Kylie's surgery

Well after a long day I am finally getting some pictures and an update up. Her surgery went very well, she woke up much better this time, but still is tough to see your child like that. As a parent I just want to take it all away for her, it is such a helpless feeling.
She is on her pain meds and feeling pretty good right now, somehow I have a feeling tomarrow maybe a pretty challenging day:)
A few pics of our day..

Schwartzy's surgery

I am not even kidding, I wish I was. This evening at bed time (we let Kylie stay up late) Schwartzy is no where to be found, after 45mins of looking I think maybe, just maybe that our dog might have snatch it. I grab a flashlight, walk in to the back yard, sure enough there in the middle of the yard lay Schwartzy amazingly in tack except his foot:( Kylie was a little upset, but more upset by it being wet with slobber. So after I finished his surgery he is now in the washer, I promised I would bring him and tuck him in with her as soon as he was all clean. It has been that kind of day!

Day in the life of Kylie and Maya

Kylie gets up too early to take a pic of her getting up so we started as she ate breakfast. On the Menu: Waffle with cinnamon sugar, yogurt, and strawberries. Impressive bedhead:)

Maya what a mess!

Kylie watching Super Why while I cleaned up breakfast..

At the park..

In the car leaving the park, we went to McD's to meet a friend for lunch

At McDonalds with Preston, what else but nuggets, fries, and apples for lunch!

Maya napping

Kylie playing with Play Doh..

Maya's awake!!

Now Kylie's asleep,,

Maya helping with dinner; on the menu- spaghetti(corn pasta) with mushrooms and asparagus and a spinach salad..

Getting ready for bed

Quick game of hide and seek before bed

Kylie hanging with Daddy

Kylie and Me (its been a long day, excuse my red eyes:))

Kylie's photo skills, taking a pic of us..

Kylie with her best friend:)

Schwartzy!!

Now everyone is asleep, I don't dare take anymore pics!! Thanks for looking at our day!!

Maya update

I have been meaning to get an update on Maya so I am sitting down to do it!!
She is growing so quickly, she has lost alot of the 'baby' in her and is more of a toddler. She is doing really well on her talking, I can understand what she says atleast:)
Eat
More
Up
Water
Night Night
Daddy
Mommy
Banana
Puppy
No No
Shoe
See
Papa
Mama and there are probably several more I can't think of right now.
She really likes taking thinks apart and putting them together, she likes shape pieces, pretends to cook with my pots and pans:) She is definately learning alot from big sis!
She is well, shall we call her stong willed, a mama's girl, and opinionated. She can use a fork and spoon to eat and is wanting to sit on the potty although not quite ready to use it. She also wants to stand on the stool in front of the sink to wash her hands and wants to brush her own teeth!

Kylie's joke of the day

k-Daddy...
t-Yes
k-Where does the easter bunny eat??
t-I don't know where
k-IHOP, hehehe get it daddy IHOP

Kylie sleep study update

We met with the doctor this morning to go over the results from Kylie's sleep study. As expected she has sleep apnea and he recommended to remove her tonsils and adnoids. Our initial thought going into the appointment was to wait until the end of May when her preschool was over for the school year. After seeing the results, hearing the numbers, and the doctors recommendation we have decided to have them done sooner. So her surgery has been scheduled for the morning of April 11th. Please keep her in your prayers that the surgery goes smoothly, she has an easy recovery and this solves her sleep issues.

Easter

Kylie dyed eggs, we were trying to do it the 'old fashioned' way using beet juice, grape juice and spice concoctions, and was taking a bit of time. Todd walked in took a cup of water and 4 jelly beans, boiled it in the microwave dropped in 2 more beans and an egg and they turned out beautiful! I will definately never use a kit, I like the jelly bean technique.


Then onto the brownies..

Easter Festival

We went to an Easter Eggstravaganza at Aunt Shara's work. Got eggs, colored, decorated eggs, saw the easter bunny (well Kylie did atleast), they had a petting zoo we saw from a distance and played in the grass on a beautiful day!

St Patricks Day and Corned Beef!

I Cooked Corned Beef and Cabbage for St Patricks Day today and it was 'o so yummy! What I wanted to mention was my Papa. He passed away 4 years ago next week. I was pregnant with Kylie at the time and we had already planned on naming her after him and we were lucky enough to be able to tell him. One of Papa's favorite meals was corned beef. The last time I saw him, my grandma, him, my mom and I all went to lunch at this little place down by the river on Lake Erie. We ate corned beef sandwiches, coleslaw, and drank tea. He gave me his pickle since I was pregnant with Kylie:) Oh and you better not forget the horseradish! It is a memory I will always treasure, he meant so much to me and I miss him very much. This is a picture of me with him before he got sick, the way I remember him. Miss you Papa!

Here is a pic of the girls eating they're corned beef tonight.. Kylie maybe enjoying it just a bit too much:)

Kylie's sleep study

Kylie had her sleep study last night and she did awesome. She only got upset a few times particularly about the nasal cannula and the red light on her toe. But a few bribes and we made it through:) Here are a few pics!

Cuddling with Daddy and Maya before we leave


Hooked up and ready for bed, asleep at 8:00


Waking up, her wire poney tail, she woke up at 5:15!

Rewards!! Sweettarts (bribe #1) and a new purple lavendar bear they gave her!

Introducing Schwartzy to her new purple teddy.

Bribe #2 was chocolate milk at McDonalds. I told her we could go in and drink it but as we walked up they told us they didn't open the lobby until 7am(It was 6:19) :( So we had to go through the drive thru instead..

Daddy took her to the 'bagel shop' as promised:) And drinking her chocolate milk.

The bible tells me so according to Kylie..

What am I supposed to say to this.. Kylie was asking for more yogurt, I had told her no we weren't going to have anymore today. She asked why and I said because mommy said so. She promptly brought me a bible, opened it up, and said mommy 'I can have more yogurt the bible tells me so' !! Are you kidding me!!

Second snow!

We went all winter with no snow and then in the span of a week we get it twice!! It was 80 degrees followed by snow, then 75 degrees followed by more snow!! Crazy weather!

First snow this winter!

So we made it to march before we got snow!!

Easter Egg Hunt

We went to an Easter Egg Hunt with the North Texas Gluten Intolerance Group on saturday. The girls had a great time!!