We're on the home stretch...

Sydney got the pins out of her finger on the 16th. She did GREAT - although was quite nervous as you'll see in the picture. I brought my camera to get a picture of her finger with them in, but the doctor was too fast for me. The first pin came out with the bandage and was no big deal. The second one got stuck a little but not bad. And that was that. The cast looked DISGUSTING as you can see and I won't tell you what it smelled like! :( I was SOOO happy to get it off.

"Before"

"INTENTLY watching the doctor" Bless her heart!!

WARNING - GROSS!!! You would think they would have cleaned it up a little better before they put the cast on! WRONG!! It was gross! That's old blood not new!

So they took the pins out because they didn't want the bone to heal around them and I saw the xray, it's back in place. But it's not 100% yet so she has to wear a splint for 3 more weeks. At least we can take it off for baths!!!

And here's what it looks like out of the cast/splint. There is still some bruising and what looks like swelling. I pray that her finger will go back to normal after all is said and done!

All in all, my girl's a trooper and I'm so proud of her!!!! :)

So much to post, so little time...

I have a few things to post about but darn if I can find the time (or the energy)!

I hope to catch up tomorrow! For now I'm going to sit down and relax! HA!!!!!! (Caren ;) )

Time for a change...

Ok, so I'm never really sure what I want to do with my hair. I mean, seriously, I want to change it all the time. I think I'm the perfect candidate for shaving my head and buying a bunch of wigs!!! Seriously!
Anyway, the time has come to go short again. The funny thing is, in the past year, I have grown it out long so I could get a perm. I thought I wanted long curls. Once I got it long enough and scheduled a perm, I changed my mind!!! :) So then I ended up cutting it to a medium length and went back to the side flip style I used to wear. Decided - eh, not liking that so much. So then I got the short bug and have wanted to go short, short for a couple months now and just finally got the nerve to do it.

Here is what it looked like yesterday:



And I went in with these pictures - I liked this style...



So I went to a new stylist, someone a friend recommended (LOVED how she did her hair). I don't know if the lady was nervous since I was new and didn't want me to be unhappy, but she didn't exactly cut it like that. I don't hate the cut, but it's not quite what I wanted. I wanted the shorter hair in the back. Basically I have a short bob - which I like short bobs, it just wasn't what I wanted. LOL!!!
Anyway, here's the finished product:




So I have short hair again and I'm happy I did it, but I think I might call her and ask her to shorten the back. I wanted something hip and funky and well... She told me to call her if I wanted it shorter "We can always cut it shorter, but I can't put the hair back!" :)

Whaddya think?? :)

Wow - something to post!!!

How about that?!?! :)



I took the kids to see High School Musical on Ice this weekend!!! I told Mason because I wanted to make sure he really wanted to go but I didn't tell Syd. I wanted to surprise her - and I did!!! :) I waited until we got outside the door of the Giant Center, knelt down (camera in hand) and told her!!!





She was SO excited!! She started jumping around and hollering "Thank you Mommy! You're the BEST Mommy!!" :)



The show itself wasn't great to me - but the kids liked it. I didn't think the skaters were that good. The kid playing Troy fell twice. Ooops!!! Thankfully they used the music from the soundtrack, but they talked in their own voices which was weird and then added dialogue and even a song that wasn't even in the MOVIE!!!! Sydney was NOT happy about that..."Mommy, that song is NOT in the movie!!!!" Don't mess with a 4 yo who knows her favorite movie!!!! :)

All in all, it was a fun day for the 3 of us. Here are some other pics. I couldn't get great ones inside but you get the jist. Plus, I wanted to get Syd's commentary on the video but she said what she wanted to say and that was IT!! :) (Don't mind the LOUD snow cone guy at the end! LOL)

One we took of ourselves before we left!!

The kids in front of the stage. Bad exposure, but I thought it was cute of them waiting for the "show to begin!"

The stage...before it started. They had other Disney show clips on the screen!

I thought the girl who played Sharpay was the best. She really watched the movie and adopted all her same mannerisms. And her outfits were almost perfect!!! :)



I didn't get any other pictures of the show because 1) they were coming out so dark and 2) I just wanted to watch!! :)

Boring...

I think I must lead a pretty boring existence. Although it's a VERY HECTIC one, it must be boring!! :)

Everyday I think - I'm going to start blogging everyday. Just a little something. But then I think - why? I think there are only 3 people that actually read it - so I feel like I'm talking to myself most days!!!! ;)

Anyway for my 3 friends who do check in on me - thanks!!! I'll try to come up with some more interesting stuff!!!! ;)

Thoughts and prayers...

As I get ready to go to bed tonight, for the first time since I learned of Syd's surgery, I'm allowing myself to cry. I've held it in for 3 days and now it refuses to stay in.

My precious baby is having surgery tomorrow and I'm scared. Not because it's a major surgery or a dangerous surgery, but because it's scary.

I pray that God will wrap His loving arms around her and carry her through this surgery. I pray the doctors will be on their games and they will perform a successful surgery. I pray that Sydney breezes right through it and it doesn't change her at all. I pray that she isn't scared when she goes into surgery. I'm so thankful that Ilse will be with her - that gives me some peace. I pray that her tiny, fat little finger will heal perfectly and she'll have full range of motion. I pray that in a few days or months I will look back and think "wow that wasn't really so bad."

But for now, I pray that I will have the strength to make it through the morning without Sydney seeing me cry.

I know God's plan for my beautiful daughter is a long, healthy life and this is just a speed bump in her road. For that I am forever grateful....

Far behind...

It's been a while since I've blogged - no excuse, just fact.

Not a whole lot to say, just wanted you to know I'm still here!! :)

Rex and I got to go away for a weekend - ALL BY OURSELVES!!!! YAY!!!! It was HEAVENLY!!! We had such a great time together. If you want to see pictures of where we stayed - click on our Dropshots link on the right. It was beautiful!!!

Life continues to run full out - Mason in football, Syd in gymnastics and everything else.

But despite the pace, life is good and I am thankful!