The Tubes Are In!

Bailey finally got tubes in her ears yesterday! Dr. Wiatrak, a pediatric ENT at Children's South Hospital, put them in. We had to be there yesterday morning at 7:15 and we were gone by 9:15. However, the surgery only took 7 minutes from the time the nurse took Bailey away from us to the time Dr. Wiatrak came to our room! I was amazed at how quickly it went! Bailey did great! She was groggy for maybe 10 minutes, and then was back to her normal fiesty self! We are so thankful the tubes are in her ears and hopefully it'll solve all of her ear infections.

Mommy putting on her little hospital gown. :(
Daddy taking Bailey for a ride on the hospital floor.

Waiting, waiting, and more waiting. She's was ready to GO!

Surprise!!!

On Friday night my friends threw me a 30th surprise birthday party! I was SO SURPRISED and shocked! I've never had anyone throw me a surprise party! Apparently,about a month ago, Katie, my best friend, told Michael she wanted to throw me a surprise party. LOVE HER! So, they had been scheming for a while and I had no clue. On Friday night Katie, Nicole, and myself were going to go to dinner to kind of celebrate my birthday. I didn't want to make a big deal about it because I'm not much on being the center of attention. :) Katie said she'd call a few of our friends to come...but later she had said that everyone was busy and it was just going to be she and Nicole. I was totally fine with that- I was just looking forward to nice peaceful dinner where I didn't have to cook or clean up!

So, Friday night came. Before I walked out of the door I pulled a pizza out of the oven for Michael and Bailey to eat. I gave him strict instructions on what she was to eat, etc. :) As I was walking out of the door Michael said, "Is Eric home? I need to ask him an Opthamology question. I had this neat case today and I really want to ask him about it." My response was, "Can this not wait until tomorrow? I want to go and Bailey needs to eat." He said, "No, I really need to talk talk to him." So, he grabbed Bailey and we all three went marching over to Katie and Eric's. I walk in to their kitchen and everyone yells "SURPRISE!" It was truly one of the best things anyone has ever done for me! All of my friends were there and everyone brought yummy food to eat. I am so thankful and blessed to have THE BEST friends in the world. I don't know what I'd do with any of you! I love you all!!!

And yes, this is Michael's first secret he's ever kept from me! Amazing! ;)
Katie's fabulous cupcakes she made!

18 Months Old

Yesterday Bailey turned 18 months, and I turned the big "3-0"! We had a great day celebrating our birthday's. Michael took me to see The Radio City Rockettes and that was so much fun! I owe a big "thank you" to Aunt Katie for babysitting Miss B! :) It was nice to have a date with Michael!
Today we actually went to the doctor for a "well child" visit. That doesn't happen often! Anyway, she was a RASCAL and I was worn out by the time we were finished. She weighed in at a whopping 20 lbs., 11 0z, which puts her in the 5th percentile. She is 31 1/2 inches long and is in the the 50th percentile. The doctor said she wasn't worried at how little she weighed, which was a relief. She got her H1N1 shot today and has to go back in a month for her Hep A shot and the second dose of the H1N1.
Thursday we go see Dr. Wiatrak, a Pediatric ENT at Children's South, for a consult visit. Bailey has finally qualified for tubes in her ears! Hopefully we can get this scheduled for the next week or two! Say a prayer for her please!!!

Kid's Gym

On Friday our Mom's and Tot's group had a playdate at the Kid's Gym in Vestavia. Bailey LOVED it! I wish I had a place like this in my house! I see a little gymnist in our future. :)

Supper Club Cutie Pies

Tonight Michael and I hosted our monthly neighborhood supper club. We had to take a few pics of the sweet baby girls all dressed for Halloween! (Actually, I had to change Bailey in her Halloween dress because she wasn't festive like the rest!) Ellie, Bailey, Caroline, and Ruby (our newest edition!)
How cute are they!?!

Bailey and Ellie playing "peek-a-boo"- hilarious!

Amanda and Ruby- 8 weeks old today!

Aunt Katie and Caroline and Aunt Ashley and Bailey

Bailey kept begging Ashley to pick her up and hold her all night long. At one point she was screaming bloody murder for her! Now that's a change for once! :)

The girls eating their chicken patties, corn, peas and grapes. Yum! Yum!

Miss Bailey loves "cheesing" for the camera these days.

Bailey eating candy corn. Is that wrong? :)

Bailey's all dressed up for her second doctor's appointment in 11 days! Her ear infection is not yet gone. However, the hole in her eardrum is healed. She's now on another antibiotic for the next 10 days....again. I have a feeling tubes are in our future!

JCRMA Halloween Party

It's been a while since my last post. Last week...well...almost two weeks ago now...Bailey and I went to Paducah for the week. My parents were on fall break so Bailey got a lot of Mimi and Granddaddy time! We also spent a lot of time with Laura, Max and Caroline...who were so sick the entire week! I knew since they were sick, Bailey was going to get sick. Sure enough, by Friday Bailey's nose was running...and here we go! Over the weekend she was fussy and had a low grad fever and this past Tuesday morning she woke up and had blood coming out of her ear. You guessed it, another ear infection! So, we've pretty much been hold up in our house this past week. She's feeling a lot better and we actually got to go to JCRMA's Halloween Party, which was so much fun! She dressed up as a pink poodle...of course! Oh yeah, and Mimi also got Bailey to finally start wearing bows! :) However, if you don't watch her, she'll pull them out! She's a little tomboy.

Family Fun!

We really haven't been up to much since coming home from vacation. Michael has been off a lot due to his "easy" rotation. :) We've been enjoying doing things as a family and spending quality time together. However, as of this past Friday, we're back to reality. Michael's on call every 4th night. Boo!