Our new family memeber

This year we welcomed a new member of our family & a new Christmas Tradition.
Freddie is our Elf on the shelf.
He arrived after we came home From Grandpa's on Saturday night. We awoke on Sunday morning to find him in Molly's stocking. This morning he was hiding in the tree w/ a Santa hat as a gift to the kids.
Wonder where Freddie will end up in the morning?
Davis is loving this new tradition. Eliza & Molly have no idea what is going on yet. I'll have to post pics soon of what our little Freddie is up to!

Eliza's surgery

On Monday, Eliza Bear had strabismus surgery on one of her eyes. I have been worried sick since we found out that she needed the surgery.

We arrived at Kosair Children's Hospital at 7:45 for her 9:15 surgery. Everything went smoothly before the surgery. She was calm & in a good mood. The hard part was that she couldn't eat or drink after midnight Sunday night. At one point Danny said that Molly was fussing & I said "I need to feed her soon." & Eliza said "No, feed Lizie"! It broke my heart!

She was given some 'happy juice' to help her relax & not remember anything. It worked well & she went on back w/ the nurses w/o any complaint. I however, walked out crying.

She was in surgery for about 1 hour. We were called into a room & the Dr said the surgery went well & gave us post op instructions.

We were able to see her fairly quickly. She looked so pathetic laying there w/ her eye dressings on.

They gave her some juice in a sippy cup & then brought her a RED slushie! She was so funny w/ it. She didn't want anyone to help her or even hold the cup. Needless to say her gown & bedding were covered in the red icy drink.

Right before we left, I noticed that her breathing seemed labored. I asked our nurse to check her breathing again. There was some concern & they called the anesthesiologist back in. She decided Eliza needed a breathing treatment before she could be released.

She fell asleep on the ride home & slept for a few minutes once home. She was sooo grumpy all evening. Nothing seemed to make her happy & we did whatever she wanted. I just didn't want to see her cry.

Baby girl is doing well & at our post op appointment Tuesday the Dr said that the surgery was a success!

We are so thankful for everyone who prayed for us during this time. I had more peace that I can explain. Looking back we can see God's hand in this journey for our little girl. He is in control at all times!

Eliza's eyes

Eliza has her Mommy's eyes....

not in color

but in the way she sees.

Danny was noticing her eyes turning.

I was in complete denial.

Then, Papaw noticed.

Off, to the eye specialist we went.

Eliza has strabismus & is far sighted.

The Dr gave us a prescription for eye glasses with the instructions for her to wear them all the time.

It took us a while to find glasses to fit her little face. Maybe, I didn't want to find glasses to fit her sweet face.

She took to the glasses better than we could have expected! She has done great!

We had a follow up visit with the specialist to see how Eliza was doing in her glasses.

This was to be a quick appointment.

Just look at her eyes.

Check the prescription of the lens.

Then we get to go.

That's not what happened.

The Dr wants to do surgery.

Did she know she was not even 2 yet?

Apparently, the glasses are helping w/ her vision & keeping her eyes from turning when she is looking around or looking far out.

But...

Her eyes still turn when focusing on something up close.

She won't grow out of this.

Surgery is set in just a couple weeks & I am sick thinking of it.

Getting the surgery won't mean she won't have to wear the glasses.

Also, the Dr wants to start patching.

I let Eliza pick out one.

She picked a pink one w/ a purple butterfly on it.

She won't wear it!

Today is her birthday & I won't dare put her through that.

There's tomorrow.

I will make her wear it, even though it breaks my heart.

I will b/c I don't want her to have Mommy's eyes.

Eliza's glasses

My little princess is now the proud owner of a pair of pink glasses.

We had some serious concerns when we would have her try on glasses at different places. She'd wear them for 10 seconds & then throw them off.

We picked them up & I put them on her face to adjust them & she became terribly upset. She kept crying & saying "don't like glasses". I felt so sorry for her & it made me cry. I just knew this would be a hard road for us.

However... she's done amazingly well! I am so proud of her. I think the difference in her vision scared her at first. But, now she's loving it. We notice her seeing things that she probably never saw before. She is far sighted, so she probably didn't notice things that were so close to her.

Here's a picture of my princess! I just love her little face!

Late night learning part 2

So, it's late & of course I'm awake!  I just found an app for blogger on my DROID & it's a lot more user friendly. Maybe I will blog more after all....  now let's try to upload a pic from my phone.
It worked. I think!

He's now 6 1/2

This morning Davis woke up & announced he's 1/2 way to 7! Yep, it's his 1/2 birthday alright!

We (meaning me) started this little 1/2 birthday tradition on his first 1/2 birthday.

When Davis was 6 months old we made a cake, decorated it w/ bugs & gave him a new teething toy... the tradition had begun! Even though little baby Davis didn't get to enjoy his cake that first year, we have pics!

Not only that... but my itty bitty baby girl is 2 months old today!

Happy 'birthdays' to my oldest & youngest!

I can do what?l

i just discovered that I can blog from my phone! It's not as user friendly, but hey it works! Now if I can figure out how to upload pics from my phone, we'd be on our way to constant blogging!

It's been so long...

It's been so long... but I've been blogging in my mind for months! LOL

Let's see, what's happened since March?

Lots!

The biggest change to our family was welcoming Molly Catherine into our lives!

We're now enjoying life as a party of 5!

Last Saturday Davis earned his purple belt in Tae Kwon Do on Saturday! I can't believe he's in 1st grade now. Time seems to be flying by.

Lizie is almost 2! It seemed like she was my little baby & then grew up while I was in the hospital. She loves her sister & big brother that's for sure!

Now We Are Six!

I can't believe my boy is 6! We started our day off w/ donuts at Krispy Kreme!! YUM

What's going on here....

Davis may be getting a stomach bug, not good b/c his birthday party is Saturday.

Eliza completely wears me out.

We're having another baby girl!

It's almost 1 am & I can't get my brain to shut off.

UofL won tonight, that's always good, right?

I have tons of laundry to fold.

Danny is asleep on the couch.

I'm a little sad that we won't have another boy in our home.

I'm so super excited to have another baby girl!

Tons of bins in my living room as we're getting boy clothes outta the house.

Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with 2 friends from High School.

Heading to bed......

The Things I've learned today....

So, I really need to get back into blogging. The fact that I feel like I'm constantly blogging in my head all day is part of the reason. LOL

It's 4:27, just picked up Davis from school, dinner in crock pot, & I have to head back out. So, with little time I thought I'd start off w/ 'The things I've learned today"

1. If the Shark steamer appears to be broke, try adding water!

2. Eliza can fit very nicely in the bathroom sink. I found this out today when I left the kids bathroom door open while I was putting clothes away.

Until next time......