Jon and Amber

Jeremy had tubes put in his ears this morning. We had to get up at 4:45 so that we could be on the other side of the Twin Cities by 6:00am for his surgery. The procedure went well, and the ENT surgeon told me that Jeremy’s middle ears had both been jam-packed full of thick mucous, which he suctioned out before putting the tubes in. He said that Jeremy will be feeling an immediate relief of pressure and pain, and his hearing is going to be much clearer now. He’s probably also going to be ear-infection free finally, which will be nice. He’s had chronic, almost constant ear infections for the last 9 months or so. He hasn’t been cranky or fussy about them, but I’m sure it’s not pleasant, and it does interrupt his sleep, which keeps us awake too.

After Jeremy woke up from the surgery, he fussed a little bit as the grogginess from the gas wore off, then he nursed for about two minutes and was then back to his normal bubbly self, charming all the nurses and other parents waiting for their kids! I was happy that he bounced back so easily. He’s such an easy-going guy!

By the time we had driven back home, the early morning hours had caught up with Jeremy and he had fallen fast asleep with his stuffed puppy in his lap.

He woke up when we went inside, but his mid-morning nap was a long one, so he must have still been exhausted! He was in great spirits all day though, and I was able to run a few errands with him and then we got to go to the park down by the lake! Jeremy enjoyed swinging on the swingset and calling out to all the other park-goers we saw.

Tomorrow morning, Jeremy and I hit the road to go to Fargo and see my parents. Then on Saturday, we are driving with them out to my grandparents’ ranch! It’s going to be a fun weekend, and I think Jeremy will have a great time. Jon is not going with us, because he’s on a business trip in HAWAII, that lucky dude! He’s doing some network setup or something for a company out there. I don’t know the details, but I’ll see if I can have him write something about it when he gets back, hopefully with pictures! He got a new underwater camera recently and is really excited to try it out on this trip.

Jeremy turns 13 months old today. And out of nowhere, he just started walking this morning. He has never been a fan of standing on his own, so this was a total surprise for us!

We had just gotten up for the morning, and I was getting Jeremy dressed. I was kneeling on the living room floor and had him on my lap so I could finish fastening his overalls. Then I stood up and let him slide off my knees, but instead of slipping down to sit on the floor, he stayed on his feet and walked over to where Jon was sitting! We had him walk back towards me, and then got out the video camera.

Remember, we had JUST gotten up, so please pardon my bed-head, pajamas, and generally unkempt appearance!

Then we called Jon’s mom on the webcam, and put the computer right behind the video camera. Jeremy was REALLY excited about walking towards the video of Grandma! (You will notice him gettin’ nursey in the first 30 seconds of the clip. A little goofy I guess, but hey, it’s part of life with Jeremy so we left it in. It’s actually kind of cute in that “Cave Baby” way!)