This one's for you Granddaddy!

Johnny starts first grade today. CRAZY. He is SUPER excited though!! He got to meet his teacher...Mr. Comstock on Monday. He thinks it is awesome that he has a "Man" teacher!! Plus he has one of his friends from class last year and his cousin in his class. This year he gets to start going to art class and he gets to go to PE twice during the week......PE is his FAVORITE!!! I'm a little nervous about starting over with a new nurse, but I'm sure that within a couple of weeks I will love her as much as I did Mrs. Daywalt!!.....I will miss that woman :(......she was absolutely wonderful with John. I can't wait to see him at 3:45 this afternoon and hear all about his day!!

Look at his new backpack from his grandparents. It has a matching lunchbox too. He got to pick it out.....his favorite color is orange and it even has his initials!!
The kids also have their bus driver from last year...Mrs. Cheryl. I think she was just as excited to see them as they were her!!!

Here he is getting home! He's really happy that some of his friends from the neighborhood are in Elementary School with him now! It sure seems crazy that these kids were two or younger when we all moved here. Look at those little big people now!!

In other news........John had surgery last Thursday to remove a Nerve Sheath Tumor from his left arm. He has had a growth there for a couple of years, but didn't really think anything of it. Then last winter it started to cause him some discomfort. By Spring I said enough is enough and forced him to go to the doctor. After being seen and then referred on countless times by Doctors we finally ended up at a great practice at Georgetown hospital. This doctor specializes in nerve surgery's. He removed the tumor fairly easily and only had to repair one nerve. (This tumor was completely engulfed by his median nerves......the ones that control the function of his fingers.....I think I have that right) anyways.....the Dr. has high hopes that he will regain full function of all of his fingers. As of now he has lost some function in his left pointer finger and thumb. We should find out soon if it is malignant or not. The chances of that are VERY small. I will just be glad when it is all over. TOO MUCH STRESS. Poor John though. He has been a trooper through it all. I LOVE that man and have hated seeing him go through all of this :(

I had to get a picture of him in the hospital footie's. He just didn't understand why it was necessary to wear them. Men are SO funny!

Harris Teeter Deals

I made it down to HT for their triple coupon event! I got all of this for $14.11. Now that's TOTALLY worth the drive :)

All of this would have been $68 full price. I can't even imagine paying that. CRAZY!

Random summer photos......

Here are a bunch of random photos from throughout the summer! Enjoy!

Johnny and Jacob feeding the goats at the Reston Zoo. My Mom took us there last week and the boys had a blast. Johnny was super excited about seeing Kangaroos and Jacob was.....well Jacob!

Last week John's parents had a surprise Birthday party for his Grandma Mary. It turned out really well! The boys had a blast running around with their cousins!

We walked over to the new school playground the other week. It's SO nice having something SO close now!! I'm sure we will be frequent visitors there!

Here are the boys at a local water park, Jay Dee's. There was more for Johnny there than Jacob, but definitely a fun place for kids!

John and Jacob playing with sparklers at my parents house.

John going down the water slide at our neighbors house! He LOVED that thing!!!

School starts in two and a half weeks. Very bittersweet. Johnny is going to be gone all day. It seems very strange. I know that he is going to love it though! He has already started asking when he starts back! Jacob too!

We have gotten lots done this summer. Johnny goes this week to have three cavities filled. These are his first so we'll see how it goes. Johnny's diabetes is going well......if you can even call it that. John and I are much more comfortable with the daily to do's required with the disease. I might even be a diabetic pro! Plus Johnny just make it easy for us.......our brave little man!