Recovery

A little peek into Julia's 'recovery' from her adenoids and ear tubes surgery...

The Day of the Surgery, in the Evening

After a visit from her Nannie and a long nap, Julia is up playing with her Wonder Pets "Fly Train" and had another visit from her Nan. Still pretty pale, a little fussy and sensitive to being messed with, but otherwise in a decent mood...

The Day After the Surgery

Mickey Mouse pancakes for breakfast...

Then it's off to Toys R' Us to get Tuck from "The Wonder Pet" (to complete her collection)

A quick stop at Old Navy to pick up some new flip flops for Julia and to visit the mannequins (Jules loves the mannequins at Old Navy, especially the dog!).

Then it's off the Target to pick up a couple groceries, but first we had to stop at the Starbucks in Target for a refreshment- a little mother/daughter moment...

Of course, Julia was sweet enough to share her apple juice with Tuck!

Needless to say, Julia recovered well from the surgery!

What Julia Says...

Just some cute phrases my baby says that I wanted to remember...



~"I hold my Lovie and my blanket."- 5/19/10




~"Julia has sunglasses on her head!"- 5/22/10



~"I go night-night in my bed." (followed by fake snoring!)



~"My mommy hold my baby!" (while holding her arms up to be picked up; my personal favorite-she makes it sound so pitiful and cute at the same time.)

~ "Lovie has owie on her paw. Oh no! I kiss Lovie's owie."

Julia's First Surgery

Yesterday (5/19/10), Julia had her adenoids removed and tubes put in her ears. What a day it was for all of us!

Julia's surgery was scheduled for 8:30, so we needed to be ther at 7:30. When we got there, we met with Julia's nurse for pre-op. We met the nurses that would be with Julia, both anesthesiologists, as well as the ENT doing the procedure. I was amazed at how well Julia did the whole time, especially pre-op. She waved to the nurses, played peek-a-boo with the anesthesiologist, and ran around. She was very happy and relaxed and even liked the gown they gave us to put on her and the footie socks.

Snuggling with Daddy before she started playing around

Jules loved getting up in the crib they had for her and putting Lovie and her blanket to sleep!

Julia also liked pretending she was sleeping, mixed in with walking around on the bed.

When it was time to take Julia back to get some laughing gas, she let the nurses take her a nd didn't fuss at all a they walked her down the hall. After that a nurse led us to a post-op room to wait for the surgery to be done. It felt like the longest 45 minutes of our lives, waiting to see Julia again.

When they brought her back after the surgery, Julia looked so frail and out of it. The nurse put her in my arms, my nervous stomach kicked in and I felt very nauseous and had to quickly hand her off to Andrew because I thought I was going to be sick. Julia then threw up from being jostled about, I fainted, and came to to Julia crying for me! What an introduction to post-op!!

Things finally settled a bit and we tried to get Julia to drink something. Jules wouldn't drink anything! She threw up again. It took a little while to raealize she was throwing up because of the congestion she had rather than the anesthesia. After anti-nausea meds, Benadryl, and pain meds in her IV, around 11:30, Julia finally ate some orange jello and she was discharged. It was a very long morning.

Once we got Julia home, we all took a long nap, and Julia had a decent evening. She even had a couple of visitors from her Nannie and Nan. What a day!!

Girly Girl!

My baby girl is turning into a girly girl! I painted Julia's toenails for the first time and she loved it!! She wanted me to paint her fingernails too, but I think we'll wait a little while longer for that one. Julia loves pointing out her painted toenails to everyone!


Looking like a big girl with her sunglasses on her head, carrying her butterfly purse... watch out

Happy Mother's Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

April Update

In addition to Easter and bluebonnet pics, April was filled with some cute random moments we wanted to remember! Our little girl is starting to pretend play and has become our little helper, which is so adorable to watch. She likes to cook in her kitchen (although she likes the knobs on the stove in the big kitchen better!), pretends she is a puppy, drives her toy cars around, calls mommy and daddy on her play phone, and goes to the "grocery store" to buy food to cook. She also is getting into playing with a dollhouse and making the little people do different things. Her favorite thing is to have them go "pee-pee in the potty" (it makes a flushing sound when you close the lid to the potty) and then cheers them on and has them "wash their hands."


This month, Julia explored the various occupations she could do when she grows up....



The Veteranarian- Cleaning the pups paws when they come in from outside, reading to them to entertain them, and making sure they have enough water in their bowls... that's all there is to it, right?

The Gardener- Fun in the sun, getting your hands dirty, and planting flowers seeds... oh wait, Julia doesn't like getting her hands dirty and seemed to have more fun playing with the water hose afterwards!


The Artist- Colored Dora picture, anyone??

The Actor- Scary face...augh!!!!

The Chef- Macaroni anyone?

The Dietician- Hmm, looks like yogurt is good for you! This job is easy. Yay!!

The Dentist- Keep those teeth clean! Brush, brush, brush.

Bluebonnets 2010

This year I was able to get two sets of bluebonnet pics. Around Easter, the Pots & Plants Garden Center (the one with all the flamingos off of 360 & Bee Caves Rd) was filled with bluebonnets and huge plastic Easter eggs. So, one afternoon on the way home, Julia and I stopped by and snapped some pictures. She loved the "pink birds," "Ea eggs," and "boobonnets." Here are some cute pics I got...

Easter Bluebonnet Pics

Easter wouldn't be Easter without the annual bluebonnet pics in Easter outfits!

Easter 2010

This year, Julia enjoyed two Easter Egg hunts at school, an egg hunt at Nan & Pop's, and a couple easter baskets. She definitely got the hang of egg hunting!

Getting ready for the first egg hunt at school... she's got her game face on!

Julia was picky in the choosing of her eggs that went in her basket.

Found a blue one, Mommy!

Where did all the eggs go?

Day 2 of egg hunt at school. Julia thought it was more fun to knock the eggs off of the edge rather than picking them up!

Inspecting the eggs in her basket

See mom, I got two yellow eggs!

Easter Sunday 2010

Look at all the goodies I got!

Inspecting the contents of her basket, checking out the loot!

Easter basket at Nannie and Papa's house

Easter egg hunt at Nan & Pop's- Ooh, I gotta a pink egg!

" Woo hoo, this is fun! Do we get to hunt for eggs again tomorrow?"

Julia though she was going to go Easter egg hunting for the next week after Easter! She kept asking about getting Easter eggs!