Another week is almost in the bag.  That means it is almost time for Kim to go back to work.  We don’t like weekends here…that’s when Mama works.

Aiden and Paige both have soccer games this Saturday.  Paige’s is at 1030 and Aiden’s is at Noon.  This should be interesting with Finn in attendance and Kim attempting to attend both games.  Oh yeah, Kim works Friday and Saturday this week.  She can’t miss Paige’s first soccer game so she’s going to zombie it.

Finn had his 6 month checkup today.  Got weighed, measured, looked over, and received a few shots as a parting gift.  Personally, I’d ask for a refund.  He’s breaking the mold with our kids….he was in the 55th percentile for head circumference.  Ok, that’s not unusual.  In fact, if anything it is a little lower than I expected.  But the bell-curve-wrecking stat is his height.  65th percentile.  The other two tend to hover MUCH lower.  Apparently Finn is going to be the big one of the three.  Helpful, I guess, when you’re the baby of the family.

Aiden had soccer practice tonight, and Kim and Paige attended with him.  I stayed home with Finn since I’m fighting a bitchin summer cold.  When they walked in afterwards I was surprised by how red they both were.  I kind of expected Nutty to be worn out, but Monkey was almost as red in the cheeks!  Thank goodness it wasn’t still 90+ out there or they may have cooked!

As I mentioned, I’ve got a summer cold.  Kim has it now too, and I think we can thank public school for it.  Aiden was sounding like he was going to lose his voice the other day, but then was fine a couple days later (cough medicine once).  Meanwhile, Kim and I will probably be down for a week plus.  Perhaps I should quit smoking….maybe colds wouldn’t linger quite as long.

The summer is drawing to a close.  I just turned 32, the youngest is rolling over sooner than the previous two did, and my two oldest start school next week.  I’m feeling old.

Tank has been teasing us for a while.  He has been getting on his side for a little while now, but had the usual, “I don’t know where to put my arm and I’m stuck,” syndrome.  Whatever arm was underneath was preventing him from actually rolling over.  Then, one day, I put him on his play-mat (the butterfly) to play for a bit.  Next thing I know, he’s on his stomach.  Then he rolled back to his back.  I don’t think it was until the next day that he rolled to his stomach and then continued the roll to his back.  Yup, he completed his first “log roll”.  Seems like he is trying to catch up to his older brother and sister and is determined to be mobile however he can.  Kim just tried to put him down for a nap, and he was making quite a bit of noise.  When I went in to give him his pacifier I found that not only was he turned 90 degrees from how gets put in the crib, but he was also on his stomach.  Life is going to get interesting soon.

Monkey starts her first round of preschool on Tuesday.  My little princess is going to school.  I am so not ready for this.  Yes, it is only a couple hours a day for two days a week, but it is the first step.  She is still obsessed with My Little Pony, so much in fact that when she and Nutty play superheroes she is “Pony Girl”.  She doesn’t seem to excited for school yet, but we’ll see how much that changes in the near future.  She has also fully incorporated herself into Nutty’s Xbox time.  As long as a game that allows 2 people has been selected, she’s on it.  She has her own controller and knows exactly where I keep it.

Nutty is getting ready to start Kindergarten.  Wow.  I have a child in elementary school.  Not much is going on with him lately.  He’s still building all sorts of new creations with his Legos, and has a knack for leaving the small ones on the rug in the living room.  You know, the ones that blend in and you don’t see until you step on them barefoot.  He is a great big brother and is always looking out for his little sister and little brother.

Kim is starting to feel like her old self.  She has a bit of pain in her abdomen, but it is believed that it is just residual pain from the bile leakage which should get better over time.  She is slowly getting back to her normal routine, and will hopefully be as close to 100% as possible.  I don’t think she’ll ever be the same, but she married me so I already know she’s “off” a bit.

Wow, what a week.  We’re prepping for Kim’s gallbladder surgery that is tomorrow.  She isn’t supposed to eat or drink after midnight; which is pretty common for a surgery.  However, Kim’s surgery isn’t until early afternoon.  All in all it would be around 18 hours with no food or water.  The biggest problem is that she is still nursing Tank and needs to hydrate.  There was some “joking” at work with her co-workers about starting an I.V. saline drip.  We’ll see what happens.

Also this week was poor Nutty’s losing his voice.  He got that back and has been fine since, but Tank starting acting funny.  We thought that maybe he’d caught what Nutty had and was getting a sore throat, but we hit him with some Infant Tylenol for his fever and he was fine.  So then on Friday night we’d see how Tank  did that night and possibly take him into the doctor during Saturday hours if need be.

Kim got a call from work at dinner time on Friday.  She’d been given a mandatory A-Day.  That means she doesn’t go into work, she is home on Available.  So if they need her they’d call her and she’d have to come in.  This was actually ok because she was debating about trying to get one for Friday night because Tank was sick.  This A-Day proved VERY beneficial for me.  I’m a sympathy puker.  I can’t handle vomiting (except during childbirth for some reason).  About 10 minutes after she got after the phone with work, Monkey looked at Kim at the table and said she didn’t want to eat her dinner anymore.  Then she turned to her left (clearing the table) and let loose.  Again, thankfully, Kim was home.  She was able to handle that.

Yesterday morning Tank was doing ok when he was medicated, but was obviously not himself otherwise.  He still had a fever so we piled in the car and drove him to the doctor’s Saturday hours.  We were both really happy we took Tank down because we found out that Tank had his first ear infection.  Great.  I dropped everyone at home and went to get Tank’s antibiotic prescription filled.  He has now had three doses, and is getting back to his old self.  He is smiling and happy, but not on Tylenol or Ibuprofen anymore.  Looking forward to having my good old Tank back.

So Kim’s parents are going to be here in a couple hours.  They are coming out to help out with the kids while Kim is recouping from surgery.  The kids have been asking if it is Sunday all week.  They are more than a little excited to see their grandparents.

Tomorrow is the day for Kim…normally people would be nervous or uneasy going into a surgery.  Given that Kim is a nurse…well, she seems to be fine.  One thing I’ve learned over the years is that when it comes to medical things, if Kim isn’t worried, then I don’t worry.