Family Update

Well, where to begin....We have been very busy lately. House Update-We have have been in our new home for over 3 months now and we can't imagine living anywhere else. We have plenty of room for the buisness and for our growing family. we might only have about 5 more boxes to get through unpacking and we will be completely moved in. Then the house improvements start. Heaven Scent Soaps-The soap buisness has been picking up and now that summer is upon us, I am happy to inform everyone that we will be selling our soap at the Lancaster Farmers Market all this summer. Mother's Day-A week before Mother's day we had Tucker circumsied, this was a very complicated decision for us. Due to Tucker's medical history I can assure you that I did not want to initially have this elective procedure done. After consulting a pediatric surgeon about Tucker being toungue tied, and discussing having that corrected ASAP, due mainly to his feeding issues, we choose to have both procedure's done at the same time. They assured us that they would use the less invasive procedure and instead of cutting Tucker and stitching him, they would use the Bell system on him. There would be less risk of bleeding this way. We got a green light from our cardiologist, and Tucker did amazing the first few days. Don't get me wrong...He was cranky, but everything went according to plan until MOTHER"S DAY MORNING! Tucker hadn't been eating as much as he should have been, due to the pain and some teething issues. Overnight he must of retained fluid and his penis swelled up to a ridiculous size, when we changed him in the morning, we called our crdiologist and the Plastic surgeon and rushed him into Boston where they cut off the bell. I am happy to say that he was back to normal about 2 days later, but man did he gave us quite a scare. Tucker-We had Tucker's followup today with Dr. Porras. We are happy to report that he is doing amazing. He weighed in at a whopping 15lbs, 8oz. He checked him for fluid and couldn't believe how pink he is. We got to walk up to 8 east and visit with Tucker's Favorite NP, Ann Marie. She was a godsent to us when we were in-patient there. Spencer-Our little athlete...Spencer has been playing Spring soccer this year and is in his first ear of Tee-Ball. He hs excelled at al of them. He is certainly a little sport's nut! Mental note: Focus more on academics... Spencer has been having more good days in preschool and he is getting so excited for Kindergarten, he had a blast at his Kindergarten orientation, he liked his teacher and his classroom and he can't wait to start camp this summer. I can't believe our little boy is all grown up. (Sniff-Sniff) Gary's Dad-Last week very suddenly Gary's dad passed away. It is so hard to put my shock into words, as I was just saying the other day that we havent seen him in too long and that we would be calling him to set something up for his upcoming birthday. It is truly devistating to see the pain that Gary is experiencing with the loss of his dad. Although their relationship was a complicated one, I can truly say that his father made him the amazing dad that he is today...Spencer and Tucker will thank their grandfather for that for the rest of their lives. (Maybe their Grandmother had a hand in that too!) Gratitude-Gary and I talk frequently about how lucky we are to have such great friends and family around us, we truly feel blessed to have so much support from all of you and such an outpouring of unconditional love. We are the luckiest people in the world. That's all for now. XO