tympanoplasty

Gentry decided it was time to hear better.
So we took a trip to primary childrens hospital.
They are amazing if you are going to have surgery for sure make it up there.
before--

 after--

too tired to come home.

She is doing really well  the hardest rule to follow---keep calm.
She can't participate in "active" play for six weeks while her eardrum heals.
Ideas on how to keep a dancing girl still?

so much to do...

So many places I should be....
So many things I should be doing....

I'm not emotionally behind it.
And so I sit here trying to remember how to do this blogging thing.
Don't you wish you had the confidence to pull off this do?

Few can do it my friend...few can do it.

she is here

and we are in love...

Welcome home little one.
Emily Paige
August 10 2013
7 lbs 9 oz
20 1/2 inches

well,

to say things have been busy around here seems a bit of a exaggerated statement.  I mostly have been trying to keep up with only just what has to be done each day. Nevertheless, I have been tied up with a bit of a unexpected project over here...
Someone wanted to wave hello...

WHAT!  you say.   Oh yeah that is what I said when I found out too. :)

I am not a graceful pregnant person I don't glow or blossom as some magazine articles and books report.  I whine, moan and mostly get quite cross with those I love the most.  But we are almost there....

We are excited to announce...
BABY GIRL #4
Coming this summer to our house!

Here's to you my littlest one.
I know you will fill the hole in our hearts....we never knew we had.

accident

there was one...
gratefully it was caused by a stranger so I was able to hold my tongue.
Unfortunately if it had been one of my own girls I most likely would have yelled.
I know among the real tragedies among us this doesn't really matter.
I am glad I didn't yell at my girls. But...
It makes me sigh.

My favorite lens.
you served us well my friend.

the season

We are loving it.

 one day I'll tell you about it

not today, maybe tomorrow. :)

day 9

snowflakes

 when in doubt,

 don't wash your windows,

just cover them in paper.  The girls love doing this every year. A perfect Sunday afternoon project.