The Kentucky Thalman's

Jackson had his 5th surgery which was a hernia repair on Monday. Poor kid was soo hungry though.  He ate at 6:30pm dinner the night before and couldn't have anything when he woke up and his surgery didn't start until 9:30am. He kept signing drink and food and getting into my diaper bag.  Luckily they had some fun toys to play with while we wait.  And of course he dazzled all the nurses and other patients.  We got buzzed to go into the consult room and Dr. Ziada told us everything went great and we could go up and see him soon.  When we got up there he was drinking his first ever Powerade from a sippy cup and would not let it go.  If I tried to take one of his arms down so they could get his blood pressure he would scream! He drank almost the whole bottle and some cheerios before we left.  On our way out, he threw up a little.  Looked just like our dogs throw up with all the cheerios in it.  Then when we were in the car on the way home I ...

This day came too soon.  The day after all of Jackson's surgeries we knew he would need were finished and we would find out he needed another one.  An unplanned one.   I guess I handled it much better than I thought I would.  I didn't really tear up until after I got home from the appointment.  The doctors probably think my heart is made of steal the way they nonchalantly said it to me. It's not a big deal and is an outpatient procedure.   He has a hernia.    They thought he had hydrocele for awhile now, which is a fluid filled sac in the scrotum.  And it still might be that. We will find out if it's that or bowel that has moved down into his scrotum after the ultrasound next week.  He isn't in pain and it really hasn't been a big deal.  His right side has always been a little bigger but it was luck that the day he had a fever (his testicles usually hanging way out of him when he has one. Awkward, I know) he ha...

I have been having some epic pinterest fails lately, which is NOT the norm.  Most of the things I have made have been really good.  I guess the ones I have picked just have been bad choices. Here are some I guess I set myself up to fail for this one.  I am from KC and I am very particular about my BBQ  Zesty Slow cooker BBQ chicken Ok.  This wasn't a total fail.  It was pretty good, but the sauce was SO runny and I coudn't get it to thicken up using tricks.  Maybe someone else will have better luck?  Hawaiian Meatballs Summer chicken wraps. How amazing do these look?  These were an EPIC fail.  The thing that made it fail? A $7 jar of almond butter I had to get at whole foods.  NOT a good taste. Want to know what's AMAZING?!?! Most likely you already have the ingredients.  Fast, easy, cheap, yummy! Crispy Cheddar Chicken These were really...