May Day, Mayday

Wow, April was insane!!!!

It started with a failed hearing test for Liam, proceeded to blocked inner ears and then scheduled surgery for him to get tubes.  For Graeme, it was a bit on the happier side as he lost his first tooth.  For me, I had a bad bout of the stomach bug for Easter, though on the plus side I also discovered an amazing recipe for a flour less chocolate cake.  Mike has been making huge progress in our attic project as well as dealing with some work craziness. Throw in our first outing to play in the sand at the beach, some backyard camping, a train ride at the mall and getting everything in order for Graeme to start kindergarten in July and April was nuts!

Now we are hoping that May 1 becomes a may day for the start of new adventures.  I will say that so far these adventures have started a little earlier than I would like.  I was up at 4:30, coherent by 5 a.m. so that Liam and I could head over to Rex Surgery Center for Liam to get tubes put in his ear.  We had to be there at 6 so we could wait 45 minutes to go back for pre-op for an hour so that Liam could go in for the 15 minute procedure and 15 minute recovery.  Liam threw up the drainage when we got to the car (fortunately before we actually got in the car and he did not get me with it) and so changed him out of his pajamas and into some spare clothes.  We were home and chilling by 9am just as Mike and Graeme got out of bed and got their day started.  Liam is chilling with the iPad and drinking fluids, eating applesauce and slowly letting his crazy come back out.  We will go back to the doctor in a week for a check up, but so far so good.  Hopefully this will really help out his future adventures with the ability to hear.

I hope to be a more consistent blogger and share the fun adventures and crazy life of the Hales.

Signs that I'm not meant to get up at 5 a.m.:

-I chose "jammies" last night that also doubled as my outfit for the day aka t-shirt and sweat pants

-I came back to make my tea and realized I had never turned on the burner to heat the water
-"Punchy" does not even begin to describe how my brain is functioning (Michael is already looking forward to me getting some rest and returning to my "normal" state of insanity)