Thursday, December 31, 2009

Ultrasounds and X-Rays

The day after the Kids Christmas Party, Clint flew down and drove up to Anchorage with Addison and I. Addison had appointments for Ultrasounds, a X-Ray and an appointment with a Pediatric Specialist. We've been to the doctors here locally, and to Addison's Peditrician to find out what was causing her severe pain.

Now here is where I get to brag: Addison was such a good girl during her exams, ultrasounds and tests. She did so good. Never cried never had a terrified moment. I am just so proud. NOW that is not to say she enjoyed it - she really could have done without the X-Ray. We had to take three and right as the last one was finished she looked up at me and said, "All done. No more please." Thankfully, I was able to tell her that we were done. Whew! But really, I could not have dreamt of her dealing with it any better than she did. Whatta girl!


So far they've narrowed it down to bladder spasms - which are apparently incredibly painful. It is something she should be able to grow out of; but if it happens again they want to see her again to do an internal exam. The thought of this scares me so bad. They'd actually have to put her under anesthesia and admit her into the Children's Hospital. I'm praying for that and many other reasons that this little nightmare is OVER!

Ahh, doesn't she look adorable in her little hospital gown? She was thrilled to have a mirror to entertain herself with while we waited . . .


On the upside, spending most of December in Anchorage has allowed us to spend lots of time with Nana & Grandpapadopolis.


Everytime we went to Anchorage we got stuck there. The roads home ended up closing due to bad weather - including a record-breaking 6.5 foot snowfall in less than three days! What a great place to get stuck - good company, good food and just a relaxing time (which was appreciated beyond belief - especially considering the reason we were there)!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

You Better Watch Out . . .

Addison has been so excited for Santa. She has been talking about him since early October. She kept telling me that I'd, "better watch out . . ." The first few times it took me off guard because I couldn't understand why she was saying that. THEN we realized she was singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Ahh . . . Gotcha Addison.

The one chance we got to see Santa was at the Kids Christmas Party . . . And she noticed right away that there was something suspicious about this Santa . .


In fact, she just couldn't get over it. He just didn't look like she had expected and she didn't get a big jolly ho, ho, ho.


So, I was unable to get a smile from her.


But to be fair, the kid did a very good job playing Santa. He was good with the kids and I think that in about 50 years, he'll even look the part!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Lone Christmas Party

We had hoped to have a Christmas Party with all of Addison's friends near Christmas; but a nasty cold took over our house and we couldn't have our own party. Thankfully we were well enough to attend at least ONE Christmas party this Season (we missed out on a lot of good ones) While at the Kids Christmas party we and got to hang with some of our friends there - you know, before the crud decided to move in and mess with our favorite holiday!

Kailyn, I wish you had been in this picture! These are some of my favorite girls!


We laughed so hard at this! Bella - you are so adorable!


Ring Around The Rosey turned into a Conga Line when this little one came out of no where and attached herself to Addison!


Addison just adores Bella.


It's all about Hailey these days - if Addison uses her pink cup at home she'll tell me, "the purple one is for Hailey." We don't do much without including Hailey in our conversations. SOOO cute.


Waiting to play Hailey's favorite game: Beanbag toss


And of course, one of our favorite boys was there too: Ireland!

This is too much! Just look at her face here:


This pose reminds me of a prom picture. Addison is so comfortable with Ireland.


Check out Ireland's cute little bow tie!


So glad we were able to make it to this party! Otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see our Friends again until after Christmas - because two days after this party is when Addison began getting sick . . . .

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Do you smell that??

It's a brand-spankin-new MacBook Pro!!

Aww . . . . Nothing like that New-Apple-Smell . . . . .

My blog is back in business.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas - you obviously know I did! :)