Our First Trip to the ER

Well I picked Brooke up from her sitters and we got home and Brooke was tugging on her ear that we lost the tube from....she had tugged so much that her earring was so tight her ear was purple. So we go to get the earring off and her ear starts bleeding pretty bad. So Chris tries to get it off and the pearl broke off of the post and her ear starts swelling around it. It is now impossible to get this earring off. So I decide to take her to the ER. We get to Suttons Childrens and sign in at 645PM and finally get called back at 940PM. The charity hospital LSU was not taking any more patients because they were filled to compacity so every ER in the city was feeling the rath. So we get back there and the nurse and PA look and decide that they will lube it up and pull it thru the back, that was not going to happen because the post was to big. So they decide to strap her down and numb her ear and try and cut the post out. After numbing the ear the lobe had swollen so bad that they could not possibly see the post any longer. So the Doc comes in and says that the are going to have to cut her lobe (oh NO) but lucky the PA decides she want to try an little longer and sees a sliver of the post and snips it...and the earring comes off. They wound up cutting the other earring too because we could not get it off either. I have never and hope I never will again see my beautiful daughter cry this hard. She was so upset and screaming so that I almost passed out. I feel somewhat responsible for getting her ears pierced but I know that had she not had the tubes she would have been fine. Below are some pics of what is left of her first pearl earrings.

Mama said there would be days like this..............

Well yesterday started off with us going to the Doctor because one of Brooke's tubes came out. Thats right, they were just put in Thursday and one already came out. Everything went ok at the Doctor and the ear is still draining even without the tube so I take her to Ms Irma's and I go to work. I pick her up and she is her happy go lucky self until we get home. She will not let me out of her site, so to the bathroom we go after 2 bottles of water I was about to bust. So there I am tinkeling with her at my feet and she is having a meltdown because she wants to be held. So I get pants pulled up and pick her up and go to flush, at this time Brooke grabs her bow out of her hair at drops it into the flushing toilet. So of course not thinking I just tinkled in this water I stick my hand in to catch it, but it was of no use. The bow was gone...It is then I start gagging and wash my hands like 3 times. So we go in the living room to play and watch the news. She continuied to fuss and cry about EVERYTHING. So I fix her dinner and put a frozen pizza in the oven for myself. Chris is out of town so I put one that he would never eat, so I kinda looking forward to it. She does not want to eat but rather feed her dinner to the dogs who have perched one on each side of her high chair. I feed her a few bites and tell her No No because she was throwing most of her food on the floor, this causes another meltdown. By this time my pizza is ready and I am so hungry I am getting lightheaded, but I had decided I was going to get her in the bathtub and get her ready for bed. So I run the bath water and get her little ears all plugged up and decide I have to have a bite to eat or I am going to fall out. So I have her naked on one hip and just decided screw it I am going to fix me a plate and eat it in the bathroom (eeewww) I know I though so to. So there we are in the bathroom her in the tub...crying for a bite of pizza.. So I am sitting on the floor, elbow resting on the toilet (lid down) feeding her a bite me a bite...Surprisingly this is the happiest she has been all night. I get her out of the tub and ready for bed and she decides to give it up and go to sleep. I never would have thought I would have eaten my dinner in the bathroom or at least had always hoped I wouldn't but you do what you have to when your by yourself with a 1 year old. I do have a couple pics that I will add later but until then the mental picture will have to be enough.

A Speedy Recovery

So Brooke had Ped Tubes put in her ears yesterday after months of a constant double ear infection. I have talked to sooo many people who's children had this procedure and had heard nothing but good things about it. I have to admit I was not expecting such a quick turn around. It was a instant relief for her. Her Doctor said she had so much drainage behind her eardrum that he cleaned out and then put in the tubes. She cried the whole way home from the hospital so I was expecting a rough day, but we got home and the whole family took about an hour nap and she felt like a new kid...she literally covered the whole house corner to corner yesterday. Not only that but she drank all of her bottles out of sippy cups yesterday, I have been working with her but she has seem not interested. The truth is I think it just hurt her to bad to drink out of them, because she is has been drinking them like a champ since. She also slept soooo much better. Chris and I have not slept good in months either so this was a plus to both of us. I have included some pics from yesterday before the surgery and after.

Brooke's 12 month pics

Happy 1st Birthday, My Precious Girl

Yesterday could not have been more perfect. Brooke had such a great day. Her party was at 2PM and we had all of my family there and half of Chris's with it being Memorial Day weekend some had other plans. We had big juicy hamburgers and all the trimmings. Brooke got so many nice presents. She got a bean bag for her new play room at the new house, and a miniture picnic table for our back patio at the new house...it is so cute. Lots of toys, outfits and more. Chris and I got a little car that we can stroll her in, she loved it. My Aunt & Uncle got her a motorized 4 wheeler and it has a button on the handle...well when we put put Brooke on it her hand went over the button and she took off...it was hilarious. It was such a great day. Here are a few pics and a couple of videos...one of us singing Happy Birthday(FYI I got so emotional during that for some reason...it just kind of hit me unexpectedly) and one of her Daddy pushing her in her car....the faster he went the more she liked it....she is such a little dare devil...Enjoy!!

My cake

Yum Yum!!!

This is sooo good!

Reading my card...it had sparkles on it.

My four wheeler from Aunt Diane and Uncle Steve.

I love my car

My Car from Mommy & Daddy

My Bean bag from Aunt Liz

Poem to My Daughter on her 1st Birthday!!

I stumbled up on this the other day and I thought it was perfect considering our troubles with conceiving. Remember I found out I was pregnant on my 30th birthday. God is never early, never late, he is always on time!!


On your 1st Birthday, Brooke

I wished upon a star...
I closed my eyes and prayed,
I threw a shiny penny,
Into a well each day.

The same little wish was wished,
Upon my birthday cake; I asked the Lord...
Please hurry, just for heaven's sake!

I was trying to be patient,
But I had waited long enough
My wishing well with pennies,
Was now completely stuffed!

I knew that up in heaven,
They could see I really cared.
Just when I thought I couldn't bear another day
It is then, I learned you were on your way.

All the prayers and wishes,
Finally did come true
The blessing God gave me
Was my pregnancy with you!

My Mommy went to Birmingham AL and all I got was....

Some blocks, and some outfits and some sandals. Well Kristal and I and I had to keep our mind of home so... we turned to some retail therapy. We found this one store named Goody's and went in it like 3 times...the cashier said "Weren't you two ladies hear last night" haha. We shopped for our hubbies and our little ones and bought us a few things to. Brooke had fun with her blocks and I got her some really cute things in Birmingham. I got home Friday afternoon and Brooke could not wait to get me unpacked, she has a meltdown when I leave out of her site but I guess that is understandable, She missed her Momma (words can not describe how bad I missed her) Saturday was my 5th wedding anniversary. We had a very low key Anniversary, not as low key as last year ( i was in the hospital waiting for Brooke) but we grilled steaks and just hung out as a family. This is going to be abusy week, my lil punkin will turn 1 on May 25th and I have a lot to catch up on since I was out of town for a week. I can't wait to post her birthday pics.