Izzy's First Day at Dance!

Today was Izzy's first day at dance. She has been looking forward to it for WEEKS! Telling her she couldn't go to dance if she didn't eat was the only way I could get her to eat when she got her tonsils out! Here she is ready to get out to the door on our way! I have a heck of a time getting her to stand normal... haha

Here she is at dance class! We got there a little early so she had time to get used to the whole idea. And this is the last clear picture... to warn you in advance!

I took OVER 50 pictures and all of them were through the glass and ALL of them are fuzzy! So annoying! She was a little bit shy this time but I know she'll warm up a little bit more each time, until she's totally comfortable. She did the same thing in Nursery.

This was when she was learning all the ballet positions... I kept giggling out loud watching all these cute girls!

Learning turns... everyone made it across the floor but Iz just turned right in the same spot! AHHA

Sorry it's all so fuzzy, I have a million more pictures, but these were the most clear ones!

And here is little Livi waiting so patiently for an HOUR for Iz to be done! Good baby!

Izzy's Tonsils

All summer long Izzy has been getting sick like every other week! It has been so frustrating... she gets a fever of 104 and then is sick for just like HALF a day and then feels better. We've also been camping in our new trailer this summer, which is when we noticed she coughs ALL NIGHT LONG! One of the nights I held her on my chest and realized she stops breathing in her sleep! FREAK ME OUT! After many a doctor visit, Trev and I decided to take her to an ENT for a second opinion. After being there 5 minutes, he said, she needs her tonsils out. He took a look and sure enough her tonsils were very enlarged and full of holes. (which had kept getting infected.) We set up our appointment, and here is our cute patient. The nurse brought her some Princess stickers and this way cute hat!

The pre-op people were amazing. They gave Izzy this little doll and let her color on her. They let her draw a face and whatever she wanted. The cute girl blew bubbles at her and showed her all sorts of toys while the nurses, etc... were telling us everything that was going to happen. I really wanted to go with her until they put her out but they didn't let me. We only had to wait about forty minutes until we got to see her again, so that was a comfort.

She threw a HUGE tantrum right when she woke up from anesthesia so we didn't get a ton of after pictures, it was pretty stressful. She kept trying to pull her IV out and was freaking out. We finally got her calm, snuggling mom, and watching Mickey Mouse Club house. After she ate a popsicle they let her go home. Don't mind my retarded face I'm making I was trying to eat some breakfast and Trev was trying to get a shot of me stuffing my mouth.. .haha

After she got home she was STARVING! She wanted to eat everything... which is NOT how I felt a couple of years ago when I got mine out. She probably ate more this day than she has her whole life! ahah She wanted food food too, not just ice cream and popsicle, and she would cry when we wouldn't let her eat chips or pretzels, poor girl. Here she is s day later, happy and beautiful!

PS Grandma she loves the lion it hasn't left her sight!

And heres a quick pic of Miss Liv who came to support her sister. She loves Izzy so much and was so excited when we got to see her again. She wants to be by her constantly, and do what she's doing! We all love our Izzy, she's the SWEETEST.

And a BIG thank you to my mom and dad for coming to the hospital and helping us out!

Gene isn't a Chrysalis ANYMORE!

This is Gene. Our Grandma Kenna raised him from an egg! We've watched him grow, poop, and eat! He turned into a chrysalis a couple of weeks ago!

Grandma Kenna called us this morning to tell us Gene was now a butterfly! When I told Izzy Gene is a butterfly now! She said "OH Gene isn't a chrysalis anymore!"

Izzy really did want to like him but she was a little freaked out!

Iz was really concerned Beckem was going to get him... turns out his binkie was on the counter and he was just crawling for it! haha

He was just hanging there, and suddenly he spread his wings and started getting ready to fly! Grandpa Mike got the stick and we took him out to the deck so he could fly away!

Beckem was braver than Izzy and decided he wanted to hold him!

Then he too decided it was a little freaky! HAHA!

Liv was brave enough, but a little too aggressive!

After almost being smooshed by our adorable one year old, he decided I AM OUT OF HERE!

We told Izzy he will fly far away to Mexico and come back later and lay eggs. I really thought she got it, until we pulled into Grandma Rocks drive way later that day and we could see Grandma Kenna's back yard and Izzy said "Look mom it's Mexico!"

Olivia's First Birthday

Our sweet baby Liv has turned one! She's growing up so fast! She has THE cutest personality! We love her so much and are so glad to have her in our family!

We've Been Having a Fun Summer!

We've been having a GREAT summer! We'll get back to blogging soon!