My Little Trooper

Well, as usaual, Isabella is a champ! She survived her first sugery (very very minor surgery) this morning! She did great every step of the way! We had to be at the sugery center at 6:30. I was really hoping she would sleep until 6 so that we could just get her out of her crib and put her in the car so she wouldrn't notice the fact that she didn't have her coveted milk the second she woke up. However, as usual, my little beauty was up at 5:15..BUT, she was happy as could be and didn't even notice the lack of milk. Kelly got here at 6 and we left for the surgery center. Surgery was scheduled for 7:30 and Bella was awesome the whole hour of pre-op stuff. She sat still and happy in the waiting room, she said hi to everyone she saw, she sat patiently while we filled out the paperwork, she was the center of attention while we waited for the doctor to come back to the operating room....all the nurses were hanging out with us and watching her (and..as usual..she was putting on a little show), and she even sat still for what seemed like forever as the nurse tried to find her pulse with the little finger machine. Right at 7:30 our doctor came in and I took her back to the operating room...this was by far the worst part for me. I had to hold her in my arms as they put her to sleep. She was crying as they put the mask on and then all of the sudden she was just limp and lifeless...uggh...it was horrible! They quickly ushered me out to the waiting room, and I no sooner sat down then the doctor was back out telling us it was over. It literally only took 5 mintues! By the time we got to go back and see Bella, she was awake...screaming...but still eyes closed and pretty out of it. She cried for AN HOUR straight...during all the post-op instructions, the entire ride home and then for a good while after we got home. Slowly she started to come out of it and for the next hour only cried when she burped (guess it was still a little painful). Then, Leah came downstairs from her nap and they were playing like normal. Now we'll just have to see how the night goes...hopefully this is going to give us some cry-free nights!! We'll see....

Waiting patiently for the doctor

The beautiful outfit I got to wear to take her back

Friday....

(Only Isabella)

Saturday at Grandma's

Saturday, we spent the day at Grandma's.  We just love spending time with her and playing in her yard.  Plus, she broke out the hose and filled up the toy box with water AND the neighbor's dog came to visit.  We also got to see Uncle Mac and Auny Margie.  All-in-all it was a great day!

Fun with Kelly

Pics from the playground last week...

Ha Ha...I don't know why this picture makes me laugh so much, but it does!

Water fun on the deck. 

I taught Isabella to spit water in the bath a few weeks ago (in the hopes that they will drink less bath water...ewwww, I know!) and now she thinks it's hilarious to act like a fountain

 TIME OUT! 

Uggh...the girls (well..mostly Leah) have had MANY time-outs in the last week.  Whenever Leah gets tired, poor Isabella becomes the target of her irritation.  She will go straight to Bella, stick her hand out, and grab a handful of hair.  I feel so bad for Isabella, but she seems to be getting sick of it.  She fought back a few times today.  Here is an example of Leah's love for her sister...

Happily eating a snack together...

Leah looks at her sister with her lower jaw sticking out (never a good sign)...

She reaches out....

Grabs and pulls....poor little Bella.

(By the way...I wasn't waiting for this to happen with my camera..I didn't realize she was going to do this, so don't judge the fact that I am holding a camera instead of helping my poor daughter. Leah was disciplined as soon as I put the camera down.) 
Can you tell I feel a little guilty :)



The lost post

Last week...or was it a few weeks ago...I can't remember.  Anyway, at some point, blogger was down and I couldn't post anything.  I had all these random pictures I wanted to get up and totally forgot once it started working again..so here they are...

Kelly opened our stroller up to quite a surprise one day...a tree frog hopping right at her!  The girls had a great time playing with it as you can see...

Grandma Vikki gave us these adorable pjs for Easter.  It is finally consistently warm enough that we can wear non-footy pjs.  I just love these sleepy pictures from first thing in the morning!

 

Daddy stood on the deck and took some pictures of all of us in the bedroom right before bed the other night...

And finally...the girls woke up at 4am the other morning and came into our room (bella had another ear infection, so we allowed it...usually I try not to do this so they don't get used to it!).  I laughed so hard when I took this picture.  Look at all of their mouths!  El MISMO!!!  No question about where these girls get their looks from!

Fun Weekend with Cousins and Good Friends

We had a fun filled weekend getting to see both sets of cousins and spending time with our good friends Sam & Priscila and their kids.  Here are a few shots from the weekend...

Leah & James

Isabella & Sammy

Jacob getting in on the fun too

I love how much fun they are having together!

Ha ha ha..I love this face

Leah decided to move on and attack Sammy

Bella and Julia

What a difference a year makes.  Julia is only about a year older than the girls

This is my favorite picture of this sweet baby!

The girls LOVED playing with the "bay-Beee"