Tomorrow is the day. . .and some other news. (with a new picture added!)

The day for Dallas's surgery that is. The three other kids are packed, and waiting for Grandma N. to come and pick them up to spend the next two nights. Tonight because of how early we have to get up tomorrow, and tomorrow night so that Dallas can come home and relax without having to worry and wonder about his siblings, and if they'll bump his very fragile eye, etc. The house is on its way to clean. I have to vacuum the floors, do the last of the dishes, along with putting them away, and then I have to scour the bathroom. Yuck. I despise bathrooms, let alone bathrooms with 4 males using it. There's nothing grosser than cleaning up pee. Again, Yuck. The three kiddos should be picked up sometime around dinner time. They'll get to go home with Grandma, and get McDonald's on the way. I think Dallas and I are going to go to dinner just mommy and Dallas. It will give us not only something to do to get his mind off the impending surgery, but it will also give him the chance to choose what his last meal before surgery will be. I'm sure he'll pick somewhere with something pasta, since that's his ULTIMATE favorite. He has to go NPO (nothing by mouth) after midnight tonight. And I'm sure after going under general anesthesia tomorrow he'll not be much for eating. So we'll make tonight a good dinner!!!!! Todd has church tonight, so it will be just he and I. That almost never happens. He's pretty excited!!

Then we'll come home, and I'll tuck him in nice and early since we have to be up pretty early tomorrow. The hospital called and bumped us back from a 5:30 arrival to a 6:00 arrival. It helps a little. But my dad is going to drop my mom off at 4 am (on his way to work) so that they only have one car here. Since mom is riding down with us to the surgery, and Dad is coming here after work to see Dallas it just makes sense. It saves them gas, and means one less vehicle to shuffle around. So I'll be up at a little before 4 am to wait for her. I'm actually kind of looking forward to it. I know that Todd won't be up that early so it will just be my mom and I. That doesn't happen very often either.

I have to admit, I'm a little nervous. More so now that its tomorrow. I talked to the hospital today, and they have him scheduled for roughly 1 1/2 hours of surgery. I'm sure that that is give or take some depending on what they find. They'll be giving us a beeper so that we can go have some breakfast while he's under, so that they can contact us. I of course am not letting Dallas know that I'm worried. I put on the "Everything will be all right, mommy would never let anything bad happen to you" face when he's around. But between you and I, its scary. More because we don't really know what to expect. Much of it will have to be done off of what they see in there. And I'm worried about all the stuff we'll have to do to the eye for the next several weeks. Its his EYE! He needs it to SEE!!! Sigh. I know everything will go fine. He's in good hands!


Now for the news portion of things. The offer was accepted on the house we'll be getting. We're going to be looking at closing in about 3 weeks, and then construction can begin on all the things that need to be fixed on it. I'm excited, I'm nervous, I'm apprehensive, I'm so. . .mixed I guess. I'll get some pictures up soon. It needs a bunch of work, but the price was right. This is the house that is RIGHT next door to my brother in law, and sister in law. It will be great for the kids, but I'm kinda wondering what kind of boundaries will need to be set for my brother in law. I'm not worried about my sister in law. She is awesome, and I love her dearly! It will be nice to have her so close! But keep your fingers crossed that everything goes as planned, and that we'll be in before school starts in the fall!!!!



*The picture up above is tonight, of Dallas at his dinner! He had a potato skins, some of my white chicken chili soup, a chicken salad, and oreo cake for dessert! He was in HEAVEN! He now has a new favorite place. T.G.I Friday's!*