On the Mend....

The little man is recovering from surgery on Friday to put in tubes and remove his adenoids... Our ENT remarked, "That was a lot of infection in one little kid!" So hopefully we are on the mend... hopefully our child will be able to breathe out of his nose for the first time since he was 2 months old, and will lose the cough he's had since last April, and will be able to close his mouth every once in a while. Hopefully. He is definitely hearing better, that's for sure, and seems to feel like a million bucks.

In other news, welcome Sarah Elise and Andrew to parents Melissa and Andrew in Cinci/Louisiana, born last week! They are beautiful babies who are lucky to have such awesome parents. We hope to meet them both soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Longs!

The First Haircut

I'll be recapping the last month or so in the next few posts, my camera hung out in my hometown for awhile after I returned home for Christmas, and I only recently re-acquired it. On Christmas Eve, Franklin visited Mr. Billy at Billy's Barber Shop to get his first real haircut. Franklin was pretty well-behaved for a 14 month old! It's likely that our success was due to Billy's expertise in this area, but I thought Franklin did pretty well. Without further adieu, Franklin's first haircut in pictures:

Merry Christmas from the Longs!

Franklin and Santa-- The Play by Play

Earlier this holiday season, Franklin met Santa. Things started off well:

He was clearly curious about the jolly ol' elf in the big red suit....

So when it was his turn to take a seat on Santa's lap, I was confident my big boy would do just fine. WRONG! Things went rapidly downhill. Franklin's Santa experience, in pictures:

Oh well. Maybe next year.

Franklin Van Gogh?

Baby it's COLD outside...

Franklin's bundled up and ready to face the weather.