Bubbers is on the Mend!!

Hi everyone!! I just thought I'd post this and let you all know that Will is doing better, and give those who have only gotten bits and pieces of the story the whole thing.

Will went to bed on the Friday night feeling fine. He had eaten fine, went to bed fine, seemed FINE. He woke up about 5:00 am, with a fever and was crying pretty hard. He settled right back down, so I didn't give him any Tylenol or anything like that. He slept till about 8:30, and woke up with a fever of about 105, and a lump growing out the side of his neck the size of half a tennis ball. I took him to the Guelph Emergency Department, and they rushed him by ambulance to McMaster Hospital in Hamilton. They determined that there was a cyst growing from his tonsils into his throat, and took out his tonsils and adenoids the next day. When we got let into the recovery room after his surgery, he was having a hard time breathing and needed a lot of suctioning and oxygen. We spent way longer in the recovery room then what was normal, but the awesome nurse finally got him to keep his oxygen saturations at 91% with about 2L of oxygen.
That night he kept dropping his oxygen sats into the 80's and 70's, but with some help from the Respiratory Team and lots of suctioning he was ok. The next morning about 11:00 he started to drop his sats again, only this time it didn't matter what they did he wouldn't respond. He was satting in the 40's, and eventually wouldn't take breaths on his own. The called it a "coma brought on from the moriphine", in which he was so out of it he couldn't even breathe on his own. About 3:00 one of his doctors from the ENT (ear, nose and throat team) gave him some medication to immediatley reverse the effects of the moriphine and within 3 minutes he was awake and screaming. What a sound to his mommy's ears!! We stayed for a couple of days after that to make sure everything was good, and then came home. A visit to his pediatrician showed that he lost just over 5 pounds in 6 days. Thankfully he's back to eating like his old self, and we're optimistic that he'll gain it back in no time.
My baby will be 2 tomorrow.....and I can't believe we almost lost him.

October and November....

Soooooo, apparently I'm rather crappy at keeping my word of updating more frequently. Here I am again with October, November, only December and January to go. Yikes. And, we had so many awesome things that were "blog-worthy" in these months!! Sorry to those of you who have already seen these pics, but some of them are so darn cute that I had to put them up!!

Mark's best friend got married in October. As the pictures prove, Mark made one smokin' hot best man, and Jack was the cutest, sweetest ring bearer in the world. He did everything he was supposed, including having an hour nap in the limo. It was such a great day!!

Here he comes!! Rehearsal time!!!


Best friends for 32 years!!


Ready to rock...


Me and Jack...


Mark and Mike...


Adorable!


Quite clearly we make a lovely couple.


Boppa's birthday turned out to be more than just a party, Will finally took 4 steps on his own at the age of 15 1/2 months!! It was cool to have mom and dad here to see it!! Jack took the time to make Boppa his birthday cake...for one cake he used 4tubes of icing and 5 vials of sprinkles. While we appreciated his decorator talent, 5 vials of sprinkles makes things taste like you dropped it in sand. Sweet sand mind you, but verrrrry gritty.

Icing...


The completed project!!


Boppa and his boys!


Will and Jack loved Halloween this year...all Jack wanted to be was Spiderman. We went together to get his costume, and he fell in love with it instantly!! However, we had to really bribe him to keep his mask on!!

Pumpkin time!!


Will was a little unsure of the gunk...


Cutest!!


Will got his first time-out for hitting, as you can see it was totally worthwhile.




Our little Soldier-to-Be was a hit at the Remembrance Day parade. It makes me so proud at how much he gets from this, and how much he loves it. He will very adamantly tell you that he's going to be a soldier when he's a big boy. He's starting to ask more questions now that are a little harder to brush off, but we do our best without being brutally honest with him. Recently Mark's brother-in-law and sister lost a really good friend in Afghanistan, and even more recently one of my best friends lost her cousin over there as well. It really opens your eyes. Jack got to go for a tour of the Guelph Armoury as well, and he LOVED it. He still talks about the trucks he got to help load, and the 'thousands' of soldiers he got to see.

At the parade. He made every single newspaper in Guelph for these shots (courtesy of the Guelph Mercury), and made the Highlights of 2008 as well.



At the Armoury...





So, thats another 2 months down. I swear to have this thing updated by the end of the week.

Love,
Ronda xoxoxox

Catch-up Time!!

Wow.....how long it's been since I updated this thing!! Life with two boys is so incredibly busy...but so much fun too. We have had such a great few months, I didn't even know where to start. In order to bring this blog up-to-somewhat-date, I had to go all the way back to July. Hope you enjoy.....I'll do my best to try and make much better use of my free time, and get this thing updated more often!!
Love,
The Sharpe Squad


Our baby turned one....where the heck did that year go?? We had a party for him with our family and another small one with the neighbors and our friends. He got right into the whole party thing....and man oh man, did he love that cake.

His very own cake...

Yum!


Looks like he'll put his size to good use....he loves the football!!


We had some wonderful, hot summer days....perfect for sprinklers!!

Have you ever seen such a handsome boy?????


Mark's best friend Mike got married in October. His fiance had her wedding shower at the Cutten Club this summer, which was themed "High Tea". It came complete with some fancy hats!!

Me and Mark....


The groom and his best man...


Mike's sister Sarah and Will...one of the nicest people you will ever meet!!
For my 30th (yikes) a bunch of us went to Moxies for dinner, and then headed out to the Ranch. One of my childhood friends who has been out of the country for a few years came up for the night. It was great to party it up with her again, as well as some great friends and neighbors.

Mark and Will couldn't keep their eyes off the waitress. Wonder why??
Me and Kim at the end of the evening....


We had tons of great weekends at the cottage this summer too...Will loves the boat and the water, and Jack just loves everything that comes with the place. It's one of his favourite places to be!

Jack insists on putting on his own sunscreen....


Bubbers generally falls asleep instantly...


Loving brothers...


Loves being here!!


Great corn this year!!



I volunteered to be a parent on Jack's daycare trip to the zoo. I forgot how much I love the school bus (yeah, right), and I never anticipated how well behaved thirty 1-4 year olds could be (yeah, RIGHT). It was fun to spend some one-on-one time with Jack, and he had a great time.



Anyone who knows us knows how much we love football....more specifcally the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mark got tickets to go see them play the Bills in Toronto. Mark, his brother and I headed down for a great night. We had a wicked time even though they lost. Mark and I can't wait to go see them play in Pittsburgh sometime!!


My very excited hubby before the game...


Us, loving the game.


We rented a trailer one weekend this August and went camping at Valens Conservation Area. The boys had a wonderful time and loved the beach and sleeping in the trailer. They loved it so much that Mark bought the family tent trailer so that we can have more wonderful weekends next summer too!!

Our rented home...


Bubbers on the beach, loving the taste of sand. Yuck.


Jack loves the sand too!!


My parents live not too far from the campground, so they came up for dinner. Here's my dad with his tank-like grandson....there's obviously nothing wrong with Will's appetite...look at that gut!!


Back at the beach...


Bubs and daddy in the water...


Anual family trip to Moparfest.....we got to take the Charger this year. It's so fun to watch Mark in his glory with all them classic Dodge's, but it's really cool to see Jack loving it too. He gets almost as excited as Mark!!




We live on a great street, complete with some wonderful neighbors. One of our neighbors organized a Progressive Party, whic is basically a travelling party. Most of us took a turn hosting, and we spent an hour at each others house before moving onto the next house, with a whole new "signature drink" and snacks. There was some mighty drunk people on the street that night, but one of the funniest nights I've ever had.

The first house...thanks Rob and Jim!!


Brad finishing off the Sex on the Beach drink, right out of the bowl...I do believe this was the beginning of the end for him.


Me and Wendy....


The girls of the evening.....



Jack at the Mighty Machine Show in Kitchener. There's a whole bunch of machinery and big trucks that allow kids to go through them and pretend to drive. A perfect day for Jack!!

Jack and his best friend Owen


Digging....


Bubbers is maybe not going to work in the excavation department...





Mark's dad retired this Septmeber. We had a party for him at the Country Club, and finished the day off at a family friend's house for a BBQ. It was a great day!!

Mike, Mark, Laura, Dave and MaryLou.


Dave and some of his past employees...


My two handsome boys...


Mark and Kenny, who was Dave's apprentice many years ago when he owned his own garage.


Friends and family in Ian and Linda's backyard...

Wellington Motors threw him a retirement lunch, and surprised him with this sign!!





Enjoying some nice fall weather....


Momma's birthday dinner at Uncle Kevin and Aunt Lori's house...





Jack now takes skating lessons every Saturday morning. He likes it alright, and isn't too bad at it, but would much rather sit and watch the other kids. So, to sum it up, we paid $400 for our 3 year old to "People Watch". Ugh.