Friday, October 23, 2009

Happy Heart Day Baby Girl!!


Yes a year ago this is the sad sight we had to look....but Addie has continued to amaze us all over the last year....




She now has 7 signs and is working on walking with a walker! Who would have thought that a year ago this little girl had just been through major surgery! These pics are courtesy of Tiffanie Lloyd Photography. (Thanks Tiff!)




Addie has just blown us away since doctors repaired her tiny little heart....just amazing....




Yes, we have been busy, but I hope to get you all caught up on the last two months over the next couple of days....and A LOT has been happening!





Happy heart day baby girl! You are so very loved by your mommy and daddy! And lots of family and friends!

















































Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sugery

Well, considering it has been quite some time since I posted last...I figured I better get it done...last thursday the 13th Addie had sugery to open her tear ducts in both eyes as well as having tubes placed....it all went well aside from her being VERY aggitated when she came out of surgery and then she was starting to cough very badly and wheezing....the anesthesiologist came back out and said it was mainly from the intubation (they had to do a full intubation) her sats were fine, it just scared the crap out of me and sounded horrible....she finally fell asleep in my moms arms, so it made it much better on all of us...

We had spent wed. night in the hotel in IA city due to our check in time being 5:45 am...and of course, Addie slept horrible that night...so between mom and I we were up most of the night (Zac was on a hiking trip in CO that we had decided he needed to go on). Mom and I were very, very tired, but the surgery seemed to go pretty quickly and everything went as planned. We all were able to be home by Thursday afternoon and all were able to get some rest.

Addie is doing very well, her eyes look SO much better already...I am anxious to see if she will pass her hearing screen now that she has the tubes..we follow up for the exam in September..

Other than that not much new on the home front. I have quit my summer job to stay at home as it just wasn't worth it with trying to manage work, Addie's appts, and everything else...so at home I will be. I am going to work at Addie's in home daycare a couple of days a week so Addie can continue to get all of the interactions with the other kids.

We also have the Buddy Walk coming up Oct. 3rd so I have a ton of work I need to get done to get ready for that.

I will get another update soon on Addie's progress..

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Weekend in Naperville

We spent last weekend in Naperville to take grandma to see Mary Poppins in Chicago...I didn't get any pics from Mary Poppins, but here are some fun ones from the weekend...


Addie and Corbett love books!


Watching signing times....please excuse my bedhead and horrible posture!

Addie fell in love with Corbett's doll (which was bought to teach him to be nice to babies) and played inside this tunnel with the Bob the baby for quite a long time! Needless to say, Addie now has her own baby...



She gave Bob hugs....



And kisses....




and more hugs.....





and they held hands.....






Now we just have to find one of these tunnels for home! She loved it! Thanks Corbett for sharing your baby and tunnel!






Birthday party picture catch up....only a month late...


Trying to take pictures....first her hand went into the cake.....


Then her foot went into the cake......



So we stripped her down and let her go......


This kid has a sweet tooth! She was covered from head to toe! Literally!


Addie's family birthday party was true farm style....had the party in the machine shed so cake could go everywhere!




And you can see here, Zac has had a midlife crisis at 29....shaved his head cause he's "thinning" on top.....



And of course we had to play in the pool with cousin Corbett!