I Want the Old Adam Back

This new Adam talks funny, is too quiet, whines way too much, and is mean. His voice has changed since he has no tonsils. It sounds nasally and whiny. I have been told that this is just temporary. I hope so because I don't think I can take much more of the whining. I can't understand a thing he says now, and I hate having to ask him to repeat stuff because I know it hurts his throat. He gets so frustrated that he ends up crying which is no good for his throat either. He resorts to grunting and pointing most of the time which I also sometimes don't get. As you can see in the above picture, the new Adam is not cooperative. The old Adam would pose for the camera with a big "Cheese!" Not this Adam. I've tried to take his picture several times and he turns away. The new Adam is not nice to his siblings. I was leaving to go pick Jackson up from bible school this morning and he stood at the door telling me he didn't want me to get Jackson. The old Adam hated when Jackson wasn't home. The new Adam is throwing things at Sarah instead of giving them to her nicely like he used to. I am hoping these new behaviors are all coming from the stress of this surgery and are going to be short-lived. I have a feeling if they continue he is going to begin spending a lot more time in time out and is going to be seeing a lot of "Spanky Spoon".

He has been feeling much better today I think. He has asked to eat on several occasions. He went to a friend's birthday party this afternoon and an ice cream social at church tonight. He had a few bites of the birthday cake at the party, and when we got home from church, he said he wanted a hot dog- Why not? They're soft. Kevin cut one up in the tiniest of pieces and Adam ate the whole thing! That's more than he's eaten in one day so far! (He also had some ice cream at church.)

Sarah's newest favorite toy- a water bottle. She carried this thing around all morning. At the birthday party I had a Coke and she was dying to get her hands on the bottle. She had some cake and ice cream, too. She wasn't too fond of the ice cream but loved the cake!

Now, do you think she would hold her real bottle by herself?- NOPE! She refuses to hold it but will sit in this beanbag and hold the water bottle. Go figure! I just knew she would crawl right out when I put her there but she stayed for quite a while.

I don't think Adam expected me to have the camera when he did this. He also made an awful face when he got up. I think this pose must have hurt his throat a little.