Progress

So, this would be the child who had her tonsils out 5 days ago. You sure wouldn't know it by looking at her. She just doesn't understand that we are holding her hostage to avoid dangerous complications of tonsillectomies. Nope, its all "My throat doesn't hurt,""I'm not sick anymore," "I just wanna go outside for a few minutes." I am breaking out all the suprises I have, but we are getting along. She is doing so much better every day, and we can see just how much sleep she has been losing now that she is actually getting a decent night's sleep. So we are watching the princess movie for the 500th time, and coloring.

She saw a picture of a friend of mine's babies. They just had twin boys. She just smiled at the pictures and said "awww, I want two baby sisters. That would be great!" Yeah, that would be just great, for someone else!

No More Tonsils Part Two

Here are the pictures that I promised. There is a before and after. As you can see, she wasn't too thrilled once she found out what "surgery" actually meant. She is doing well, however. She was eating pancakes when she got home and has been drinking well. She is taking all her medicine like a big girl, and has not once cried, not in the hospital, or a home. She is playing with all her new toys and watching an endless amount of movies. Her and mommy are just hanging out around the house. She can't go back to school for 2 weeks, so I guess we probably will watch every Disney movie ever made. But she is so much better already. She is sleeping more soundly than she has in a very long time. And she already doesn't snore! No more choking on her food and no more choking in her sleep. I think we will all sleep much better.

No More Tonsils!

Well, Ellie had her surgery yesterday. She did just great! She came out of the recovery room sitting up and looking very suprised at things. She got to be on mommy's floor for a few hours, and of course, they spoiled her rotten! She slept very good last night, and today is resting and watching movies. I will post a picture later tonight after she is in bed, but just wanted to say that she did fine!

The Verdict

Well, its official. Miss Ellie will be getting her tonsils out next week, on the 20th. She has had obstructive sleep apnea for awhile, but it has gotten much worse since she was sick last February. We went to the preop party yesterday, and she got to see where they do surgery. She is actually quite excited about "getting surgery" (we'll see how she is when it's all done!) She'll be in the hospital most of the day, then out of commission for a few weeks. I had to sign her up for a different ice skating lessons, because she just loves it. Today she did much better, she pushed her little walker all around the ice and just showed her stuff!!

Matt is working to get the slide shows able to be viewed. There is something set up different that he is fixing. I'll post when they are able to be viewed.

Ice Skating Lessons

A while back, I told Ellie that, now that she had turned 3, she would be able to take a big girl class. So I asked her, do you want to take dance or gymnastics? Her response " I want to take ice skating lessons." Ice skating? Where in the world did she come up with that. Well, she absolutly insisted that this is what she was going to do. Which is how we ended up at the Ice Midwest center this afternoon. She went out on the rink and just loved it. (That's her, the short one in the purple with the old lady walker.) Mommy and Daddy were only allowed to watch through the window this time, so I will try to get a better picture next week. She is so proud of herself and can't wait to go again. Although she spent the majority of the time in front of the mirror watching herself! (and fixing her hair, of course!)

Our first post

Ellie and I have decided to join the wide world of blogging. We have decided to do this so our family and friends that live far away can join us on Ellie's everyday adventures. Also, as Ellie's mommy, I want to have a place to share and remeber all the crazy things she says and comes up with. We want to share our pictures and slideshows with everyone. We are so excited to give this a try and see how this works out for us!