A long over-due update!

Life in the Caughlin house has settled down dramatically since July 6th. In fact we have had 1 trip to Dr Egberts office since and don't have plans to see him again until August 31st for pre-op appt (yea, i really said that) and then scheduled surgery for September 11th. I laughed at the scheduler as she recommended Skyler go to the PASS clinic (pre surgery check up) as if he hadn't been threw it before in the past few months! But I could not argue my way out of the pre op with the dr, think its ridiculous, but who am I and what say do I have right?

Any how, yes one last surgery in September, that is to remove the bars that are no longer embedded in his jaw bone, but floating nicely in the pouch of his cheeks. You know that saying "Go big or Go home" ??...that is Mr Skyler's Motto. What we did find out at our last appt, which I can not remember when it was, 2 weeks after the 6th, anyways...what we did find out with some x-rays was that even after the pins were taken out and all is said and done, the bars have collapsed and so all in all more growth was lost. Dr E says that out of the 20mm we were hoping for in the very beginning we may have gained 5...count them, 5mm! :( so sad. He did show me on the x ray that the placement of Skyler's bottom molars in comparison to the top ones were slightly in front of them, which when we started they were slightly behind them...so we will take that positive news as it is given to us :)

On another note, since we have been MIA on here for a month or so. We have taken some time to enjoy ALL the nice weather!! We took the boys the bite of Seattle. We really enjoyed the yummy food and music, and tried to have the boys enjoy the International fountain..ha ha yea right! Neither one thought the giant sprinkler was awesome. Also were some trips to the lake with our friends Alicia Ryan and their boys. Skyler loved the water there! He floated the lake for ever, we even got brave and let him have the ring around his waist and let him walk in the shallow end, in another life I know this boy was a fish!
And last night we got some tickets from a friend and went to the little county fair!! Same ole thing each year but we have to do it! Skyler has done it many times and loves it, but Seth had his first experience with the GIANT inflatable slides and bouncy house! OH MAN!! We had to pry the kids away from there. Cute cute cute!

And both of them will be celebrating here in the next week! I can hardly believe it, and I know each year I say this and I know I will say it for many more to come! WHERE does time go? WHERE have my babies gone? Skyler has turned into such a young man! And Seth has left the baby stages and starting to be a boy. He does things that are so "kid" like. Insane I tell ya!
So next Friday Skyler is 7 and the following Monday Seth is 2. (sniff sniff)

I apologize again for no updates, cause I know each and everyone of you has been sitting at your computer checkin this site hourly :P I just took advantage of the lack of chaos and got back into the groove of life. Which some how meant, I get no more computer time! I even have had a hard time playing a game I got addicted to in the hospital. Oh well.
All our love
Casie and her boys!