Father's Day 2011

Look how truly blessed I am! My absolutely amazing dad and Kendall's fabulous dad! I love these two guys!!

God couldn't have given me a better dad than this one!! How can you not love this guy?!



Brandon had to work all day on Sunday and didn't get home until late but here are a few pics I snapped of Kendall and her daddy! (Notice the tie she made for him at church...It says "There's no TIE, you're #1" I love watching these two play and giggle with each other. It just melts my heart!



I just love these pics!



Not pictured: Another fabulous father...the best brother in the world...Shane! And I can't forget my awesome father in law either...Mitch! And my brother in law...Brett. I love all the dads in my life!

Puddle Jumper

I have been looking for something to help Kendall "swim" with. I wanted something more than floaties but not so "confining" as a life jacket. Some of my friends have the Puddle Jumper for their kids and I finally went out and bought one. I LOVE IT! Kendall is independent when she has it on! I really think it is helping her learn how to swim (kicking, paddling, etc) Look at my little fish go!








Giving me an ugly face because I told her it was time to get out.

All is good!

We went for Kendall's post op appointment last week and Dr. Packwood said she looks great! He said it is healing really well and her eyes are doing just as they should. We go back in 6 weeks for another follow up and then we should be good to go!

Strabismus (straw-bis-mus)

As most of you know - Kendall had surgery on her eyes yesterday. The doctor said he couldn't be any happier with the way the surgery went and that she did great! I am very proud of my brave little girl!

What is it?
Strabismus surgery (eye muscle surgery) is performed to correct a misalignment of the eyes. If the eyes are out of alignment, one eye or the other is suppressed at any given moment, which impairs visual attention, depth perception and motor skills. It is better to perform surgery as early as possible, because the brain circuits for binocular vision (using the two eyes together) are most adaptable at a young age.

How do they do it?
After your child is fully asleep and under general anesthesia, several eye muscles (usually on both eyes) are repositioned using microsurgery. The eye is rotated, using special instruments, so that the incision can be made in the thin covering over the white of the eye, but the eye is not taken out of the head. Very fine stitches are used to reposition the muscles. The surgery itself is precise and the new position of the muscles is based on the measurements obtained during office visits, and measurements obtained with your child asleep.

A lot of people never noticed her left eye when it would drift off. It didn't happen 24/7 - but was very noticable when she was tired, sick or daydreaming. You can kind of see it in this picture

Pre-op appointment

On the way to Cook Children's Hospital - not too sure about this...

Getting all the stats before we head back

Showing daddy her "bracelets"

It's getting closer...



It was her turn - and they wheeled her off. This is when mommy lost it!

She did great!! About 45 minutes later - she was in recovery. Nana's loves make it better!


We got to go home about noon. My sleepy heads.

Relaxing with daddy

Swinging makes it all better!


Just some post op pics - evening of surgery



Stay tuned for "day after surgery" pics!

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers! We felt them all!!

Kendall and Mackenna

Today we went to Mackenna's 3rd birthday party at the park. It was fun and Kendall, Mackenna and Cole really seemed to have a good time. They always love playing with each other! After the party, Kendall and I went to Grammy and PaPa's house to open up Mackenna's new water toys she got. They had so much fun!

Mother's Day

Who has the best mom ever???? I DO! I DO! I DO!



I hope I can be half the mom as she has been!



Thanks for everything you have done and continue to do for me mom. I love you very much!

Little Miss Poser?!

She's not use to the camera, is she?! Nah...but she sure does keep us on our toes and laughing!