We are MOVING!

Sorry its been awhile. I will post again soon. We sold the house and have been in frantic packing/storing mode. We move next weekend to the in-laws until our house is done, which is right around Christmas. Vacation is the week after we move, and I need it bad!! We are going to Disney (suprise for Ellie- DON'T BLAB!) for a week. I am glad it all worked out this way, because Matt and I both agree, we seriously need a vacation!

The Lake

We went for a long weekend to Lake of the Ozarks with my family and my grandparents this past weekend. Ellie had a blast! She loved swimming in the lake, and going on the jet ski with her daddy. (really slow of course!) She got to play minature golf for the very first time and she thought she was pretty big stuff! She has now decided that she wants a baby brother. I think she is just wanting any sort of baby these days! We can't go to Target without a trip through the baby section, and picking out things. "My baby brother needs that swing. My baby brother needs that lovey. When my babybrother gets bigger, I'm going to teach him how to swing/play games/swim, etc" I don't know how else to tell her she's not getting any baby brother (or sister) She keeps insisting, "Yes I am, in September" Somebody has a rude awakening come September.

Our House

Well, we did it finally! We put the house on the market on Monday! Saturday Matt and I signed the contract to build our new house. It will probably be done the week of Christmas! We'll post pictures when there is something to post, but for now, that is our big news!
Ellie has recovered very well from her surgery. She sleeps so much better these days. She is excited about having a new house, and wants to paint her room pink. I gotta go to bed now, so more tomorrow. We busted our rears this weekend to get it ready to go for monday, and Matt and I dead tired.

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.