Miss Katie's in the hospital

Sweet baby Katie has been hospitalized today with pneumonia and Type A influenza...

She is going to be on IV antibiotics and oral antibiotics. It took the nurse 4 attempts to start her IV. She only cried on the last attempt on even then only for a little bit. She is one tough cookie! Also they will be monitoring her oxygen to make sure her levels stay above 90%.

Her kitty is holding the oxygen she needs. At of now is only needs it blowing towards her face and not attached directly by it. Apparently this is called 'blow by oxygen'. I am learning a lot during this stay.

Here's her crib she will be sleeping in for at least tonight possibly 2 nights. I just want her to be comfortable. They are also testing her for RSV, in addition to the flu and pneumonia. So far she is stable, and that is the goal to keep her there.

Heaven received a beautiful angel today

Today my beautiful mother in law passed away. She was an amazing, beautiful, strong woman. I would not be where I am today without her. She helped me with my career and was a great resource for advice on life. She understood my oldest daughter better that I sometimes could.

My girls loved her beyond words, especially Kylie, Nana's first grandchild. They had a special bond all their own. Kylie is named after her Nana and grandma, and I don't think we could have done it any better. Kylie is in so many ways 'just like Nana'.

I am sad that she will not be around longer to see all 3 grow up. However I know she is watching them from heaven and is the BEST Guardian Angel they could ever have! I am thankful that our youngest daughter, Katie, got to 'meet' her Nana.

I personally believe Nana was waiting for that meeting. I know Greg and I will do our very best to tell each of the girls what a wonderful person Nana was.

She was so full of knowledge. If I could be half the person she was I will be a happy woman. It would have been 17 years in April that I have known her. It seemed like every time I had a question about anything she had some knowledge about it or knew where I could get more information.

I am so blessed to have been able to be loved by her. She never treated me as a 'daughter-in-law' she treated me as a DAUGHTER. I have always said I had the best Mother-In-Law a girl could ask for. Sure we had our share of disagreements over the years, but in the end we always laughed. She had an amazing smile that could light up a dark room. She always tried to look for the best in everyone.

Mama Dixie I love you and miss you. I can't wait to see you again... :)

Snowmen!

Look what Kylie and I made this weekend

It was so nice outside on Sunday that when the girls wanted to go outside I couldn't resist getting my snowpants on too! Kylie and I had lots of fun. We laughed so hard in our attempt to make this big snowman as big as possible. After we rolled the middle section for our snowman, it occured to me that there was now way we were going to be able to lift it, I guess I failed snowman building 101. As I was trying to figure out how I was going to get the middle section on, Kylie grabbed the inner tube in an attempt to be funny and put it on the snowman. It thought it was funny so it stayed!

Kylie made the face on our little snowman, I did the face on the BIG snowman. To compare the two, Kylie is taller than the little one. According to Kylie, the big snowman is Kylie and the little is Lacey.

This was the most fun I had in a long time. This definitely made me realize I need to make time to play with my girls. They are great kids, and I love them beyond what words can describe.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all of our family and friends!!

Look who lost her first teeth

Miss Kylie lost her first two teeth tonight! She was so brave, we were so proud of her.

She only had a couple of happy tears after the second tooth was pulled. Truth of the matter is, the first one was really ready to be pulled and the second tooth...not so much, but it was close. Mommy pulled the first one, and Daddy pulled the second one. We are so glad they are out especially since one of them already had a tooth coming in behind it.

She was so excited after it was over she could hardly go to sleep in anticipation of the tooth fairy coming! It was so fun to see her so excited. Let's just say the tooth fairy was very good to her. :)

And then there were three...

Our three beautiful girls

first picture together...

Katie's first bath

Katie does not appreciate her bath's at all. These are pictures from her first bath today:

Her eye is red because she has a clogged tear duct.

This is what she thought of the bath!

Hopefully as she gets older she will start to enjoy them much more.

Going Home!

In my car seat ready to go home!

Mommy and Daddy are a little nervous and excited to all be at home together.

Lacey meets baby Katie for the first time

Lacey was so excited to meet Miss Katie!

"I wuve you baby Katie"

Lovin' on Katie :)

Adoring Katie

Holding Katie for the first time.

Lacey came to visit us on Katie's going home day. She came in and was so excited to meet her. She had to wait for a bit since Katie was down in the nursery getting her pictures taken. But when they wheeled Katie in she could hardly contain herself, it was so cute!

Kylie and Katie's first introduction

Kylie and Katie met for the first time today...

It was love at first sight, Kylie could not stop looking at Katie.

She is a very proud big sister. I know she will be a great help when we get home.

She adores her new baby sister...it's beautiful.

Introducing Katie Lucille-Ruth

January 18, 2011 at 6:55 am

8 pounds, 9 ounces

20 1/2 inches

Will today be the big day?

Went to the Doctor today. I am dilated to 3, and 80% effaced. Will our third daughter make her appearance today? Time will tell...

Doctor said baby will most likely be this week. Doctor M. told me that he is going to request the nurse to schedule an induction for next Tuesday. So at the very latest Baby #3 will be here not later than Tuesday, January 25th.

I know that I am ready for baby to be born. I enjoy being pregnant however, I am uncomfortable. And more importantly I can't wait to meet our newest daughter. :)

Hi I'm Larry....

Playing outside is SNOW much fun!

Some Snow Fun!

In our area we have gotten over 2 feet of snow in the past two day and more is expected! Needless to say there was plenty of snow for the girls to go outside and play in. Mommy was even out for a while too!

Poor Lacey's hat kept falling over her eyes. I think it bothered me more than her!

Of course both of the girls had to taste the snow...judging by the fact that they both kept eating it I'm pretty sure they approved of the taste! I don't think I know of a kid that doesn't like to eat snow.

Lacey had the hardest time out in the snow, there was too much for her to walk anywhere out back except for the back porch.

The snow

Two days ago we had NO snow on the ground. And now we have this:

The path Kylie made so Lacey could go all the way to the back of the backyard with her:

The front yard when it was blowing so hard, you could barely see the neighbors house across the street.

The depth of the snow in the front by our house