Shawn's Birthday

For Shawn's 30th birthday, she told us she wanted to go sledding and dye eggs. Well, the sledding would have definitely ended with a trip to the ER as it was too many Crouse's on a glazed hill with bare patches here and there. So, we managed to talk her out of that part. But, we did dye eggs!!! Note to self...no more glitter or foil egg dyeing kits! The eggs themselves end up covered in glitter and foil...I guess we didn't think that through very well! Anyway, we had lots of fun regardless and Owen I think Owen enjoyed it the most. He really thought that we'd have Shawn's party at the "bouncy place", but it didn't take him long to get over it since he got to have cake this time.

We had him on a milk/sugar free diet for over a month to see if it would help his tonsils, but it seemed to have no effect. The ENT specialist told us he isn't recommending we take them out as at this time they aren't interfering with his breathing/eating/sleeping and he hasn't been sick since January. But, to watch him and if they do start to inhibit him in some way, then we should be concerned. He did mention that he is a bit hesitant to keep them in only because they are not swollen at the same size, his left one is considerably larger. That typically indicates a tumor in older patients. Dave and I are thinking it over, they've shrunk considerably the last couple weeks and no longer take up all of his throat (just about half now). We know that they became swollen together and were originally the same size. But, with antibiotics, the right side would go down and the left always remained the same. We don't want to rush into surgery, but don't want to risk leaving a tumor in him. We need to do some more research I guess. The fact that they've changed size so radically over the past couple weeks tells me that its not a tumor, but we're keeping a real close eye on him and remain on the fence.













Shawn got this video of Owen singing Happy Birthday at her party. He practiced for weeks, he is so squeaky!!! He's taken it down a notch or two since, but we thought this was just too funny!!!