Evie's First Christmas!

So today was Evie's first Christmas. Bright and early we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's to open presents with them, since we opened presents with Grammy last night. Mommy and Daddy had a lot of fun opening presents, while Evie spent the time in different peoples arms sleeping away most of Christmas morning. Later on, Grammy and Aunt Malayna came over for Christmas Dinner and we celebrated Evie's first Christmas as a whole family, which made Mommy and Daddy very happy to have everyone there to celebrate with us.

We would like to take this time to thank everyone for their wonderful presents. We greatly appreciate them and hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Christmas!

Evie and Santa!

Doesn't Evie look ever so happy?

More Christmas Eve Pics!

Here are some more pictures. Does Santa look familiar to anyone else?

Evie's First Christmas Eve!

We had the most amazing Christmas Eve this year. First, we spent the day hanging out with Grammy Cathy and Aunt Malayna. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for dinner to visit with family, friends, and Santa! We capped off the evening back at Grammy's house opening Christmas presents.

More Baptism photos

Here are some more pics and whatnot of Evie's big day.

Evie's Baptism

Yesterday was Evie's Baptism at St. Francis. She looked so beautiful in her gown, which was not only worn by her mommy and Aunty Kaite, but also her dear old Uncle KJ as well :) When we arrived at the church, Evie was still sleeping, we thought that she would at least wake up when Deacon Tony poured the water over her head, however, she simply shrugged a bit and kept on sleeping. I tell you that child can sleep through anything and everything.

After the Baptism we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house for cake and punch. After changing her out of her dress, (we didn't want to risk ruining it) everyone had a chance to hold her and see how wonderful she is. Skylar and I were really happy because our friend Zach from college was able to come and see her. Her Godfather, Presley, brought his two boys, the oldest, Caed, couldn't get enough of her. He wanted to hold her and was so excited when he was allowed to feed her. It was a really good day and we were so happy that so many people were able to join us.

We Made It!

We have finally arrived in Enid! We got into town around 1:30AM on Saturday morning. For the first week we are staying with Cathy, then the second week we are staying with Ken and Carolyn. It has been pretty good so far. Evie's great grandma and cousin Amie have flown down to help Evie celebrate her first Christmas and she has enjoyed all the attention. Sunday we are celebrating Evie's Baptism and we are getting excited about seeing her all dressed up. Many fun times are ahead for us!

Still sore

So I am still sore, I am sure that you all really care about that... Evie is doing really well. She loves to lay on her play mat and move around. She is really close to turning over from her belly. She gets completely on her side and then stops. I dont think she knows what to do with her arm once she is laying on it.

The current plan as of now, is that we leave for Enid on Friday at around 1pm. We cannot leave Thursday anymore because I have to meet with my surgeon for my follow up and Skylar has a work lunch from 11am-1pm Friday. Man I hope we get there soon. I never thought I would say this, but I cannot wait to get to Enid.

Bye bye gallbladder

So here is the story:

Friday night around 11:00PM I was bathing Evie upstairs, I noticed that there was a cramp like feeling in my upper abdomen. I thought it was a cramp due to dehydration so I took some Advil and drank some water, and nothing improved. The pain began to increase in intensity, and we thought it might be acid reflux or something like that, so I took some Tums. Around 1:00AM the pain was so bad that I was doubled over and we started to think about the ER. Skylar thought that the pain might have been stress related or a panic attack, so I tried taking a warm bath. It helped me calm down a bit and the pain diminished somewhat, but it was still there. After the bath, we tried to go to bed, but the pain was increasing again, causing me to once again double over in pain, cry, throw up, and have trouble breathing. At 3:00AM we went to the ER.

At the ER, the nurse and on call doctor checked me out and pretty much determined right off the back that it was my gallbladder. Around 4:00AM the ultrasound tech came in, did his thing and left, then the doctor came back telling me that they were going to admit me and have me meet with the surgeon when he gets in. Turns out I had a marble sized stone blocking the valve in my gallbladder. Fun times.

We got admitted, all of us were able to get some sleep (Evie of course slept through all of this) Skylar was able to sleep on the pull out sofa bed in my room, then around 10:00AM the surgeon came in, went over everything, and I was turfed off to the OR and when I returned, I was sans a gallbladder.

We were able to leave the hospital around 6:30PM that night, after I was forced to eat a meal and keep it down. They originally ordered me Cream of Wheat, but I changed it to ham and mashed potatoes cause it sounded much better. We got home and I laid on the couch until we went to bed.

Today (the day after) I am VERY sore, even more sore than yesterday since everything wore off. They gave me pain pills which help, but not as much as I would like. Evie and Skylar both have been wonderful. Skylar was lacking a lot of sleep, but he never got cranky and took care of Evie and me amazingly well. Evie experienced formula for the first time since I was put under and was unable to breastfeed her. She went through the frozen supply and had to suffer through the formula for her evening feedings last night. She did pretty well but definitely does not prefer it.

We will keep everyone updated as things progress. As of right now we are still going to Oklahoma on Friday.

Daddy and Evie

Skylar and Evie, being Skylar and Evie.

Movies-a-plenty

Here are some video's that we have taken.