Post op

Well we are post op recovering now. Amelia is doing well, she had her tonsils/adnoids outs and tubes put in her ears. She seems to go in spurts of wellness. Then she crashes and cries which she is hard to get to calm down. She doesn't like to take her medicine so every 4 hours we have a meltdown. Amelia had to stay overnight in the hospital, they wanted to give her anti swelling drugs because she already has a small throat and with the natural swelling from surgery they wanted to make sure her airway was clear. She loved going on wagon rides throughout Children's Hospital. We met some other friends in the hospital and mommy just has to say that we are really lucky we just had our tonsils/adnoids out, some of the poor angels we met were in for far worse. May they recover soon :)

Charlie is doing well, a little gassy still from his procedures. He had a bronc and endocospy which led to them taking 3 biopsies of his tummy from "suspicious" material. We will know what that is all about in a week or so when the results come back. He fought being put under put did well waking up. He then got to have some cuddle time with his favorite person, grandma I. He was a major flirt with the woman, just like his Grandpa I used to be!! He really didn't like his iv and we had to restrain him so he wouldn't pull it out!

Baylee is doing well, she has aspiration pneumonia. All 3 of my children have been diagnosed with weak throats that leave their airway not protected from liquids. We are going to be starting Vital Stem therapy in December (Amelia has to wait 4-6 weeks). This is to strengthen their throat muscles so we can prevent aspiration pneumonia. Anyways Baylee is doing well, currently napping. She has not had a fever for 3 days. So we are thankful and hopeful she is on the mend.

Cute after note. Amelia is awake right now but her siblings are sleeping on the floor in the living room. She just took 2 blankets and covered each one of them up and patted their back and said "nigh, nigh". Too cute. A definite glad to be a mom moment!!

Surgery Day

Amelia and Charlie will be having surgery tomorrow, please keep them in your prayers!!

Lazy Sunday

What are we doing today? Absolutely nothing! It feels good to have a morning with just the family hanging out, playing dollies, playing with mommy's make up kit (Amelia), which lead to cleaning the carpet, Charlie eating a least 3 whole silver dollar pancakes, the girls decorating each other with pudding, watching Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, throwing clean laundry all over thinking it is the best game ever, putting blankets on our heads and trying to find our way around. So was this morning lazy?? We need to add at least 5 timeouts for 2 little 2 year olds and 1 timeout for a little man who can't stop turning the tv on and off. 1 meltdown over a missed toy. 1 doorbell ring from another kid selling some kind of fundraiser thing.

Now for naptime! phew! Mommy needs a nap and daddy is off to work. Afternoon fun...hmmm I am thinking of something that gives hours of entertainment but hours of clean up to...what's that? Playdoh! May my children not consume it or throw it across the room or smash it in the carpet.
Happy Sunday!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Here is a photo of our Three Little Pigs! The kids had so much fun going door to door. Baylee & Amelia thanked everyone and blew kisses. They also went up to the door and said "Trick or Treat" Mommy was so happy that they were talking most of the night! Charlie REALLY likes suckers! It was a great night and we had a blast!

Joyce did an awesome job on the Twins 2 year and Charlie's 9 month photo shoot. We shot it at my Aunt Joan's farm. It was a lot of fun! Note: Baylee is in the sweater with pink flower hair accessory and Amelia is in the black jacket with purple flower hair accessory.

Jumping in the leaves

Amelia

Baylee

Charlie

We spent a day with Janice and her daycare. It was a little windy but we bundled the kids up and spent the afternoon outside playing on trikes and jumping in the leaves. The kids had a blast. The last photo is of Baylee giving Charlie some lovin' since he couldn't get out to play, he still puts everything in his mouth.

We picked some "pumps"

Our decorated front door after going to the pumpkin patch! Baylee is looking at the scarecrow girl on the door, she wanted to play with it!

Here's the girls after the picked out their "pumps" as they call them! Walking hand in hand and note they are not running away! They really are being good about staying by us and will stop when we ask them too. There has been a time or two that they tested our patience and thought to run. Let's just say that didn't work for them!

"Pumps"

Daddy and Charlie doing the manly job of pulling the "pump" filled wagon! The girls were flirting so much we got free scarecrows!