Random Outakes!

 

Ear Surgery Anyone?

 

Joelle had tubes put in her ears when she was 2 due to ear infections.  Her tubes held tight and now 3 years later, we have to have surgery to remove them so that she does not have any hearing issues!  Only my daughter would need to have surgery! 

 

 

We had to be there at 6am for her surgery.  Thank goodness for her leapster and a TV in the room.   You can see the nice purple beanie baby that Joelle was given by the Surgery Prep staff.  She is also snuggling under a quilt that volunteers made to make little kids feel better when they have to come to the hospital.  I love Mercy Gilbert!!   

 



 

My poor baby before they took the anesthesia off.  It broke my heart to see her like this, so helpless!  The nurse took off the mask and Joelle instantly opened her eyes, saw me and came in for a hug:)  Melted my heart!! 

 

15 minutes after she woke up, we were out the door!  She tolerated surgery very well and was great the rest of the day!

Happy Birthday to me!!

 

 My wonderful, thoughtful husband really went above and beyond for my 40th birthday.  He flew the both of us to Wisconsin to spend the weekend with my parents and my sister and her husband!!

 



 



 

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the gift my mommy got me!!  My cousin Audra who lives in Alaska is a very talented artist and I had seen what she could do to just about anything.  My mom decided to get me glasses from her.  They are decorated with fireweed, which is a wild flower that is rampant in Alaska!  When I was in Alaska there were acres and acres of fields with the fireweed and it was so gorgeous!! 



 

We went out to a wonderful steak dinner and then we planned to go to the casino and watch a comedy show. 

 

Who would have thought that I would make it on stage!!  I don't know if the comedian would have been as funny if I watched him on TV, but he was funny in person! 



Thanks to my wonderful husband I had the BEST 40th birthday anyone could have asked for!!

 



Holly Jolly Christmas

Love the look on Joelle's face as she opens up the gift that is her Pony.  It was really the only thing that she asked Santa for and it was so great that she got it. 

 

Golf shoes for David and make up for Megan makes for happy children!



 

 

 



 

Joelle got her fill of Barbies and Barbie accessories!

 

 

Daddy got Mommy a new Laptop so that she could continue doing a good job on the blog and make movies from our videos:)  I was shocked and so excited and happy!  All in all everyone was very happy:) 

 

Patches

 

On Sunday, Dec. 23rd we went to the Arizona Animal Welfare League to look at some dogs.  Unfortunately after Thanksgiving we had to give Libby back.  She had become very aggressive and we were worried that she would hurt someone.  We did research on breeds and had a very good idea of what we did not want and some breeds that we felt would work for our family.  We saw 2 dogs that we really liked.  We met the first dog, but he was just too large for us.  He was a great boy, but would not work for our family.  After we met him I wanted to meet Patches a beagle mix.  He was so cute and on the smaller side. 



 

He ended up being our match.  He is only a year old so he does have some puppy in him still, but he is such a good boy.  We took him home and he has not had one accident in the house!!  He does not seem to have any of the separation anxiety that Libby had either.  We can put him outside and he doesn't freak out! 



 

So far he has been pretty good with only chewing on his toys!   When he does go for something that he should not be chewing on, all we have to say is no and he will walk away. 



 

He wants nothing more than to hang out on the couch with us and watch TV!!



His favorite spot!!  With his humans on the couch relaxing:) 

 

Christmas Party

 

Time for our Christmas party!  This year we headed over to Tyson's house for a gathering of good friends, good food, and good times. 



 

 

The kids were very excited to have some gifts to open!



 

Joelle loved her new baking set.  She has been making us things ever since!



 

We even had an adult gift exchange.  It was a good time:) 



 

5 Years OLD!!

 

WOW!!  I can not believe that my baby girl is 5!  She brings so much joy to our lives every day!!  I still remember the day I went to the hospital to deliver her.  My water broke and I was having mild contractions in the middle of the night.  We got everyone up at like 4 am so we could go to the hospital.  It was raining outside, not a hard rain more like a drizzle.  We were so excited that the time to meet her had finally come.  She sure didn't make it easy on us!  After 18 plus hours in labor they finally delivered her by C-section.  She was most beautiful baby I had ever seen.  It has been amazing to watch her grow and develop her own personality through the years.  She has become a very happy, talented, smart, beautiful, and confident little girl.  I couldn't be more proud of her:)



 

Joelle had her birthday party at Brunswick Bowling Zone!  The kids had a blast.  I wasn't sure how the bowling thing would go over, but they had these ramps and the kids loved it!



 

Look at that form!!



 

The kids had pizza and lemonade.  The cool part was that the bowling was Cosmic Bowling so it was all flashing lights and music!!



 

All the kids got to go to the arcade and play some games as well. 



 

We didn't have time to open presents at the bowling alley so we brought them home.  This was Joelle's favorite gift, she LOVES Doc McStuffins!!  Now she refers to everyone as her nurse.



She also loved this gift from Mom and Dad.  She draws pictures all the time and then wants us to guess what she drew, not always as easy as that sounds!!  She had a terrific day and is so happy to finally be 5!