Chicago, Thyroid, Grandparent visit, Knee Surgery, Moline

Well this may be a longer post than normal for me but it has been a little while since my last post. Things are going well and we are trying to take one day at a time around here. PaPaw and MeMe made it here without any trouble and have been enjoying some time with the kids. The boys have been showing off all their new tricks and such.

Here is a picture of the boys I took last week. This is good for now.

Brayson showing off his skills in the grass

Brazos showing off

Braxton bring goofy

Kaden trying to be a big boy and stand on his own.
Last week Andy had a meeting in Chicago and the boys and I thought it would be fun to tag along, something we have not done in a long time. So we packed the car and headed north. We stayed at a hotel that had a heated pool and the boys swam their little hearts out. We had the place to ourselves and it was great. They swam for at least 5 hours a day and were wanting more. We celebrated dad’s birthday while we were there and took the boys bowling for the first time. We had a really good trip and the boys are already asking to go again. I think dad would be okay if we put some time between now and the next trip. But all in all we had a good time.

The boys ready to get in the pool

Braxton getting a running start

Brazos doing a cannon ball

Braxton watching TV in the room

Brazos playing in the floor with Brayson

PaPaw talking it over with Brayson

MeMe and PaPaw multi-tasking

Here I come MeMe catch me

Me too!

Swimming with Dad and PaPaw
I went to the doctor last week for a check up and to see if there was something I could do to help with my weight loss. Our household is on Weight Watchers again hopefully this will be the last time as we do not plan on having any more babies and that seems to always stop the progress that we make – I digress. So she said she would help me get started and wanted to do some blood work to make sure that I was healthy and that there were not any underlying issues that we needed to know about that might be a factor in the weight situation. My cbc came back okay but my thyroid was low . . very low. So I stared a thyroid med the middle of last week. I will go back to see her in six weeks and they will do another check and we will keep that up until she gets a number that will work. She said that we would wait on the weight loss meds until we can get this under control so we will stick with Weight watchers until then. . but on a very happy note – Andrea had a 7 pound loss this week and I had 3 – still pretty good.!!

I had knee surgery today – nothing major but still surgery none the less. I had some bone fragments that were causing me some issues and that were not suppose to be there. So he removed them and is going to biopsy them to make sure all is well. It was this morning and we are on our way to Moline now. It was quick and easy latterly. I went into surgery at 12 noon and was home at 2:30 – I will take that any day compared to what Andy had. No crutches or anything!!

We are going to spend today and tomorrow in Moline with MeMe, PaPaw, and aunt Paula. I have never been to corporate office so I think it will be fun to see and the boys will enjoy it as well. I will post pictures from that adventure later.

Well that is all for now and will have more later.