at one of the visits and explained our decision to her and she understood. She asked how Alice and Anderson were doing and told me to give them a big hug and kiss for her.