So which do you want? The good news or the bad news first? Just life, ya know?

• Timmy has graduated to a "big boy bed" in his new "big boy room". Spent the day on Sunday revamping the whole room. Took down the animal pictures, animal valance, animal mirror, the changing table and the crib. Let me tell you, it was REALLY hard. I was seriously on the verge of tears the whole time. No more babies in this house. No more crib. While it’s so exciting that Timmy is growing up, I’m missing my baby. And even though he’s still a baby in so many ways, he’s a big boy too. The lack of crib just sealed the deal.

           I am proud and happy to report that the transition from crib to bed was a very, very smooth one. He is LOVING his bed and is sleeping great in it. He seems to take a really long time to fall asleep in it, but he’s sleeping pretty late in the morning (between 7-8:30), and most importantly, he’s not getting out. For naps (we are still hanging on to the nap for now, thank god) I’m still rocking him until he falls asleep cause it just takes too long otherwise. And I decided to let him keep his papi’s for now. I didn’t want him to associate the bed with me taking them away, thus equaling no sleep. We need sleep. So the papi fairy is on vacation for now, until we are more ready. I am also selfish and don’t want to give up the naps yet. I still need that time.

           Timmy decided on a Superman theme for his room. Picked out the bedding himself from the Pottery Barn Kids catalogue and store. We had the Superman and Batman pictures from the big boys old room. Bought the lunchboxes on the bookshelf from Party City when we were going to get his party supplies. The navy blue and red bins with the chalkboard fronts are from Target. The furniture is all from his old room except the nightstand and mirror are new from Gothic Cabinet Craft. The big blue smooshy chair is from my room when I was little. I can’t believe it’s held up as well as it has over the last 30 or so years! It even folds out into a bed so he can have some sleepovers eventually. He just looks so tiny in that big bed, but so, so cute.  

• John’s back (herniated disc) is just a mess. The shots (epidural steroid injections that are shot right into the disc to try to reduce swelling) aren’t doing anything and he’s in a lot of pain. And while he has the Percoset, he can’t really take it cause he needs to not be high at work! So he saw the surgeon (and got a second opinion) yesterday and they are going ahead with surgery on next Tuesday 2/26. How’s that for speedy? He is supposed to be in the hospital only overnight and then home for a week if all goes as it’s supposed to. Then one easy week at work and by the third week, he’s supposed to be all back to normal work activity. I hope it goes that well. My only solace is that this surgery is a lot less intense than the other neck disc surgery he got a few years back. And he came thru that one okay (well, except for the fact that he couldn’t breathe while coming out of anesthesia- that was a little scary) in the end. That one was a lot more dangerous and risky with the placement in the neck. And the recovery was LOOOOOONG. So if you are so inclined, please send some good thoughts our way for a good outcome to the surgery and a quick recovery.

• Today’s was Timmy’s 3rd birthday party at the Rec Center. After doing the math (and those of you who know me, know what a feat that is for me), I figured out that out of the 11 birthdays we’ve had in the house for the boys all combined, that 8 of them have now been at the Rec Center. I guess we really like it there, huh? The only ones we didn’t have there were each of the 1st birthdays (those were at home) and the big boys birthday last year which was at Shea Stadium. Pictures and a whole birthday party post to follow soon.

• John is getting a new car tommorrow. A Mercedes SUV. Will post pictures on that as soon as I can but the weather tommorrow is supposed to be pretty bad, so it might have to wait til the weekend. We’re both pretty excited about it! (yes, John is actually excited about something. I know, hard to believe). This is pretty much what it looks like, same color too.

Timmy is getting evaluated for speech next week. His teacher and pediatrician both thought I should get him tested for articulation. His vocabulary is fantastic and his sentences are long and great. It’s just that apparently some people find it difficult to understand him sometimes. So I’m surprised on how fast the process has been going along. I just put the paperwork in early this week and I already have evaluation appointments next week. When the big boys were evaluated for their whole low muscle tone thing 4+ years ago, I think it took so much longer. We are going back to the same place where Jack & Patrick went for their PT and OT. I’ll let you know what happens. I personally don’t think that he’s going to qualify, but we’ll see. It’s free and it dosen’t hurt to see.