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For as much time as Lily spent in that thing, I think this is the only picture
I reread my last post and thought it made things sound worse than it actually was.  It was a crazy 2 months but I just kept laughing about everything. Seriously, am I not enough of a spectacle getting my 6 kids out of the car and to the school that I need to add a wheelchair and a 5 year old with a cast.  Certainly got more sympathy than ever and people offering to help us.

James pre-procedure
We had James' appointment for a bronchoscopy 2 weeks ago and everything looks good.  He certainly has the laryngomalacia but everything else looks the way it should.  So now the diagnosis is just time like 1-2 years and he should just grow out of it.  It is great to know that he is doing so well.  He is a very noisy little boy but he is as chubby and pink as ever.  He is also the best baby ever.  He is so patient in the morning as we scramble around the house feeding everyone else, doing hair, packing lunches, etc.  He sleeps like a champ and loves to smile and laugh.  We are certainly grateful for little Jimmy.

Lily has her cast off and nearly two weeks later is still hobbling around but certainly getting better.  It is kind of a good thing that she can't run because she is not supposed to anyways for the next month.

Dave is done with the tomato season!!!!!!  We are so glad to have Dad back again.  It means that he runs the kids to school in the morning and makes it home in time for dinner.  I am sure that the kids will notice a marked difference in mom's stressed out level.  In one of our better parenting moments when the kids were fighting over where to sit at the dinner table for the bagillionth time, Dave said "Fine then we will just have a military dictatorship where I tell everyone where they have to sit and you do it.  How would you like that?"  Tom pipes up "Well at least there would be target practice.  So that would be good."


Target Practice for Tom and Jake at the LDS Camporee
2 teeth lost in 1 week.  We learned that the Tooth Fairy takes conference Sunday as a holiday cause she missed a night there.

The box was 1000 bucks but the fridge was free.

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Tom and Jen Loveland Family said…
So glad to hear things have been a little less crazy there. :) Looking back at an experience can definitely be better than while in the middle of it.
Sunday, November 04, 2012
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