April Report

Ellie's Boyfriend, Arthur

Feeding a donkey, I think...

Right before bedtime, after her bath

Playing before bedtime with the dogs

BATHTIME!!

"I got my purse and my baby, and you won't let me in!!"

This is how I found her! She had taken the sheet from out of the clean pile of laundry, spread it out, laid down and went to sleep!

Another place I found her! And yes, that's my stove...

Talking on the cell phone

Addyson posing with a cannon at the Alamo

The three of us at the Alamo

Ellie and Addyson Easter 2009

Addyson is always posing!

Ellie was playing with the net from the "Elefun" game

Easter morning

Ellie's Basket

It's not even 8:30 in the morning and Addyson is already eating easter bunny chocolate!

Checkin out the baskets

Wearing daddy's baret

So, it's been an interesting week and this is going to be a rather long post, which is why I put the pictures first! You can come back and read everything later~

The two major events that happened since the last post were my parents and Addyson came for a visit and Tom had his ACL reconstructive surgery.

Getting ready for my family's arrival was nerve racking to say the least. I'm so happy that Tom just sucked it up and dealt with all my crazy moodiness. I always feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders if I don't get EVERYTHING done before visitors come over. I guess I should clarify that they need to be long distance vistors for me to get all wonky. So Tom and I cleaned like mad men and put up all the finishing touches in the house I've been putting off. I finally finished my curtains, and I like them. They make things look a little more cozy! I also made Addyson a dress AND a quilt for her third birthday which she spent here with us. (Sorry Mandi and Steve!) We also put together a little wood table kit and painted/stenciled it for Ellie and Addyson to use while they were both here. Of course they didn't. =) Everything got done and then I went to pick up the family at the airport.

Thank god the airport is only a 5-10 min drive away. No need to rush. I was already on my way when I got the call from them that they were here and waiting to deboard. I saw them as they were heading down the stairs to baggage claim. Good timing I'd like to think. We get their bags and head home. Unfortunately, we had to put Ellie to sleep before they had gotten there. We really did try to keep her up, but it was no use. She was tired and so she slept. My parents really wanted to see her so I let them in her room to see her as long as they promised not to wake her up! They wake her, they put her to bed. That was the deal. My dad was blown away by how much taller she is now. We all head off to bed some time after that and the next day was really nice.

Ellie took to both Mee-Maw and "PopPop" pretty quickly. I had a calorie point test that morning so it was all on Tom. When I came home, it seemed like she was pretty adjusted to having all those people in the house and was happily playing with Addyson. The day went pretty smoothly. My dad got to call turkeys in with a hunter at Camp Bullis, but didn't actually see any. Afterwards we all went down to the riverwalk and had dinner and did a touring cruise. Everyone seemed to like it and I was thrilled at how well Ellie was doing, despite it was more than 2 hours past her bedtime! The next day was Easter and I cooked and we had some friends over with their two boys, ages 9 and 18 months. We had an Easter Egg hunt for them which they all seemed to really like and get into. It was really nice seeing all the kids play like that.

On Monday, Mom, Dad, Addyson, Ellie and I went back downtown to visit the Alamo. It was the first time I had spent that kind of time there and I really enjoyed it moreso this time than any other time I've been. The grounds were beautiful too. Tom was at a pre-op appt which is why he wasn't there. Afterwards, we got the girls home and had them take a nap. "PopPop" watched them while Mom and I went out to JoAnn's to get some fabric so I can make her some kitchen curtains and placemats and whatever else I can get out of that fabric. It's really pretty and I think it'll look great in her YELLOW kitchen! We went back and the girls were just waking up. The 5 of us headed back out to the zoo. It was the first time I had been to our zoo here, and to be completely honest, I was impressed. The monkeys were playing, there were lots and lots of exhibits. The bears and the elephants had already gone in, but we still saw A LOT considering it was closing time. I told Tom I think I'd like to get a membership there so I can take Ellie more often. She loved the monkeys and the flamingos!

The next day, Tuesday, my parents left around 12:30, or at least that was when I dropped them off at the airport. It got a little emotional... Tom, Ellie and I went out for dinner that night as kinda a last night out before his surgery. Wednesday, yesterday, Tom and I were up at 4:30 AM getting everything ready because he needed to be admitted by 5:45 AM. Once he got all marked up for the surgery, Ellie and I said our goodbyes and we all went our separate ways. From what I understand, his surgery started between 7:45 and 8 AM. I took Ellie home to wait there because I thought it would easier for her. A friend of mine took Ellie around 9 AM so I could go back and wait for Tom at the hospital. The surgeon finally came out around 11:30 and told me that the surgery went well and that Tom was in recovery. I waited until almost 1 PM before someone came and got me to let me see him. The let him come home yesterday which was nice, but now I've got another "hat" to where. I'm now "nurse-maid." It comes with the terroritory. It's something that I'm just going to work with and not get frustrated about. By the end of the day though, I was wiped! All I wanted to do was sleep.

Tom seems to be doing pretty well today. He's up a lot more today than he was yesterday which I'm assuming is a good sign. We've got this hydratheraphy box thing that keeps icy cold water circulating around Tom's knee above the bandages. He says it feels nice so we keep it going for as long as we're able. The suckiest part about the box is our ice maker doesn't make ice fast enough to I have to keep buying more ice... Oh well, it's only for a week right? Tom is still getting the feeling for the crutches. Right now it's a lot easier for him to use me on the bad side and a crutch on the good side. He's supposed to return to work on Monday, but that's a whole 'nother story! There's going to be a whole lot of bitching if I start talking about that so we'll skip it for now. =)

I told you it would be a long one! I'm going to stop there and if I think of some new stuff, I'll just write up another post!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and the update!

Lis