April & May

Suprise, suprise...I am actually updating my blog!

Thought I would go a few months back....

April

I know my last post was in April but I didn't say what else we had been doing.

Rayden turned 4!

Her birthday was the same day as Easter this year, so we had a party a few days before, we had a girlie girl princess party. I made Tu-tu's thanks to some help from Jenny.

We played games and danced...lots of fun!

We also celebrated Easter

 Easter morning

 Pretty Purple people

We celebrated Mother's day

 Ryker had his end of year Kindergarten performance, and much to my suprise...

He ROCKED!!!

We went to Vegas for Lindsey & Jake's wedding

Lindsey & Jake swimming with the kids

This is us after the ceremony

They also had a reception in Utah so we went to that one too

Doesn't she look beautiful???

Had to have a picture of the matching family

 After the reception, the kids got to go swimming at Grammy and Grampy's hotel

Grammy & Grampy

 Rayden graduated from preschool

 Her fun teacher

 We took our "new" boat out to the Lake for the first time over Memorial Day

We had a sleepover on the boat

Then got to go to all the graves in Morgan

Then we ate a yummy lunch at Taggarts...fabulous deserts!

So that is April and May at a glance, we still have June and July to cover, but for now that is what we did.

The BIG day!

The BIG day finally arrived!

NO MORE CAST!

I have a million things I should blog about, but this one is the most exciting, and so deserving of a post!

Just hours before the dang thing comes off...of course she had to have one last blow out in it, just to help me appreciate it's removal that much more!

Waiting anxiously....

 Anytime now....

Finally it is time!

She couldn't quite figure out what was happening

It actually took a little while to get the cast off.

She said it was very thick (which explains why it weighed so much)

 After all the sawing came prying it apart

 AHHHH...relief

Not to worry she still has her chunks :)

I know this is gross, but it will help to show how incredibly hard it was to clean her up after she would poop, mind you some of this is fresh from right before her appointment!

Can you imagine...yuck!

Finally get to snuggle my chunky monkey!

Some how this is the only clothed after shot I have taken.

She finally gets to wear clothes

And the best part of all was the bath!!!!

I could not wait to get her in the tub and do a scrub down

I just love this little chunk. 

For everything she has been thru, she is such a happy content little thing.

It was a long 3 months but thank heavens this part is over.

Her hips look like they are in the right spot, so for now we have her sleep in a harness for the next 3 months and do some follow up appointments and pray they don't slip out because I DO NOT want to have to do this ever again!

Hip Surgery #2

Wow, what a difference a surgery makes!

Raddy had her cast changed on Friday and is was like nothing happened at all.

She had to go to the OR for it again and be put to sleep

This is her before surgery

She was so tired, since we had to get her up about 5am!

I finally got her to sleep, of course they came to get her about 15 minutes later.

She did so much better this time around.  When I first got back to see her she was pretty sad and out of it, but once they finally let me hold her, she calmed right down, laid her head on me and slept for about 30 minutes. 

Once she woke up it was almost like nothing happened to her.  She started to smile and talk to us and hardly even cried again.  I was so worried that it was not going to go well, but it really couldn't have gone better.

We were home by 11 and back with the kids

This picture is of all the girls in our matching purple!

Grammy came to help us again.
Thankfully things went so smoothly we got to hang out and enjoy her being here instead of working her to death.  Thanks again Mom it was so nice to have you here!!!

Raddy has an entertainment committee, they perform whenever it is needed and never fail to make her giggle, which is hysterical to hear.  Everyone tries to see who can make her laugh!

We will be getting this cast off in about 5 weeks!

YAY...then she just has to wear a harness at night when she sleeps!

For now we just enjoy our sweet baby girl, who honestly is hardly ever upset or sad.  She has handled this crappy cast like it is nothing.  She smiles constantly and we just love her!

FEBRUARY CONT...

So the rest of February wouldn't load earlier so here ya go.

Riley had this fantastic 3rd grade project....not really

Turns out it was more for the parents than the kids, but they had to make a complex machine out of 3 simple machines.  So the Nut Smasher was created, thanks to their Dad's

We had some girl movie time

Rayden loves to keep the babies feet clean, which is great for all of us!

Cracks me up she is always cleaning them out

Our chunky monkey all dressed up

So happy!

We finally let the kids sign the babies cast, they having been dying to do it!

She is having her surgery/cast change this Friday, not as big of a deal as last time, but still stressful having the whole surgery thing...not much fun!

She has been such a good baby thru all of this.

She is always smiling, laughing, honestly just a really fun loving baby!

(Even while we are taking 30min to change a poopy diaper)

FEBRUARY

We had a busy month...not sure what we did, but it was busy!

We celebrated Valentine's Day

I had to work that day, so Sunday night there were a few treats left out for the kids

Rayden

Ryker pondering which shirt to wear...always a hard decision for him

Riley all set with some Valentine gear

(I got to help with her Vday party for school...talk about chaos)

I told Jason I wanted chocolate strawberries,,,he said NO!

So I came home from work to find plastic toy strawberries covered in chocolate syrup!

Funny guy...right? Not really

Then I discovered these in the fridge...mmmmm!

Jason turned the big 35!

Lucky guy, getting older doesn't even phase him.

I would be flipping out if I was that old, but I'm not :)

We had a fun day celebrating.  The kids were out of school so we both took the day off work and played all day!  We started with take-out breakfast and then some sledding!

Rayden making snow angels

Jason and I having such a fabulous time!

Ryker not so sure if he is having fun

Riley definitely having a good time!

After a lunch break and a quick nap for the baby we went to go bowling along with the rest of the world so we ended up playing some arcade games instead

We ended our day of fun with dinner at Texas Roadhouse

We even took the baby out with us

(which is huge because taking her anywhere is hard)

We really had a fun day, but we were very worn out by the time it was all over.

Jason is one lucky guy....just kidding, we are the lucky ones he is a pretty great guy!