Jubilee is Home!

You know you have a large family when...

...you have to carry three health insurance cards in your wallet- because that's how many it takes to fit everyone's name.
...you take the wrong child to the dentist...simply because your handwriting on the calendar was messy and both started with a "j".
...grocery shopping for 30 children and 12 adults for a two day camp constitutes a "small" shopping trip for you.
You find yourself relating some small incident to your husband and starting with the words, "Well, I only boiled twenty-six eggs for breakfast..."
...you buy a 40 pound box of bananas intending to make banana bread and freeze a bunch for smoothies...but your children eat them all first.
...you find an afternoon root canal relaxing.
...it takes you twenty-three minutes on the phone to schedule your children's dental appointments.
...you've given up on using your toaster entirely and make all of your toast under the broiler in you oven.
...you are seriously tempted by the stacking cribs you see at Goodwill for $19.99.
...you find yourself thinking, "Wow, the house is so quiet and peaceful with only nine children".
...you have enough children to constitute not one, but TWO large families.
...you have a laundry basket devoted entirely to lonely socks seeking their mate.
...when you got to buy your children those cool "spin toothbrushes" because you think they get their teeth so much cleaner...but the store doesn't carry enough styles/colors for your children to each have a different toothbrush.
...when you can't take all of your children to the doctor's office at the same time because the waiting room has only 10 seats.
...when you still have seven children that are required by law to sit in a carseat or booster seat.
...you call the doctor to get your children tetnus shots, and they tell you they don't have enough in the office and need to order more from the health department.
...you take up more than one entire pew in church.
...you take only half of your children to the library, and STILL get asked if they're all yours.
...you go to fill your children's flouride prescription at the phamacy and you clean them out of every pill they have...and it's still not enough.
...you spend sixty dollars on socks...and not everyone gets new socks.
...you go shopping at Costco and the cashier asks if you're having a soccer barbecue.

July 02, 2009

And doing great. A sore throat, but downing plenty of popsicles.

Getting checked in, and obviously a bit nervous.

All suited up and waiting.

Suited up, drugged up, and getting wheeled away.

In recovery.

Chuck was so gentle with Jubilee. Holding her hand, and stroking her. At one point (still drugged) she turned to Chuck, looked him right in the eyes, and said, "I love you". It was so sweet.

Well, we're exhausted over here, so I'm off to rest.

Thanks for your prayers.

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I'm so glad to hear a good report. Thanks for posting so quickly! :)

Posted by: Davene | July 02, 2009 at 02:09 PM

I hope she feels better soon! Praying for a quick recovery.

Posted by: April | July 02, 2009 at 07:35 PM

Okay I missed something! Did she have an outpatient surgery? I have missed a post or something. Was this her ears? The pictures are so sweet! Am praying for her quick recovery.

Posted by: Jo Abair | July 02, 2009 at 09:15 PM

Glad all went well! And what a sweet moment to share in the midst of it!

Posted by: Dana | July 02, 2009 at 11:20 PM

I am glad that Jubilee's surgery went well. My 3 year old daughter has enlarged adenoids and we wre praying that it shrinks on its own so that she has no need for surgery later.

Posted by: gayle | July 03, 2009 at 04:46 AM

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