Purple and Pink Stripes

The time came for Lydia on Friday to have her bi-lateral foot correction surgery. We drove and hour to Nashville, in the dark and pouring rain. None the less made it there safe and ready. Due to Lydia's Spina Bifida she has nerve damage down to her feet which causes her to be very pigeon toed. As well as when she stands its on the outsides of her feet. One foot has better standing position than the other but none the less she needed some help. Time has sure flown by, I remember when she was just a baby and we found out she would need this done after the age of 1. And now that time has come and went. We were amazed at how quickly the procedure took and impressed by the team at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Lydia did amazing coming off of anesthesia. We left our house at 5 am and we were home by 1130 am. Amazing. She has pink and purple striped boot casts and is doing so well. She can stand in them and is still crawling. All though she does seemed to get tangled up with the weight of the casts; but I think that may just take some getting used to. Lydia is definitely a bit heavier to carry now. But hey, that's a good arm work out for me and a good leg work out for Lydia. Right? From the beginning Jake's parents made it clear that they would come and help out any way needed when surgery time rolled around and we're so grateful to them for coming to help. They stayed with Isabelle and helped out with dinner and it was such a help. Lord knows as parents our mind and heart was racing all morning. Although I did feel quite a peace in my heart. I think all the prayers going out for our little one and for us as parents were being answered. God knows no boundaries and everything went smooth, our Lydia did amazing, and we are so thankful this step is over with and our looking forward to her healing and next steps into getting her walking! So thank you again family and friends; for your prayers, thoughts, and kind words. Have a great Sunday!

Fall is here

Hello there readers, Isn't this one just a wonderful season? October is here, fall colors are everywhere, that means more home cooked, soulful, meals, yummy smelling candles, getting a good arm work out while raking, cool morning (or evening) runs(walks), and actually enjoying it before realizing you have to start Christmas shopping. :) We just finished a scrumptious dinner. All fresh veggies from the farmers market which including zucchini, red pepper, onion, one small thinly sliced red potato,and a hot red pepper, sauteed in butter; seasoned with sea salt, black pepper, and a few dashes of red pepper flakes. DELICIOUS. Then I browned a New York strip in butter, same frying pan I cooked the veggies. Steak was from Jake's buppa, you know the one that bought us the box from Wisconsin. Not a big red meat eater, so a quarter of that steak was plenty. We ate a softened flour tortilla with the veggies and steak. And the girls? Well Lydia went to bed at 6:45 and Isabelle was watching Rio in the back round...but for dinner they had oatmeal. Not fancy, but perfect for a picker eater and teething baby. Doctored up with milk, butter, brown sugar, and of course cinnamon. A thick slice of french bread and they were happy campers. What's on the menu this week at your house? Tomorrow we are off to Nashville, where we will have an Ortho consult for Miss Lydia's foot surgery. Hopefully SOON...oh how she wants to walk. :) We plan on taking full advantage of the day. Here is a pic of the front of our home here on post. Isabelle loves the orange lights so I felt the need to share. Happy Hump Day

A growing pair

These girls are growing by the minute! It is delightful and scary. So here are some pictures of them from these last few weeks. A picture is worth a thousand words, right?

Have a great weekend!

A week in Wisconsin

Well we are back, again, from Wisconsin. The hubs came home last week and informed me of 10 days of leave he had (for free.) So back home we went. Both drives went smooth, there and back. The first drive we did with one stop and it took 9 hours and 45 minutes. The return trip we had 2 stops, and made it back in 9 hours and 5 minutes. Pretty awesome. It was such a last minute, fun, decision...I had the girls packed, a trip to the park, dinner ate, and even squeezed in a run between 4 and 8:30 pm! The leaves are nothing but oranges, yellows, and reds. The air is so crisp and cool. Jake stocked up on some awesome jerky, cheeses, and pork products. Along with a box of NY strip steaks courtesy of Buppa.(His grandpa) And I managed to squeeze in some rummaging and stock up on my favorite candles. Here are some pictures of a morning Jake and I spent with Isabelle...how my little shorty is growing up too fast.

Rummaging....sometimes you find the GREATEST stuff. Right? So my MIL and FIL found a table at a flee market this summer and got it for the girls, while rummaging no Wednesday I found this for 3 dollars.

A perfect match! 3 dollars for this black chalk board. Isabelle is excited for 'school' :)

Tumbling

Isabelle did a short tumbling class at the YMCA this summer. Her last class Jake was able to check out, she was pretty happy her daddy was able to see her 'moves' since he had been gone a month. Here are some pictures of her last class.

Isabelle really liked tumbling, and we will be signing her up again. Now I am off to see if we are going to enroll her in a part time pre-K program at school. She is growing so fast!

Still Here!

It has been way too long! We are at Ft. Campbell, Ky....still opening boxes. Where did the summer go? Well I am back and ready to blog. For the handful that actually read this. :) It is in the 60's here, rainy day, football snacks are out, and we are enjoying the NFL ticket! We had an awful, awful, moving company-of course we didn't know that until we started seeing our house hold goods come off the moving truck. Lordy Lord, we didn't even open up boxes and could tell we were in for it. I just sent 20 emails with picture's to a case manager for Covan movers. I still don't have the name of the Company which packed us (they are the ones at fault) but plan on getting the name tomorrow. We are enjoying the all the green, NOT the pesty mosquitoes. :) Lydia's Ortho Consult has been delayed, huge bummer. I hope she is up and over her surgery come Thanksgiving...she wants to walk and go so bad...more on that another time. What's new with me? My hair is getting longer, I am trying to grow it out and am finally feeling like it's getting somewhere. I am back to running again. After Lydia's SB walk/run I probably ran about 4 times. Isabelle is growing up TOO fast, my oh my the things we talk about with her. Boy does she have an imagination too. It is crazy and so cool. The girls are doing well sharing a room. And Jake? Well he's happy he has his Miller, his NFL ticket, and that the weather is cooling down. He misses his other half, his Harley :). But he knows it's in safe keeping so it's all good. Have a great Sunday all! Some pictures of the last week we were home!

5K in the am for SB!

I am totally excited for the Spina Bifida Walk/Run tomorrow morning! I will be running the 5K with my little brother and there are a good number of family members from both sides of our family doing the walk. Totally excited to run for my little girl. Wishing Jake could be apart of this, but someday he will. Sadly enough Lydia has had a fever on and off since Wednesday afternoon(due to a shot), but she will be there! She may just be 'cheering' us on from the sidelines. Go Team Lydia! Happy Friday Ya'll