Addie's surgery

Hey everyone! I am back. We have had an absolutely CRAZY weekend but I am back now writing to tell you have everything went. But this will be quick because I don't have a lot of time before addie wakes up.
Those of you on fb know things went really well but I can now actually give an update than just tell you we survived.

Okay first Jer wanted me to put up some shots of Addie as sort of a before (though there I am sure you have seen them ;)

This was about 8 months ago.
















And this was taken a couple weeks ago.
















So onto the actual surgery. We had to be at the surgery center at 7:30 and it is about 45 min away - in other words we had an early morning for this household.
We didn't have to wait very long before we were able to go back to prep for surgery. (In hindsight, Addie's face to her nurse was rather funny.)




















The unfortunate part was they wanted to dilate her eyes again which added to our prep time. I of course forgot my camera so we were taking this pictures with Jeremy's phone.






















All things considered I think Addie handled everything well.





















Her surgery took a little more than an hour. She was so sad after coming out of anesthesia but we had been well prepared about what to expect with this surgery. Here she is with Jeremy and I in the recovery room right before we went home.












































So here are some after shots. Her eyes are now horizontally perfect. She will need one more surgery because she has a vertical lift in one of her eyes (that means only one eye needs the surgery not both) but it's slight.


















You can see how red her eyes are now. That should be mostly gone by the end of this week and completely gone by the end of the month.


















Before I go (Addie is awake from her nap!) I do need to give a shout out to my mom and my little sister, Carly. They came to help and made a really stressful time ALOT easier. Not to mention that Addie fell in love with Carly and followed her around everywhere.

We also got some girl time. Here is one of them.





































Addie was very proud of her toes after Carly painted them that she had me take a picture. lol.

Gratitude in one part of my life

I started this post for pictures really. But I found myself just writing. Oh, and just for a side note, I just put up my latest sewing project over at ICL check it out if you'd like.

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Addie's surgery is in less than a week. I can hardly believe it. I have been trying my best to keep myself busy so I don't actually think about it.
Short of getting my license as an eye surgeon, I have become as educated as I can be. Asking questions to the three different doctors I have taken Addie to as well as searched the internet for hours. And even though this is the best decision I can make I still can't help but worry about some freak accident that could harm my little one.
I can already hear teenage Addie saying, "Mom, chill out!"

















I have instead decided to focus on the blessing that this will bring to her life. Kids we meet while we are out tend to comment on her having crossed eyes. I have given one withering stare to a lady who thought it was appropriate to laugh when her daughter made a joke about it. (I mean seriously, how old are you and what are you teaching your child when you show them it's okay to laugh at something like that!)
I am so thankful that this isn't even a new procedure. I have met people in there 50s who have had this surgery done.


















I am so grateful that it is not something worse. So many parents have to face way worse complications than we do. Addie can have a happy and full life without this surgery where others do not have such an option.




















I remember when I was about 16 my mom saying how grateful she was that all 7 of her kids were born healthy and had had few problems through out their lives. I had just had (or about to have) surgery on my jaw. I thought it, huh ya I guess so, but as a mom I can take what she said to heart.
Even now as I writing this post Addie is doing flips and running around and inserting the occasional "Hey, mama", "Hugs?", "I lub you, mama."
My little girl is such a blessing in my life (and dang cute!) I am so grateful she is here and I love seeing her grow and learn. There have been few things in my life that has brought as much joy as she has.

More news

Just letting everyone know I am expecting :D

My due date is August 30 and I am 3 months along. We are super excited for our new addition.


Ps. I just wanted to say I realized my prego clothes are cuter than my regular clothes. It made me a little sad. ;)