Random March and April Pictures

Well, I have been so bad about updating here are some random pictures from March and April.....Once I get semi caught up, I will just do a weekly update.  :)  Davis went to Georgia's 3rd Birthday at the Aquatic Center and he LOVED it!  He could not wait to get to the pool all day.  He had fun swimming with Daddy while Katelyn and I hung out and watched.

Katelyn swinging at the park on a play date with Maddox and Mason.....the last time I go to the park alone!  It was so hard to keep track of Davis while watching Katelyn I about had a heart attack 50 times...so I came home and tried my hardest to talk Lance into getting us our own play set.  And the verdict is....yep I won!  It was installed on the 25th of April and we are all LOVING it!  I am one happy Momma!

Davis still liked wagon rides and to my surprise Katelyn LOVED it, so now we have another thing to add to our afternoon routine.  Riding a wagon is hard work....gotta have lots of water..ha!

He is a little GRUMPY can you tell??

About half way through our walk, he just took his shirt off and then on the way back to the house he leaned out and picked up the newspaper.  He is getting to be an old man already.

Her favorite new thing is standing up and taking a couple of steps.  She is finally getting pretty good she is up to about 9 or 10 steps.  She is a really fast crawler so if she is in a hurry, she just walks a few steps and then spider crawls the rest of the way.

This is why I LOVE having a girl! 

It got real quiet I cam in and found her hands all stuck in sticker scraps from Davis' sticker book.  She was very entertained!

These two are finally starting to play together, but this looked like plain TROUBLE to me!

Davis and Maddox riding his jeep.  This is his all time FAVORITE thing he owns.  He got this for Christmas and now he can steer and drive so well he just has the best time.  He won't sit to watch a movie but he will sit in his jeep for hours and ride if you let him. 

Davis and his neighbor friend Lillian....are they not just so cute.  He was all about taking care of her as you can tell with his hand on his leg. 

This is the newest and greatest....SPIDER crawl that Katelyn has started doing.  Lance's mom told us that Lance used to crawl this way as well, so I guess it runs in the family.

I am busy getting breakfast one morning and turn around and Davis has his pants STUFFED with tools, toys, and balls...ha!  It looked hilarious so I had to take a picture, he was very proud of all the stuff he could fit in his pants.  Oh my goodness little boys are just too funny!

Katelyn's newest favorite toy is the car.  She will play with this car for an hour, but you have to watch her.  She tries to stand up in it an jump out....she may be a little on the wild side.

We finally let Davis take Katelyn for a SLOW ride in the jeep and he was so excited.  He got her all strapped in and was so sweet with her.  She had a great time, especially when Davis put it in full gear which he was not supposed to do.  She would throw a fit every time I tried to take her out of the jeep.  Thankfully Davis did not mind and he just let her stay in and ride with him.  It is so fun watching them begin to play together more and more. 

The picture below is just so sweet to me.  Davis loves his sister so much! 



Surgery DAY - TWO in one day!

Some people thought we were crazy and maybe we were, both Katelyn and Davis needed tubes so we just went ahead and did them back to back on the same day.  They were scheduled at 8:50 but we had to be there at 7:20 so it was an early morning for us for sure!  Even though it was minor surgery you still worry about putting your babies to sleep.  I went back with Katelyn to be put the sleep and then was with her in the recovery room and then Lance met me there after Davis was put to sleep.  Got to love teamwork! 

Davis LOVES his ENT doctor, which amazes us since he does not have much of a personality.  He is a great doctor and super nice, but just not overly outgoing or someone that I would think Davis would remember.  Oddly, he really is his favorite doctor.  When Dr. Bauer cut his bottom frenulum a few months back when Davis woke up the first thing he said when he woke up was "You broke my tongue!"  this had them all laughing.  All week Davis has been telling Katelyn that Dr. Bauer is going to cut her tongue and put her tubes in, he was pretty excited about the whole process...ha!  When he saw the doctor come in he lit up and said (Really Loud) "Hi Dr. Bauer!"  I think he made Dr. Bauer's day, I don't know how many kids greet him like that.   

Davis had to have both of his tubes put back in.  They fell out several months ago and since then he has had fluid on his ears.  After watching it for a while, and two ear infections later, we really pushed for tubes again and Dr. Bauer agreed.  He also had to have his top frenulum in his mouth cut.  This was the third time we have had to put Davis under for surgery and he did great again.  He is such an easy going little guy. 

Katelyn on the other had was not easy going....imagine that!  She was great until I went back with her to be put under.  Lance was telling me about what to expect because he always goes back with Davis, well it did not go the same way with little Katelyn.  She screamed and held her breath while they were trying to get her mask on her.  Let me just say that she did not stop SCREAMING until we got in the car to go home.  They brought her back from surgery and she SCREAMED bloody murder until we left.  It was well over an hour of screaming crying, we could not get her settled down.  She had to have tubes in both ears, and both her top and bottom frenulums cut.  Both of her ears were still extremely infected with fluid on them so I am so glad we went ahead and had hers put in as well.  Last night she said two new words out of the blue "hi" and "mama".  She also was drinking correctly from her straw cup.....coincidence...I don't think so!  Lance and I have heard her say more sounds the past two days and I am so excited for her.  She also is trying to walk more and seems to have a little better balance.

After the surgery, Davis was looking at Kateyln like she was a crazy woman because of her excessive crying.  They both did great with drinking their fluids after.  We finally got them ready to go home and they both threw up twice in the hospital room.  I bet the nurses were glad to get us out the door.  And then Davis threw up again in his brand new car seat on the way home....FUN TIMES! :) Davis was so helpful to Katelyn the whole day and was so sweet to her. He even helped her pick out her elephant to, which she loved! Davis picked out a train whistle and has taken it everywhere the past two days.

Katelyn was really eyeing Davis' toy he picked out and was quite determined to take it.

She is pretty sneaky as you can tell. Everyone is posing for a picture and she is trying to steal her brother's toy....NICE!

Katelyn after her surgery.....look at her poor lip, it looked so sad in person the pictures don't really do it justice!  My dad said she was way too young for collagen injections.

So thankful that we are so blessed with Children's Healthcare and wonderful doctor's and nurses.   Also blessed with a wonderful husband and support system.  All our family called to check on the little ones and Meme and Opa brought us over dinner so we didn't have to worry about cooking which was wonderful. 

Davis did great and has not complained one time about his ears or mouth.  Katelyn bless her heart had a hard time and then woke up with a fever of 102.7 and that was with Tylenol every four hours.  We got worried it was an infection.  We had to call the surgeon emergency and then the pediatrician.  But long story short everything was fine and it was just a fever virus thank goodness, I don't think we could have taken anything else this week. 

Each time I go through something like this I am just overly thankful for our health.  So many families struggle with this all the time and the hospital is their home which I know is so hard.  I feel horrible for complaining about our little incidents when so many have this as their daily life.  Thankful for our many blessings that is for sure!