Easter Egg Hunt - Library!

We joined in on an Easter egg hunt at the library today. We had fun, though poor William didn't get to any eggs in time. He likes to take his time. :) The libraries had to re-hide some eggs just for him. They made a cute egg craft and the four of us (daddy too) were even featured in the local newspaper later! It was so exciting to see our picture. :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

No time tonight, but lots of pics and fun to tell about our fun St Patty's day.

St Patrick's Day fun

We went to see a bubble guy today. The kids were pretty engrossed. :)


Afterwards they blew their own bubbles...daddy even joined in on the fun!

My little Mr Lucky. :)


They loved being surrounded by a bubble. :)

Mommy with her little lephrechans!

It turned out to be such a beautiful day..the kids had fun running around outside. They love each other so much.

love them

New 'do's!

I decided the kids needed haircuts last week, and I finally got the popsicles to bribe them to get the job done. :)

I don't have a great picture of Ella's hair length before, but this is her best before picture on my computer. This was from January. Her hair had gotten pretty long! (She was going ice skating for the first time and a little nervous, hence the unhappy face.)

Here she is after! I took off a LOT! But I think she looks absolutely adorable! I angled her hair so it's longer in the back and she seems to like it a lot too. Isn't she sweet!? But she looks so grown up...! :(

Here is Mr William today, right before his haircut. I had started calling him my shaggy little doggy. :) Still adorable even sporting the shag.

Here he is after! Such a handsome little man. :) It's a little hard to see in the picture, but I took a good amount off and cleaned it up really well. He'll get more of a buzz in the summer when it's hot, but he and I are both happy with his new 'do too!

My little sweeties! I don't care that it took two popsicles each to get their hair done. It saves me time and money, and I really enjoy it. :)

Brain Surgery Recovery

Today marks three weeks since I had brain surgery. Something I never thought I would ever have to go through. It was the scariest thing in my entire life, but so far I'm feeling pretty good. My head throbbing isn't happening which is wonderful, though I'm not exactly jumping around either. There have been some minor issues, but I'm surprised at how well I'm doing at only three weeks post op.

I'm weaning off my medications, though I still have restrictions; I can't drive until I am totally off my meds and have a return to a full range of motion in my neck (which I'm pretty close to!). I also still have a 10lb weight lifting restriction, but that will soon be lifted to 25lbs hopefully. I miss picking up my "babies" but they've been very understanding and accommodating.

Ella told daddy the other night at bedtime that she was praying most of all for mommy's healing. How sweet is she?

Only time will tell if my 6 hour long surgery has "cured" me of all my head pain. I'm praying hard, and also praying it heals my back/hip/sacroilliac pain that I was convinced was caused by my Chiari.

I see my doctor for my post op appointment in 2 1/2 weeks, so hopefully he says everything is looking good and I'm progressing well. Please keep praying for a full and complete recovery for me.

Because the past 8 months have been such a roller coaster I haven't been able to keep up with my blog, which really makes me sad. I love my blog and love looking back so easily on the early years with my children. I hope to make time to go back and fill in the blanks as to the fun we have managed to have in the past several months, and how the kids continue to grow and change.

I'll spare you the picture of my incision, just in case my mom sees this post. She refuses to look at it. :)

Keep up the prayers, for whoever reads this. It's very much appreciated.