Jake's First Stitches

My pretty boy.  He was so worried that you'd be able to see the stitches when you looked at his face.

Well, we made it 6.5 years with no stitches for the Summers' boys...until now.  I think that's pretty impressive for 3 very rough and tough little boys!  

Here's how it went down- I was at a doctor's appointment dealing with a dang complication from my c-section and my friend was watching the older two boys.  Right before the doctor walked in, I got the phone call from my panicked friend, "Jake slipped in the pool and busted his chin open...he needs stitches!"  I kindly apologized to the doctor and bolted as quickly as I could; I'm not one to panic, but my friend (who is a mother of 4) sounded panicked.  Jake was panicked.  Scratch that- Jake was hysterical.  

I met my friend's hubby at the pediatrician's office and our awesome doctor stitched it right up.  There was definitely some drama, though, from my Jake as he was being held down by 6 nurses, 1 doctor, and 1 mama.  Luckily, no potty words came from his sweet little mouth, but he did say "GO AWAY YOU MONSTERS!"  and "I'LL GIVE YOU ALL MY MONEY NOT TO DO THIS!" Hahaha!  After he got the lidocaine, he calmed down and apologized to the doctors and nurses and even told the doctor, "you were right," which he thought was super cute.  When it was all done (and we were all sweaty messes from holding my strong boy down), Jake said "that wasn't so bad."  Ha!  I told him to remember that the next time he has to get stitches or when his little brothers have to because this will NOT be our last time.  Life with boys.  

UCF After VBS

The older two boys went to Vacation Bible School this week next to Tyson's office, so everyday when we got done, I'd pick them up (and the Sperry's, too) and take them to see Tyson.  Well, of course, they wanted to go play football, tackle the dummies, run from one end to the next, etc.  I think they had a good time. ;)

The Calm Before the Storm

 I caught Walker dancing. Haha!

 Naked baby!

 My boys!

 The littles.

Muscle men.

June has been an absolutely crazy month between moving, shuffling the boys to different summer camps, learning of mom's diagnosis, and dealing with Tyson's crazy hours (camps every weekend, late night functions multiple times a week, hosting recruits).  I'm so over June, but I'm afraid the craziness is just beginning.  My parents should be arriving at my house sometime today, and we have a day full of doctors' appointments tomorrow.  We'll see what the doctor says, but from what we've heard, this type of cancer usually involves a big surgery right off the bat.  I'm absolutely dreading it for my mom. :(  Anyways, more on this later.  For now, we're just trying to enjoy our weekend and the calm before the storm. 

Father's Day

 The Summers and Sperrys (except for the two little ones)

 Slip and slide!

 A little chicken fighting.  Bella won.

 Walker won this round.

Father's Day was tough for me this year, I'm not gonna lie.  I've obviously had a lot on my mind with what's going on with my mom, but I didn't want to ruin the day for Tyson and the boys.  We ended up having a last minute get-together with our neighbors, the Sperrys, and it was a very welcomed distraction.  The kids had a lot of fun, as you can see from the pictures, and even won a few rounds of chicken fighting. ;)

By the way, I created a facebook page for my mom if you are interested in following it: https://www.facebook.com/pattikingteam?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark .  Please continue to pray for my mom.  We've got a tough road ahead.  Thanks!

Jake's Flag Football Camp

Little boys...making tooting noises...story of my life.

TOUCHDOWN!!

Getting his shoe tied. :)

Jake running the ball.

Jake on defense.

Jake got the sack here.

Last week, Jake went to a flag football camp and they held a scrimmage for the parents on Friday.  He got 2 touchdowns, pulled lots of flags, and won the 40 yard dash for his age in the combine.  Oh, and he had so much fun!

9 Months Old

 This started as a game of peekaboo around the couch between Jake and Anderson...

 ...and then it turned into a game of "let's crawl around the house as we chase mama with her camera."

 Look at the face Anderson has started making.  Ha!

Anderson had his 9 month check up last week.  He weighed 22 lbs 4 oz (85%) and was 30 in tall (96%). Here are his numbers compared to his brothers at 9 months:

Jake:         21 lbs. 8 oz and 29.5 inches tall
Walker:     21 lbs. 14 oz and 29.75 inches tall
Anderson: 22 lbs. 4 oz and 30 inches tall

He's still winning the chubby bunny contest. :)

My Mama

I just posted this on facebook, so I figure I would do the same thing on here.  My sweet mama has cancer- gastric adenocarcinoma to be exact.  I am heart broken.  Her doctor found it on a scope yesterday and got the pathology results back today to confirm it.  I cried so hard yesterday that I made myself sick; I'm pretty sure I was in shock.  Either way, I'm trying to avoid crying right now, so I can't go into too much detail about it at this time.  I'll write more when I can.  Just please pray for my mama.  She's having scans done this coming Monday to check for metastasis, so please pray for no metastasis specifically.  Thank you.