Really?......Really?

The title is what most people have said when we tell them about Tony going back to the hospital....again.

Wednesday night, Tony started complaining about some pain in his stomach, around the bellybutton. He wasn't exactly sure what it was, but decided to sleep it off. Thursday morning it just felt worse, and the pain had started to localize on his right side. But being the awesome/tough guy that he is, he worked  the entire day, and just walked hunched over to lessen the pain. We finally took him to the hospital at about 8 o'clock Thursday evening. After waiting about an hour, they took us back, and quickly realized that he had appendicitis. They weren't positive though, so they made him drink these two cups of liquid   (it had dye in it so that they could see his insides better when they did the CT scan). An hour after he finished drinking, they did the CT scan and discovered that it was, indeed, appendicitis. May I just say: hasn't this guy gone through enough?

Autumn was awesome and watched Jack (sleep) until I came home around 1 in the morning. They decided to postpone the surgery until the morning. 

This is Jack and I waiting for Tony to come out of surgery. We waited a long time, and Jack was such a good sport. (It's amazing what an Ipad can do for entertainment).

When Tony woke up, he was in a lot of pain. It took them awhile to get him back to his room. They had him on a clear liquid diet, which included jello. The particular jello in the picture tasted salted, so we got him a different kind. 

He had to wear these to prevent blood clots. They do this for most people who have surgery. 

Tony is back home now, and feeling quite a bit better. This hospital stay was not his favorite because he didn't have his regular nurses, but we are hoping that this was his LAST hospital stay. The surgery really went well and the incisions are very small, and probably won't leave much of a scar. 

Back to Work!

Last night we went on a fun date without the kiddos with some of our friends. We went to an Irish pub that had an awesome Lobster deal. We decided it was our celebration of Tony going back to work. Us girls are going to miss having him around all the time. And he will be dearly missed by little Jacko. But this is a huge step in the right direction. His recovery has been going so well! We have been so blessed. (We are also blessed to have such awesome friends to eat Lobster with).

And here he was this morning, off to work!

Clemyjontri Park

We finally made it back to Clemyjontri park today. Tony hadn't seen it yet, and last time we were there it was too hot to play on most of the toys. Jack was so happy. This park is awesome, and is incredibly huge. 

Here is Jack and Tony doing the maze:

And trying out a racing wheel.

I had to put this picture up because Jack's face is awesome in it. He just ran from one section of the park to the next. So many fun things!

And playing on with the musical instruments. 

And Jack is a incredible climber. I have been impressed by all the things he can climb.

And this was by far his favorite part of the park. We spent a lot of time just running back and forth on the bridge.

 And here is my big boy on the slide. (The overalls are cute, huh? Tony dressed him today).

Even Tony tried out some of the toys.