Update...

So Quin had his Dr. apt today - indeed it is Trigger Thumb, and he is scheduled to have surgery Jan. 6th :( The doc said it's only a simple 1/2 hour surgery, but it's still scary to think that he is going to have to go under!!! And chances are good that this could occur in his other thumb. Keep him in your prayers and we'll keep ya updated.

So sad...

So the bad luck of our Florida trip decided to follow us home and attack Quin as well... First it started off with a stomach virus - he had diarrhea so bad for 2 weeks that it ate his butt raw! I would just let him sit in the kitchen sink in an oatmeal bath and watch Thomas. He didn't want to move! He also stopped eating. We ended up taking him in to the doctor where had had to have blood drawn - mommy had to leave the room while daddy held him :( Thankfully though he was hydrated enough that we didn't have to admit him. But once we got him home it took a turn for the worse - he started to throw up! Then the next day he started coming down with a cold - and he got pink eye! Talk about helpless! After we got a prescription called in and got the pink eye under control he started getting a little better. He finally started to eat again and slowly was on the path to recovery. But it doesn't end there... He's finally over the stomach bug thankfully - and his pink eye is all gone, and his cold didn't get to bad. BUT, last week he kept coming up to me with his hand held out and whining. Looking at his thumb I though oh gross - he's double jointed in his bottom knuckle - didn't think any more of it. But this weekend it kept bothering him and upon further inspection we noticed that his top knuckle was bent - and we couldn't straighten it! I was already at my parents so I went ahead and took him into after hours at Tanner Clinic. The doc checked him out and sent us to x-ray. Thankfully nothing was broken, but he couldn't quite figure it out so he was going to refer us to Primaries to a specialist. He was sent home with a splint on his thumb and was told to leave it on until we could see a specialist. Well that night I was re wrapping it after his bath and heard and felt a loud pop! Gross! But it was straight! So I splinted it straight and put him to bed. Well the next day we took it off for a bath. Went to put it back on and it was bent again. The doctor called Monday to check on him and concluded that it is "Trigger Finger" and that it is something that the orthopedic surgeon at tanner could treat with a "simple" surgery! So now we have an appointment on Thursday to see what exactly is going to happen from here. SO, needless to say, we are eager to get this year over with and have our healthy boy back, and break the bad luck streak we've had for the last month! We'll give ya an update as soon as we know whats going to happen. We hope everyone else is well though and are looking forward to seeing everyone over the holidays!

We Elfed Ourselves

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So we were so entertained by Cari's last post we just had to go waste time ourselves. Quin can't seem to get enough of the dances. We highly recommend going elfing yourself as well. Tis the season.

Orlando Hell

A little fun on the Expedition to Everest

The one picture of us and the globe and my head are chopped

Me and Stitch

Us, Sully, and Mike

Our car (we actually liked)

Other than ........ Being treated like terrorists at the airport, broken down airplanes, 6 hour layovers, rental car reservations that aren't there, 50 degree highs and 32 degree lows in Florida, getting lost everywhere, Candice being sick, Me getting sick and yacking 3 times, me getting hiccups for 48 hours straight (No joke), the money making machine that is Disney, Me running a Toll Booth and probably getting a $100 fine or warrant for my arrest, not qualifying to sit through a Time Share presentation to score discount tickets at the Hilton Grand our resort, it being to cold to enjoy the beach, or the awesome pools at the resort, getting lost again, rides breaking down at the parks, being told that we can have a late check-out, and then being told there are no late check-outs, it being 80 degrees on the day we leave, no Air Conditioning on the flight home.........Florida was ok.