Home sweet home...

I apologize for not posting yesterday like I said but I couldn't get internet at the hotel and I'm not smart enough to post off my iphone. But.... Dad is doing so well. He's already walked and drank broth, jello and coffee and he's antsy which is very much my dad! He can't stand to sit and do nothing and I can image that now that he's not in the pain that he was before he is excited to get home and back to his life. I cannot say enough good things about Cleveland Clinic. That is unlike any other hospital that I have ever been in. The waiting area is so nice, I should know we were there for 12 hours yesterday. But they do make a terrible situation as comfortable as it can possibly be. You can even check the status of the patients on a screen that has their ID and see where they are at in their surgery. Mom had a beeper that texted messages from the surgeon on what was going on, which made it a lot easier and gave us something to concentrate on. This is an amazing facility where the people are so nice and accommodating. It made our journey as good as it could have been. I am exhausted I didn't get much sleep in that hard mattress that we had to sleep on so I am looking forward to crawling into my super soft bed and falling asleep QUICKLY!

Keep us in your thoughts.

Well "the" day has arrived. Me and my family are in the waiting room at the Cleveland Clinic waiting for my dad to get out of surgery. My dear daddy has been in a lot of discomfort and is more than ready to have this surgery so keep us in your thoughts! This is a beautiful facility and I am so confident that he is at the right place at the right time. But dad is very private man so that's all that I'm going to say about our time in Cleveland until he's out of surgery and in good shape.

So I'm hoping the time will go by quickly and I'll post again at the end of the day.

The best week of the year!

Sorry I have been slacking on my blog the past week I have got several things going on in my personal life right now that are consuming me. I have pictures to edit, the store, a baby boy and a hubby that is super busy too so that doesn't leave much time for anything else at the moment. I have been on a "vacation" of sorts this week (I don't have a sitter) but the time with Rees has been wonderful. I do worry about my work piling up at the store but I have wonderful ladies there and they take care of it very well! Rees is such a wonderful little man he has been in such a good mood and so happy all week. I have got to make dinner every night and we sit down at 8 and watch all the great season premieres together while we're having snack time :) I love snack time! Then at 9 he goes down and I'm usually not far behind. His energy exhausts me, just watching him. I wish I had 1/10 of his energy I could get so much done.

This is my favorite time of year....Fall Season Premiere. I used to be a tv junkie before I had Rees now that he is older I think I am reverting back to my old self. I love me some good tv. So let's talk tv... Mondays are my fav. Big Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men, How I met your mother and now a new show with Jenna Elfman (Can't remember the name) it wasn't too bad. These are my fav sitcoms! Although did anyone see Cougar Town last night??? Channel 8 WOW it was hilarious. I laughed my butt off I think it's on again on Friday you've gotta watch it. And of course Survivor I love that show and how bout' Shambo she's gonna be a hoot I can already tell. I missed SUV lastnight thank goodness for TIVO!!!! Can you all tell how obsessed I am with my shows? I won't make a habit of discussing every episode :) The posts will be limited here for the next couple weeks as I will be out of town and I'm not sure about internet connection but after that I'll be back to sharing my bizarre life on a daily basis!

scrapbook love

Rees has been a sleepy head today. He didn't get up until 11:30 (when I went in and woke him up) then he went back down for a nap at 2:00 and he's still asleep so I have had the luxury of some uninterrupted scrapbooking. The pages with my dad and Rees are some of my favorite pictures from the year. That was over the course of the day and I can't describe how much fun we all had. Just one of those days that sticks in your memory. I love how my page turned out too.

Fall Fever

I LOVE THIS WEATHER! I can't get enough of the brisk breeze in the evenings, the "breads" that people are bringing to me (not sure why this is happening but it's been really yummy), my new plug-ins that are pumpkin spice, I got out a snuggly blanket yesterday evening and my winter jammies! I might be rushing into it, but I just want it to be here NOW. Amidst my fall bliss we have been dealing with an unknown thing that Rees is going through. I told you about his fever on Saturday night and all day Sunday he was like a limp noodle, then Sunday evening a wild man now today he has been in and out of complete and utter meltdowns and crying uncontrollably for no apparent reason. Nothing we do or say makes him feel better. We can't even look at him without him having a breakdown? I am thinking that it is a tooth because of the inconsistency of the symptoms and he will not eat...it's making me crazy so hopefully this will pass quickly. It so frustrating when he can't tell me what is going on in his little body. He doesn't know how to handle these emotions so he just goes bonkers...kinda reminds me of myself on a bad day :) It amazes me when I go over to my mom and dad's to pick him up and he doesn't even look happy to see me...he just whines because he knows he has to leave. I'm like ummmm I feed you, change your disgusting diapers, spoil you and I can't even get a hug. Seriously if I try to pick him up he goes limp so I can't life him. He loves it over! His grandpa spends a lot of time with him outside, which is his favorite place to be so that always perks him up, it even worked today amidst all the grumpiness. So I am beat, I think I'm gonna turn in for the night.

A rough night

Yesterday Rees wasn't acting right, I noticed he had the "tired" eyes, he wouldn't eat and he was cuddly so I figured some sort of sickness was coming. We were up from 12:00 on with the poor little guy. He had a temp of 103.5 and he was miserable. My heart breaks when he's sick. I know every parent would give their right arm to switch places with their babies when their sick. He was so hot it was scary. So this morning the fever broke and he is just worn out. I don't see us even getting dressed today! Lazy day on tap for the Toler family. I just pray that I can get him to eat something today. I'm obsessive about him eating, he is a finicky eater anyways so I always worry about his eating. Well I better go snuggle with my little man.

I'm learning to go with the flow

Okay so having a toddler is really teaching me a lot. I have learned very quickly that Rees is very strong willed (wonder where he got that?) and that if he has it in his mind I should just let him do it his way rather than trying to reason with an eighteen month old. Prime example. I got a pair of hilarious camo Rocky boots for him from Amy R. and he found them yesterday in the pile of stuff I had tucked away for winter. Just so happened that Mat came in with a pair of camo hunting boots on too so Rees now thinks that his camo boots are the greatest thing in the world since they are like daddy's. He picks his little boots up and brings them to me saying dad dad boots and makes me put them on him. He throws one heck of a tantrum if I don't put them on him. So at first I thought it was cute for him to truck around in pj's and camo boots but today it has gotten not so cute. We went into Chinese for lunch and we couldn't get out the door without wearing those boots. He had on shorts with his boots which made it even funnier. Abby just about croaked when she seen him :) But looking back I guess I just have to let go and roll with it since he has a new found independence and opinion. Yet another life lesson my son has taught me.