A Break with No Doubt

It has been a long week, the first full week with Spencer home. It has been wonderful having him home, but besides the adjustment Avery, Spencer and I have been sick. Nothing like a nice summer cold to welcome my baby home from a long stay in the hospital! Besides that, Spencer has the most awful diaper rash turned into the skin being burned off of his bottom. We cannot get this thing better and he's had it close to 2 weeks now. Part of the problem is because of how his stool is right now...speaking of, Spencer had two doctors appointments this week. One with his regular pediatrician and one with his surgeon. I'm pleased to say that besides the horrible pain he's dealing with on his tush, Mr. Spencer is doing great! He's up around 9 1/2 lbs and 22 inches:) They are so pleased with the weight he's gaining-which is a concern due to his bowel surgery. At his check up with the surgeon, we learned he will be on Pregestimil formula for probably another month...this is because his doctor wants to give his bowels time to adjust for the portion of his bowel that was taken out. Basically, the part he had removed was a bottom portion that absorbs the excess water. Without that section, Spencer is having very watery stools-thus the terrible diaper rash that won't go away! It will take some time for the rest of his bowel to pick up the slack for that missing section, but it will happen and Spencer will have a normal life (we do have to worry about scar tissue blockages, but I'm not going to unless it happens)!

Ok, now to the title of the blog. Artie and I had tickets to the No Doubt concert last night in Indy. However, since the kids were sick and I was pretty sick we decided not to go. But then my wonderful husband said that he would stay home with the kids so that I could go and get a break. I am so glad that I decided to take him up on it!! I went with my sister, mom and stepdad (originally it was supposed to be me and Artie with my sister and her boyfriend...but this foursome had a blast!). It was so freakin' amazing. Paramore opened for them-which I'm a big fan of this band too! I just really can't put into words how AWESOME this concert was! Cim and I have listened to No Doubt since Tragic Kingdom came out in the early 90s and it was unbelievable to see them reunited and performing all the greats. If this tour is coming your way, I highly recommend it-great music and lots of energy:) Thanks, Artie, I had a great night (though I missed you!).

Have a great weekend everyone! 

Sisters getting excited for the fun to start! We ended up having great seats:)

My mom and stepdad, Tom, joined in on the fun. We originally had lawn seats, but were able to upgrade to pavilion seats-way worth it!!

Let me tell you, Paramore's lead singer's red  hair says a lot...this girl is a firecracker!! She was even a little sick and still sounded awesome!

It was so great to be at a high energy concert where the performers didn't lipsync-incredible!

They had really cool backdrops the entire time, including a home video montage of when they first started out.

Ms. Gwen Stefani is my hero-she also has two young kids and looks unbelievable (she's even like 13 or 14 years older than me!) there's no reason I shouldn't have as much energy!! I really wish I could grow my hair long enough and pull off the faux hawk like she does:)

Just outstanding!!

This is a concert I won't soon forget. I have been to quite a few concerts in a range of genres, but this one ranks at the top. They had such great interaction with the audience!