Well did you miss me?

Well these last few days have been very hectic. Tuesday Jakob's school called 3 times all before 1:00 and so we picked him up early and took him and Kaleb to the doctor. Turned out Jakob's ear infection was back and they gave him some stronger medicine to try to kick it this time. Kaleb is having an allergic reaction to something and has developed a skin rash...trick is trying to figure out exactly what he has gotten into. You ask yourself the normal questions but with no clear cut answer, we were left shaking our heads. The doc gave him some high caliber triple antibiotic cream, an antihistamine, and some high dose prescription to help with any itching he might have and we are to clear it up then watch closely to figure out what re-triggers it. No problem there...yeah right! Yesterday (Wednesday) I had a dentist appt and for those that know me well, you know the fear that I have regarding the dentist. I HATE THEM! I had my wisdom teeth on the right side worked on and in a month will go get the left side worked on. I am NOT getting them pulled and there is no need to at this point. I have 4 gaps where teeth were pulled while I was in high school so over-crowding is not an issue. I did do good in the fact that I did the whole appointment without the aid of my anxiety medicine. I almost crashed and needed it but I survived. The dentist was so proud of me that he told me I could go dig thru the treasure chest which is only reserved for the patients that do awesome in the chair (who cares that it also is for those under a certain age). I did get the nitro gas and know that I passed out at some point in it but hey it got the job done and the appt didn't last too long. My jaw is still extremely sore and I am still working on being able to open it completely. My jaw pops in and out at times and after they removed the wedge (I promise it was a wedge...you can ask Dr. Ward) I had tremendous pain and could hardly open my mouth for a good solid 24 hours. I know what you all are thinking, Andy enjoyed the quiet!!! But have no fear I am slowly getting back to normal. We had baseball practice again tonight and tomorrow is 2 softball games plus a varsity baseball game. Saturday is varsity softball again and then maybe we can enjoy ourselves for a little bit. Oh well hope you all like the pictures I decided to attack to this one. They are totally random but there are certain reasons why I like each one. Enjoy and I hope you have a great day!
Andy and I got put in the Brig on the USS Lexington this summer. Let me tell you, I would hate to have had to spend much real time in the brig...it was so tiny and even though the door had holes in it and a place to get your food, I still felt closed in. Kaleb took the picture and although you would think that the boys loved the thought of their parents in "lock-up" Jakob had ran off and was looking at other stuff and Kaleb was rolling his eyes that we even got in there, much less got our picture taken. Well I bet that isn't too hard to imagine, it fits them to a tee!

This was at the Rangers Fan Fest that we went to in January. They had a pitching mound in the Coca Cola Kid Zone where you threw the ball and tried to hit a target on the other end while a radar gun clocked your pitch. Kaleb didn't do too much activity because "he's too old" but this one was for all ages and what really floored me about this picture was how grown up he looked. To me he looks like a teenager. Scary...but true.
This was at Jakob's 2nd grade program on Feb. 12th. Jakob had missed a few days that week due to his 1st ear infection so he was kinda lost on most of the movements. He did great though and even performed one of my favorite songs that I hadn't thought about in years from a movie I hadn't thought about in years..."Candle On the Water" from Pete's Dragon. The sharply dressed kid with Jakob is Mason Harrington, his BFF. They have been buddies since kindergarten and those 2 are scary when they get together. The things that come out when they are together are hilarious! They both had picked out their own clothes and as far as I know they hadn't planned to dress alike. I must say though, they were the sharpest dressed boys there!