What a Day!

Yesterday was an eventful day for our family!

It all started on Friday morning. Josh woke up with pain in his jaw and swollen glands on one side. He went to work, but the pain got progressively worse and concentrated in a wisdom tooth over the course of the day. It eventually got so bad that it hurt to talk, so he left early. We shortened our list of Halloween stops so we could get him home to bed. Home we got, but he never got to sleep all night. He developed a fever and was sick to his stomach, and couldn't stop shivering for hours. Yesterday morning, we got in touch with the only dentist we really know personally, a friend from high school who we haven't seen in ages - Andrew Halford. Andrew opened his office and met us there at 9am. He did an examination and x-rays to find that there was a big infection underneath Josh's wisdom tooth. He said that he normally refers patients to a dental surgeon to have their wisdom teeth pulled, but if Josh was in this much pain and wanted it out, he would do it. Josh said something along the lines of: "Just do it, man." After a few shots of Novocain and several moments when Jane and Isaac had to leave the room, the tooth was out. Although he was still in pain from the tooth being pulled, Josh said he felt less pressure almost instantly.

Jane and Isaac debated whether they should stay home with the patient or go to the Mommy-Baby Halloween Party they had been invited to. We all figured that Josh would get more rest in a quiet house, so they headed out to the party for a couple hours to give him some peace and quiet.

You will be pleased to know that we didn't take any disgusting pictures of the tooth extraction...but here are some cuties in their costumes from the party. Thanks to Laura and
Chloe for hosting us all!

We weren't able to get a group shot of all the kids, but through the pictures you will probably see all of them: Chloe as a black cat (daughter of Laura), Payton as Cookie Monster (son of Nicole), Spencer as a turtle (son of Trisha), Kiona as a butterfly (daughter of Erica), Ava as a cartoon character that I'm not familiar with...sorry! (daughter of Christine), Gracie as a witch and Brady as a chicken (daughter and son of Heather), Lexi who took off her costume and Brooklyn as a lion (daughters of Jaclyn), and Michaela as Snow White (dauther of Kristen). Also in the crowd were four expectant Mamas: Jane, Laura, Jaclyn, and Kerry-Anne. Looks like there will be at least 4 more babies at next year's party!

Chloe taking a picture of Butterfly Kiona. Chloe is turning into a real shutterbug these days!
Isaac and Chloe escape the chaos for a snack on the stairs.


Payton, entertaining us with a song.


Lexi, Ava, and Isaac playing with the kitchen.

Isaac took a very strong liking to Chloe's Grampy from the instant he walked into the room. He kept reaching for him to pick him up and petting his beard!


Payton in action, going head-first down the slide in Chloe's awesome new playroom!Isaac and Trisha, having a laugh

And to follow-up on Josh's condition - he's doing so much better today. Between an antibiotic for the infection, Tylenol 3 for the pain, and lots of yogurt smoothies, he's a pretty happy camper today!