It was decided that Xander’s surgery couldn’t wait so he had it on Friday. Xander wasn’t thrilled about being denied his breakfast, but he actually handled it better than I thought he would. (And if I’m being honest, he handled it better than I handled our 4:30 AM wake up time so we could be at the hospital by 5:45.) They let me feed him in the recovery room and he chowed down! Initially they told us that he would have to stay overnight for observation after the surgery, just because teeny babies and general anesthesia don’t always mix well, but they were actually able to do the surgery with a spinal instead of a general and we got to go home later that afternoon. Yay! I have no idea how they kept him calm enough to do that, but we were pretty thrilled. He seems to be feeling loads better post surgery. I was a little nervous about managing his pain since all he can have is Tylonal, but honestly he’s been super happy all weekend. I guess having your intestines put back in the right spot will really improve your outlook on life. 🙂 Of course there’s never a dull moment around here and right now Kate is sick. We actually had to cancel her birthday party. Poor thing.
If you made it through all of that, here’s your crafty reward. Another layout from last July done with the treasure map papers. Note to self: must order more before it’s all gone!
In related news, I finally got a tiny attacher! Y’all, it was worth every penny. Don’t let anyone try to convince you that a regular stapler will do just as well because IT WON’T! The tiny attacher is just so cute and awesome and, well, tiny. 🙂 It also staples through wood veneers and my DIY epoxy flair badges. In other words, it’s perfect.
This layout was a medium on the time consuming scale. I’m wanting to kick it up a notch so that I can finish July 2014 before we get to July 2015. I’m writing this on Sunday which means I have 2 days to complete 7 layouts. HAHAHAHAHAHA. If nothing else, I got the pictures printed this morning so that’s something. I’ll try to write a new goals post for Wednesday so stay tuned!