Yeah, okay, I know it's been a little while. Things have been a tad bit out of the ordinary. First of all, Oliver has recovered from his surgery like a champ. He went back into surgery a little after 7:30 Friday morning, April 16, and we were back home before lunch that morning. Mama and Daddy wanted to nap, having been up since 3:45am, but Oliver wanted to play with his cars and eat some yogurt. He bled for a couple of days, and his sleeping wasn't great, but since then, things have been good. Nana stayed for about a week, so that helped. We always enjoy being spoiled by Nana! John's parents were here this weekend to visit, too.

Today Oliver got his last two stitches out of his lip. The others were dissolving stitches that have been gone for a few days. His stint is in until May 20, and we're looking forward to having that out. Now that the stitches are gone, he looks less like he had surgery and more like he accidentally stuck something up his nose. We're already used to "looks" from people. Most have been good about mentioning it so we have the chance to explain what happened. Fortunately he never had to wear the "no-no's". The first day he tried to rub his face a few times, but once he realized it hurt, he left it alone. Thumb sucking seems to be a thing of the past. Now he falls asleep without it. I think that was the biggest sleep interrupter at the beginning, just getting used to self-soothing.

Here he is right after we got home after surgery. He was still a little out of it from anesthesia, but he insisted on playing awhile.

This was Thursday, April 22. A little less puffy.

I've got a bunch of other photos from the last several weeks. Just because.

This is what happens when Mama forgets to buy more picante sauce for quesadillas:

What would she do to him if she didn't love him??

We took out the ugly bushes in front of the house and put in flowers... With some help.

Brother only ate dirt a couple of times.

And we put in a new mailbox. Now Evie needs a little help getting the mail.

Finally, for now...

Maggie's class is learning about bugs this week and Evie's is learning about butterflies. I found a fun snack/craft for their classes. Super-cute and easy!!