The Rose Family

With the clock ticking down, I managed to get the last bid in on a new Nintendo Wii with 4 seconds left on eBay. So now we are a Wii family. We're all excited. Matt and Josh are going to have a blast playing it. It's being shipped out from Illinois and should get here Monday. FHE will be fun.

So yeah, the first round of dental work is over. I spent two days with that nervous pit in my stomach, just knowing I was getting an emergency root canal. Tooth #18 (very back-bottom molar on the left) had become abscessed and it needed work. The tooth itself broke back in August, but since I dread the dentist, I never went... until it finally became unbearable. I knew I had a big problem when the numbing tooth gel I bought at the pharmacy didn't do a thing.

I was sent to a specialist for the work, and I was REALLY impressed by the office. The staff was great and the endontologist was very good at what he did. I needed three novacaine shots and some smaller shots right around the tooth itself. He ended up pulling out three roots and put me on antibiotics and vicodine. I was pretty fuzzed up the rest of the afternoon.

So part one is done. I need to go in again to get the opposite molar (#31 on the right-bottom side) worked on as well. There's a 50/50 chance it might need a root canal too, but the dentist thinks he can do enough to keep that from happening. You'd think I was chewing on gravel or something.

So can I say that I absolutely hate the dentist?

So I went out fertilizing the grass yesterday and, well, a dog just decided to show up to join in on the fun. I called the troops out of the house and it was like an early Christmas for them. They got to play with the dog for awhile before we went out to run errands. She was such a friendly dog and was very good with the kids. So I grabbed the camera and clicked away...

The 7 month milestone is here and we thought we'd post the growing belly to prove that there really is a #3... another boy. This house is full of boys. Dad appreciates that... and Mom enjoys being the only girl because that means she gets to be the favorite girl in the house. So here's our woman at the 7 month milestone!

So, normally you wake up early in the morning and discover that your house has been invaded by tiny little eggs hidden in all sorts of places. Some of which go unseen after a few months. That was not the case here at the Rose Garden. Someone must have forgotten to tell him that Arizona doesn't follow daylight savings time, and he showed up a little early. However, it appears that this year he did it on purpose. Two little flashlights were somehow slipped into Dad's pockets while he was in the garage. The flashlights were dispersed to two, beaming boys and a nighttime hunt commenced. A few minutes later, baskets were filled with cool eggs that glowed in the dark as well as Batman and Spiderman eggs. Take a look at the loot!

Two weeks ago we received a letter from the HOA, simply stating "Paint the wall." We decided to go overboard and paint MORE than just the wall... we painted the driveway too... take a look!