Like Father, Like Daughter

While Evie was staying with Nana and Papa last week she saw this picture on their refrigerator. She thought it was a picture of her with Nana. Phil is about Evie's age now in this picture, and the resemblance is amazing.

Phil and Nana

Playdate at Sprout

Meg, Sarah, and Evie in the tree house playing music and dressing up as princesses
Luke and Evie at the water table
The girls having lunch at the ladybug table

Update on Andrew

Andrew is doing much better today. His bleeding has definitely improved, and he seems to be healing well. Thank you all very much for the phone calls and emails to check on him! He is still a little clingy, but almost back to his normal self during the day. The nights have been rough. He is whining and moaning in his sleep, which just breaks my heart. I've been staying in his room to rock, pat, and hug on him. His doctor told us there is a possibility he will need this same surgery again when he is 4 or 5, but if we are looking at 2-3 years of him being well it is definitely worth it!

He is back to looking like the happy little guy we know and love!

Surgery Day

Andrew's surgery went really well this morning. Dr.Graves scraped his sinuses to open them up and allow for drainage and removed his enlarged adenoids to also help with drainage. He was in surgery for about an hour, which was exactly what we expected. We are home now and he is doing okay. He was extremely agitated as the anesthesia wore off in recovery. He tried to rip out his IV and just wouldn't calm down. They hurried us out there, and he is still emotional but happier at home. Thank you all for thinking of us today and praying for Andrew and his doctors. A huge thank you to Marie Carroll for spending an hour with us in the waiting room and keeping us distracted during the surgery so we couldn't worry too much.

Taking off Bear's ID bracelet

Drinking soy milk and hanging out on the couch

Bounce House

Holding hands down the slide ~ so sweet!
Daddy had to do the obstacle course many times
We were so excited to play with William

Happy 30th!

We've spent the holiday weekend celebrating Phil's birthday. We went to Wasabi with the family on Sunday after church and then to Bonefish Grill on Monday evening for a surprise dinner with our friends.

Eating blueberries with chopsticks at Wasabi

Papa feeding Andrew rice from chopsticks

The annual ice cream cake

Dinner with friends

While we were away

Late night snack with Papa
This is new...
Tea Party
Painting with Granny Ani
Late night snack with Papa

Weekend Away

To celebrate Phil's last days in his 20's, we went to Gatlinburg for the weekend. It was the first time we've gone away in over 3 years, and we definitely needed the break. We woke up the second morning and realized we couldn't remember the last time we started the day well rested. The kids did great with Nana and Papa, so we should be able to do this again in the future.

The romantic jacuzzi ~ Our first comment was "Evie would just love a heart shaped bathtub"! Yes, we are parents of preschoolers...

Sprout and a jelly sandwich

We went to a playgroup at Sprout Studio this morning. It is a really neat place and the kids loved it. I had a hard time keeping both kids in my sight at all times though. My friend Rachel brought me some tapioca bread so Andrew could have a jelly sandwich when we got home. Evie and I thought it was pretty yucky, but he was thrilled to be eating the same thing as big sister.

Riding on the Gator

Twirling in front of mirror

Little Beethoven

Reminded me of The Wiggles

The three princesses (Evie, Angela, and Claire)

Yummy jelly sandwich!

Little Photographer

These are a couple of the pictures that Evie took with Papa's camera. She is pretty good with it!

Yee Haw

Thanks for the cowboy hat Luke!

Surgery Scheduled

Many of you know Andrew has been struggling with a sinus infection for months now. After being on antibiotics for 103 of the last 132 days with no improvement, we have decided the best option is to do an adenoidectomy and functional endoscopic sinus surgery. His allergist and ENT both agree that this is the best option to get him healthy and pain free. He is scheduled for outpatient surgery on Jan.23 at Children's West. It is minor surgery, but any mother knows that every surgery on your child is major. His cardiologist is going to consult with the anesthesiologist to make sure that his heart is protected during the procedure and we know quite a few kids who have been to Dr.Graves for surgery, so we feel like Andrew will be in good hands.

This was such a sweet picture I had to post it even though is has nothing to do with sinus surgery

Happy New Year!

GO VOLS!

We got my new shelf hung, so hopefully the kids jackets, lunch boxes, etc will stay organized

We wondered if we could just have the nebulizers built into the couch...

Evie got to stay up a little late to watch football with Daddy