It would be easier if it were me....

John is headed in for surgery this afternoon to remove a growth in his left arm. I am WAY more nervous about him going in for surgery than I have ever been for any of my surgeries. It's just outpatient surgery, so we should be home later today. Of course, John has never been under anesthesia and we do not know how he will react coming out of it. So, hopefully, the nursing staff won't be too eager to push him out the door afterwards.

Anyway, we are praying for a smooth surgery, quick recovery and favorable results from the tests.

Jason's Turn

Back in September, I took Sophie to her first Dallas Stars game. Friday night Jason got his turn. Aunt Crystal was going out of town for the holiday weekend and forgot to give her tickets away. She called us just before leaving and told us where she was leaving them so we could use them if able. We had our big Thanksgiving Dinner (actually lunch) on Friday. When everyone left around 3-ish and Rhonda was thinking that she was still a bit wiped out from the past few days to really enjoy the game, we decided to offer Jason the chance to go. We were not really planning on having Jason take a nap that day and he had expressed his glee about this many times. I gave Jason the choice .... he could stay up now and play the new playstation game with Daddy and Sophie OR he could go ahead upstairs and take a nap and then go to the Stars game with mommy. He thought about if for about 30 seconds .... then said " I am veeery tiiiirrrreeeddd!!!" and went straight up to bed.

We had a great time! Thanks Aunt Crystal and Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!

Halloween '08

Here's our Princess, our clown, and this year's winner for most original ... our pillow (his own idea)!!!!

Can you feel it?

The cool breeze is in the air. The leaves are turning beautiful colors. We are getting to pull on our sweatshirts and jackets. Oh, wait a minute .... this is TEXAS. The temperatures are still hitting the 90s and the trees are still bright green!

My husband states that spring doesn't start until the PGA Masters, so I am declaring that fall begins when hockey starts!!! So to celebrate the start of FALL, we went out to support our team the Dallas Stars. Aunt Crystal and I took Jason and Allison to see the Stars practice on Friday afternoon. They were quite captivated (... all three of them).
Then Saturday night, I took Sophie to her first Stars game down at American Airlines Center. I wasn't sure how this would go since she doesn't usually like loud noises, but she loved it. She liked the crowd, the music, the food, AND the game - she kept tracking the score and the shots on goal! She's definitely growing into a great little sports fan!

Settling right in...

Sophie is really enjoying kindergarten so far. She had a few bumps the first week (left her lunch box at school one day, teachers put her in the walker line instead of the carpool line for pick up, etc.), but overall she seems right at home.

Her class did a unit on colors where they had a different color of the day. The kids were encouraged, but not required, to wear something with the color for that day. Sophie picked out clothes for each day, but we also decided to paint her nails a different color each of the days. Here's a couple of the photos (purple day and pink/orange day):

Then there was the Buddy Bear assignment. This is one of their class mascots. They sent home Buddy Bear for us to cut out and dress up. Sophie could dress her (or him) up any way she wanted and could get help from anyone in the family. At first she was thinking Ballerina. Then Princess (think one of the Disney variety). But when we went to the fabric store, she fell in love with this black/butterfly material. Here is her creation:
Here is Sophie with her Butterfly Buddy Bear...notice Sophie in the matching skirt that mom made her with much help from Nana.

For Angie....

Happy Birthday to ME!

Here's me with my birthday present. I asked John for a sewing machine. I don't really sew yet (except for that home-ec class in 7th grade), so I didn't really know what I wanted. John did all the research, narrowed it down to just a few choices and then let me pick. My mom came over last night to help me with my first project ... a skirt for Sophie.

Check the next, soon-to-be published post for the finished product.