And the ENT Specialist says...

...TUBES! He took one look in her ears and said that without a doubt, she NEEDS them. She has had too many and the severity of her infections has worn her poor little ears out. They need to get in there and clean everything out. It is almost like the top layer (on the inside, not exactly sure what it is called) has worn away, leaving almost like a burning sensation when she gets infections, or like when you have an infection on your skin, it takes away that top layer.

Because of how bad they are, he pushed for surgery, ASAP. Normally it takes a couple of weeks to get them in, but he wants it done now, so Lola will more than likey have tubes put in her ears this Friday! It is a 10 minute procedure and recovery is pretty quick, however, she will have to be put under. This is not new to Lola, as she had an MRI and was put under a little after 7 months. That will be the hardest part, as it is so sad to see her come out of the anesthesia. Nothing worse than a crying baby, and you can't do anything about it. I just want this done and over with and then hopefully we will have fewer issues with her ear infections.

Any advice from mommies that have had babies with tubes would be greatly appreciated!

"I wanna be just like Daddy!"

So after we returned Daytona to her rightful owner, Brion, we stopped to walk around at the Farmers Market on Northern and the 101! They set up there once a month on the third Saturday and I wanted to get the kids out into some fresh air. There was a little tent with these tattoos - they had little hummingbirds and I had to buy them for Kyan (he sports the fake tattoos quite frequently, none that have ever been this cool!) He was so excited to put one on his arm, "just like daddy!" They have a website called japashion.com where you can check stuff out! Some of it is really fun!

LOOOOOOOOOOONG Night

Brion got to go home from the hospital yesterday! That was about the only good thing that happened. Chad started feeling crappy and Lola has had a cough that won't stop - so does everyone else at the sitters. Around 2:30 am, Chad is shaking uncontrollably and coughing like crazy and Lola has woken herself up from coughing, and coughing, and coughing. I felt bad for Chad, but he doesn't let me help him when he is sick, so I moved onto Lola, who I couldn't get to stop. I took her to Good Night Pediatrics to see what they could do. It was that or wait until today to try and battle the long wait at an Urgent Care or the ER, and since I was already up, we went. We only had one person in front of us so we didn't wait long. The nurse said that she was running a little fever - 100.3 and then went to take her Oxygen count that she had trouble reading because Lola was CRYING! I was trying to comfort her, singing and all, but when she threw her piggy on the ground, the nurse was just mean and was like, "No look what you did, you don't have your animal anymore." Not, "Oh, let's stop and try to call her down and then get a count again". She was just really mean. If you are a nurse to young children, you should know how to try and comfort them, not just be mean to them.
So we were shooed into a room to see the doctor who has the nerve to come in and ask me why Lola is so grouchy. Are you kidding me? Duh, she is sick and can't get any rest so she is crabby and crying, plus she doesn't really like doctors because she is so used to them poking and prodding her, she doesn't know any better. Plus, I was there to find out what was wrong with her, not vice versa. Anyway, I said that she was tired at the beginning of me telling him that she wouldn't stop coughing and he says that we all are it is 3:30 in the morning. Ok, whatever. He says that they are going to do a breathing treatment and then he would write a prescription for some antibiotics.
For the mommies that do breathing treatments for their children, you know how hard this is. They are supposed to wear a mask that is connected to a machine that makes LOUD noise. Scary. Especially for a little baby. I had to hold her with one arm, restricting her hands from moving the mask away from her face, the other hand was forced to smash the mask upto her face and move with her face when she did. She cried through the entire thing and it was aweful. No one helped me and I felt like the worlds worst mommy. One of the hardest things I have had to do.
We then went and picked up her medicine and headed home around 5:30 this morning, where thankfully she went right back to sleep until now! She is still coughing like crazy, but at least she was able to rest.

Kyan's Visit to the Hospital

Kyan (and bear) went to visit Grandpa B last night! Because Brion has such a high risk of getting sick or infection, Kyan (and bear) had to wear a mask! Kyan delivered his cards that he made at Rennie's for his grandpa, was able to say the Pledge of Allegiance, and sing America the Beautiful to help cheer him up! We are not sure how long Brion has to stay in the hospital, but it was a nice change for him to see Kyan and we are hoping that it made him feel a little bit better!

Lola's Party at the Park!

Kyan and I trying to help Lola blow out her candles!

The kids playing with Lola's new toy from grandma and grandpa Moffitt and the Durhams!

Baby Avery

JayLo playing together!

The birthday girl!

Sassy pants Jayla

Camden and Lola looking at a book - Lola had a hard time sharing her books and was always trying to take whatever Camden had! She is used to getting everything that she wants from her brother always handing it over! Camden wasn't so willing!

I love these last two pictures with Lola and my mama! Grandma and Grandpa let us host the party at their condo, well, the park by their condo! Less cleaning up for me to do!

Thanks so much to everyone that was able to swing by on Sunday to help Lola celebrate her birthday! She was also sent well wishes by those that couldn't make it!

A Wedding...Valentine's Day Style

This wedding was LOOOOOOOONG overdue, and because of that, I don't think that it could have been more beautiful! It was so nice to be able to attend Todd and Heather Kelley's special day, and I got to spend a nice evening alone with my husband, as my parents played babysitter! Thanks so much mom and dad for watching our little munchkins!
Heather was able to give Todd the book of pictures that I took of her for him, every time I was around Todd that evening he couldn't stop thanking me! I was so flattered and excited that he loved them so much! Couldn't have been too hard, Heather is such a beautiful person both inside and out! Whats not to love?

Love how handsome Chad looks in his pink tie!

Candis and I - don't get to spend much time with her these days, life has us busy, so it was nice to be able to spend the evening with her! NEED this more often!

Jayla's Birthday Party and Book

The girls together at the birthday party!

Kyan kept himself busy at the party playing croquet with the other older kiddos!

Love Jayla's birthday girl face in this one!

Daddy decided to give Lola a chocolate covered pretzel. When she started to get it all over his clothes, he made me take it away! Needless to say, Lola was very upset!


This is the book that I made for Jayla from Lola, it may not be meaningful right now to her or Lola, but one day I hope that they can both look back on it and smile and appreciate their friendship! I was crying as I was making it, crying when I was finished making it, crying when Susie opened it for Jayla! Not only was it a book for Jay, it was a book for Susie and some of the quotes are meant just as much for her as they are for Jay.

You see, Susie has always been "Chad's friend", she was always the girl that got to hang with the boys that I was always jealous of, that I could not hang out with them, but she could! Don't get me wrong, she has been my friend too, but I would just say a friend. Throughout our pregnancies together and our daughters growing up this first year, I feel like they have brought us so much closer together and I can trust Susie with anything! So yes, this book is for you too Sue, thank you for being a best friend to me! I feel like you are "my friend" now, not the other way around. I value our friendship and I hope that one day our girls will be able to do the same thing!