Thanksgiving 2008

It was a pretty quiet Thanksgiving this year with just the four of us. Robert tried turkey, cheese, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie at school, so we were excited to see what he would do around the Shiver house. He did try a piece of turkey, and by piece I mean a quarter sized piece wrapped in bread, but he tried it, and with him that is the biggest fight. He enjoyed the pumpkin pie as well, but gave up on it after Thanksgiving day and switched to an all whip cream dessert preference. Thomas tried a little bit of pumpkin pie and seemed to enjoy it, perhaps he will be eating turkey at this time next year, only time will tell.

Thankful

This time of year everyone reflects on what they are thankful for, here are a few of mine.

• Robert tried turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and pumpkin pie.
  
• Thomas has 3 teeth
• 2 healthy and happy kids
• 1 healthy and happy husband
• great friends (new and old)
• good jobs

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

TTT

Thomas is now officially, Two Teeth Thomas (TTT). Along with his second tooth coming in this week he also has his first REAL cold. Today he had a slight fever and just seemed to be feeling a little yucky. Of course anytime Robert comes into view Thomas' face light up. I love seeing how much they love each, I hope and pray that this will last forever! :)

Robert is getting excited to see The Lion King with mom and dad the day after his birthday. He is also enjoying showing us everything he wants for Christmas in the ads every Sunday.

Last week I begin a new position as a Title 1 Instructional Assistant for the 4th grade. I am enjoying meeting with my small groups. Hopefully, this week I will be moving into a bigger storage closet. (I am not joking) It will be nice to not have to have two walls of textbooks around me.

Pumpkins

Last week I went to the pumpkin patch with Robert's class and these are the pumpkins we found. You can't see Robert's but his is taller and slimmer than Thomas'. The pumpkin we found for Thomas fits him well, short and plump! We had a fantastic time, minus the wind.

I forget to post that Thomas can now sit up independently and has one tooth and another one on the way.

Robert has one more soccer game this weekend. We are surprised at how much he has come out of his shell during this soccer season. We would like to believe that is has something to do with playing soccer but it could simply be that he is just a social "late bloomer" like his mom. It is still a work in progress but he is really starting to be heard in groups now.

I recently became an Independent Distributor for Premier Designs Jewelry and can't wait to get started. I have three shows booked for November and possibly one for December. (Thanks mom!) So, if you live near us and are reading this be looking for an invite to my "Grand Opening" in mid-November!

Pictures

Long Day

Today was a long day to say the least. Thomas' surgery went well and he did wonderful until they tried to give him a sugar water bottle when he woke up in recovery. We were taken out of the recovery room quickly after he started screaming. About 10-15 minutes later in our alcove, we were allowed to give him some formula and his mood drastically changed. He drank his bottle so fast I was sure he was going to get sick, thankfully he did not.

The nurse came to get Thomas a little before 10 and we were able to see him around 11:30-11:45 and we left the hospital at 1. We were there for less than 5 hours, one family had an 8 hour surgery to sit and wait through, we are truly blessed with healthy boys. Whenever I felt sad about what he was going through I looked around and realized I had nothing to be sad about, we were going home in a few hours. The surgeon called about an hour ago to check in, very comforting. Unfortunately, I got the impression that tomorrow will be worse than today as far as looks and pain.

Robert once again has led us to believe we have the smartest kid on earth living in our house. He and Lucas were watching The Bee Movie when Lucas asked him if he knew what a hexagon was. Robert replied with, "Yes, it has 6 sharp things." Some of his details are a bit skewed but he at least knew that "6" was part of it. :)

FINALLY

So, I have finally taken a few minutes to blog. Things have been busy this month. We took an unexpected trip to Dallas for a funeral and we have not stopped since. My dad was here last week and we had a project for him to complete. We bought our neighbors play set the week before he arrived and he and Lucas put it back together, sanded and stained it. Pictures will be coming soon. It looks FABULOUS!

Thomas had his 6 month check up on Friday, he is now 17lbs 15oz and 261/2" long. I swear every night he changes. We met with the plastic surgeon at Riley this morning and finalized the plans for Thomas' surgery on Friday, October 17. Please pray with us that everything goes well and also for the doctors and nurses who will be taking care of him. We are so blessed to have such great friends to help us out during this time.

Robert is learning so much at daycare. He can now write his name well and in order on the paper. It is amazing to see him try to make sense of the world around him. He is now beginning to make connections with his previous experiences and is always full of questions. It is hard to believe that in 2 months he will be 5! Time really does fly. He is enjoying playing soccer most of the time. He really dislikes when we (or anyone) cheers for him. On top of soccer Robert is now part of the Awana club that meets on Sunday afternoons at our church. He is really coming out of his shyness.

Hopefully, it will not take me a month to get new pictures up.