Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A little divine intervention.....




I got a call yesterday from my big brother in Texas that my 3 1/2 year old niece McKenzi is not doing very well. She suffers from a condition where she gets AVM's in her brain (basically they an abnormal collection of blood cells), and they found more. She had surgery about two years ago to remove a few and has gone through so much at such a young age. We would all appreciate it enormously if everyone would please keep her in their thoughts and prayers. I have faith that the doctors here at the Phoenix Children's Hospital will have better news than the doctors she has been seeing in Texas. They saved her life the first time, and I am confident they will now as well! So please send all your prayers to my beautiful neice and her family and let's all hope for a miracle!!!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

We're Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!











Wow. Finally. Things are finally starting to get settled down for us. We are almost all unpacked...not to say I don't have PLENTY of decorating to do. But for the most part our lives are falling into a comfortable routine. Routine? Boring you say? No way. I know my days are jammed packed full of craziness. From the moment I wake up....to the moment I pass out from exhaustion there is never a dull second. But here are a few pics I took of the girls the last few days.....I got a lot of catching up to do!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Still MIA.......

Again I have to apologize for my lack of time spent on our "blog". Things have been crazy for us! We just moved in mid June into our awesome new house. We have so much extra room it is unreal! Though I will be sure to purchase plenty of stuff so that we can be nice and cluttered like we are used to. Much to Nick's dismay. : ) (Come on! I am a woman, it is in my genetic makeup to spend money and buy unnecessary products!) Our new house is great, the girls have their own rooms, plus a playroom so there is never a lack of things to do for them. I will post some pics soon.

Speaking of which, I finally ordered a new camera cord. I gave up on trying to locate the impossible missing cord. I swear someone stole it! I am pretty organized. It couldn't possibly be my fault. : )

Lillie is doing great. She had gotten sick last month right before the move, she came down with a fever of 102.5 for a few days and we finally found out she had a kidney infection. She took all her medicine and is now feeling much better! Her pediatrician would like her to undergo a few tests though to rule out any possible problems with her urinary tract. So unfortunately next month she will have to go to the hospital for a few tests, nothing too bad, just uncomfortable. But I am sure she will be just fine! They just have to rule out anything being wrong with the way her kidneys and urinary tract function, to make sure it is nothing that formed incorrectly. Other than that little issue she is amazing! She is getting ginormous! More than 2 feet tall and 14lbs as of a few weeks ago, which I am sure she has gained a ton by now. She is super strong and able to roll all over and she also recently discovered that she loves the taste of her fingers and her toes! Another thing she has discovered is that binkies are just not as good as her thumb! A habit I had hoped would not catch on, but hey it makes her happy! She is also sleeping pretty consistently through the night which I am LOVING! Finally a decent nights rest.....

Or not. Actually since we have moved Paige has decided to go ahead and resume getting up at 3am to "hang out". She always does this at her Grandma Gaby's, but not at home. But I think the new place and all the changes she has been going through is making her think that 3am is a good a time as any to hop in mom and dad's bed and watch some good ol' t.v. Sometimes I catch her watching t.v. and she never woke me up! Who knows how long she was sneakin in some t.v. time! But she is doing awesome, and is super happy with the new house and loving the grass and sprinklers. We also recently started our "home schooling" with our pre-k learning activity books and she has done great with learning to write and following directions. We hope to enroll her in preschool this fall. She is just my little genius!

As for me and Nick, we are great too. He is ecstatic he just bought himself a car. It's "cherry" in his words. A good ol' Honda Civic. But hey I won't protest to him loving older cars. Means we don't have to go buy new ones for the both of us! We both are doing great, loving life, raising kids, and enjoying every moment. So I hope this helps keep everyone updated, until next time!