April 16th

Well, The cardiology nurse called Tuesday. Turns out that they don't want to wait on Natalie's surgery after all. I went into panic mode when she called even though this is the out come I wanted. I just don't know if I can keep it together for her while we are there. I guess I will just have too. She is such a good girl and it makes me feel bad to look at her knowing she has no clue whats about to happen. I know she will bounce back quickly, and the doctors there are the best, I just don't want my beautiful baby having surgery. I just keep picturing how scared she will be at first and when she wakes up. Its so weird because she seems so healthy on the outside (besides being very small) she runs and dances and plays like a normal 2 year old, how could she need such a life threatening surgery. I know I am kind of rambling, I just have all the thought pouring out. Oh, and I am leaving Landon with my big sister while we are gone. She is the best, but I am going to miss him so much while we are gone. I hope he doesn't forget me. We will be going on the 14th, the 15th we have pre op, then surgery is the 16th. I think they said surgery would take like 5 hours. Please Pray for my baby girl!

Natalie and her Grandma

Updates!

Ok, we will start with the good news...

Landon has started baby food! And he loves it. He can already down a whole jar. And he love any kind. This is a big deal for me because Natalie would only eat the orange veggies or fruit, and she would only eat a few bites. The only bad thing is he is getting really gassy with the new food, but mylicon helps a lot! He had his 4 month check up a few days ago and he was 25in long (over the 50th percentile) and 13.1lbs (right at the 5th percentile). I thought he was pretty chubby, but the doctor said I have tall skinny kids. Yay for them right? I don't know where they get those good genes.

For the bad news...

Natalie had her cardiology appt Wednesday. We went in the previous day for her echo to save on time for her appt. It took an hour and a half for the test and she had to stay as still as possible. It was really hard because she was scared. We could tell it didn't look good because of how long he was taking. Sure enough after waiting 2 hours to see the doctor the next day (so much for saving time), her valve was leaking more than before. I thought ok well good thing we are doing surgery in the next 2 months... Nope, apparently she hasn't gained enough weight. She grew 3 in in the last 6 months, but only gained 1 pound. Her regular doctor hasn't been concerned about her weight because she is just small, and her heart has to work twice as hard so she burns calories faster. Oh, also her right atrium (i think it was) is pretty enlarged, but the cardiologist said it would go back down after surgery. So anyways, they are going to call me on Monday and let me know if we have to put the surgery off another 6 months or if we go ahead. Its funny, I always hope and pray that by some miracle we will go in and they will say, wow hew heart healed on its own, but in reality that is not a possibility. I just want to get this surgery over with before she gets old enough that I have to explain it to her.

My neice Makaylah came over to play with Natalie yesterday. It is so funny when they get together, they just start screaming together in a high pitch squeal! We tried to take their pictures together, but they wouldn't sit still.

Almost pet free!

We have been giving away our pets... I am not so sad I have to admit. I have never been a huge animal person. Mainly because of allergies... I like other peoples pets though! We had two outside dogs and one inside one. It is just too hard to give your pets enough attention when you have two kids that need it more. Also the doctor thinks the pet dander is making Landon congested. We got rid of the outside dogs a month ago, they needed more room to run than our tiny yard, and we have no time to walk them like we used too. Ana our little inside dog is going to live with Grandpa Earl, he has always loved her and she likes him more than she likes us. We are going to miss Ana and so will Natalie, but Ana will be happier with him! I know some of you may say "why did you get them if you didn't want them." All I can say is I don't know, kids change things.

Landon

I just took a super cute picture of Landon in his bumbo seat.




He is such a good boy. In this picture he is playing with his best friend ever lamby! here is a close up of him. He will sit and lick lamby for hours!

Bad Poster

I am so sorry that I haven't been updating my blog very well, and that my last few have been so boring. Landon has a sinus infection and I have been working my butt off. I have had 1 day off out of the last seven days and I work 11 hour days. I actually work part time, but had to fill in for someone this week. Oh, and I have a terrible rash all over my hands. I finally found some lotion that I love and after I used it a few times, go figure I am allergic to it. I am debating on trying children benedryl, that's all I have at the house. I am hoping to get together with my sisters and mom this weekend, I miss you guys. I doubt Katy will be home though. I am trying to think of something cool to talk about, but am coming up with nothing... Oh, we got a new washer and dryer, front loaders! Yay, now I can do even more laundry. Funny story about that, I got mad because while I was loading the old washer, the lid came down and busted me in the nose. It hurt so bad I told trenton I wasn't doing laundry till we got a new one. I think I am going to try and take the kids to the park today while it is pretty out.

I'm bored!

I just got home from meeting Brayden for the first time! He is even more adorable in person! I wanted to stay a little longer and visit, but I got a call from my mother-in-law (mil) she said Natalie woke up from her nap screaming for me. Of course I got home and she was just fine. My mil is watching the kids for me tomorrow so I can go to work for a few hours. I have worked a lot this week, I have had one day off (today) out of 5 days, and I work 11 hours each day. It is exhausting. Then on my one day off I have spent most of my time deep cleaning the kitchen, mainly because I am bored.