Ava's accident

Ok as I stated at the end of my last post the day of Andrew's birthday went really well. He loved his donut cake and presents and we all had a really good time at Jackie's graduation party. Once the party was over we all came home to have a BBQ and an "after party" for our two families plus a few extra friends. Everything was going great until Ava fell.

The stairs in the older houses on post are mainly wood which can cause problems with little kids. Ava was walking up the stairs that night when Andrew accidentally bumped into her. This caused her to fall face first on the stairs and she ended up biting through her lower lip. It was very obvious that she needed to go to the ER so Adam and I scooped her up and off we went. Fortunately by the time we got there the bleeding had stopped and believe it or not Ava was in a pretty good mood, all things considered. We checked in and got her some ice to eat on in order to numb her mouth. Once we were in a room and the doctors were able to get a look at her lip it was determined that she would need to go to the OR. The main reason for this was because the injury was so crooked there was no way they could sew everything straight without sedating her. Because we had been eating right before Ava fell, the oral surgeon and anesthesiologist decided to have us come back Sunday morning at 7:30 to fix it.

So bright and early Sunday morning we were back at the ER getting checked in for Ava to get her lip fixed. The surgeon and everyone were really nice to us and especially Ava. We did all of the pre-op paper work and then it was time to head upstairs to the OR. The entire process only took about 15 minutes so there really wasn't time to worry much about anything. They were able to simply give her "goofy gas" for the procedure so our time in recovery was very short and we were able to leave an hour later. 5 days later I took Ava back to the Oral Surgery office to have her stitches removed. She screamed like there was no tomorrow but everything came out just fine and the doctor said her lip looks really good. She will probably have a scar but how bad remains to be seen. Here are some pictures I took with my phone

In the ER waiting room. Her lips weren't that swollen, she was eating ice :-)

Back in the exam room. We had to hand feed her ice in order to get her to open her mouth so we could see the injury.

Sunday morning: It's way too early to be up and out of the house

Patiently waiting

All dressed up and ready to go get fixed up

I was so amazed she went to one of the doctors without crying

Afterwards in recovery

The following day acting as happy as can be

Finally...Friday after her stitches were removed. Such a sweet face

Happy 7th Birthday Andrew!!

Yep...that's right. It's hard to believe that Andrew is now 7 years old. This year we decided not to have a party since the following weekend we were meeting my parents in Branson (I'll post on that later). Another reason we opted not to have a party was because that same day our neighbor Jackie was graduating from Kansas State University and we were going to her graduation party. So Adam and I decided to "make" Andrew a cake out of donuts for breakfast and let him open his presents that morning before the craziness of the day began.

Andrew's cake of donuts. He really liked it and said from now on this is the only kind of cake he wants.

Can you tell he's excited about all those donuts?

Make a wish!

mmmmmm....yummy




Present time!

Roller Blades!!

After breakfast and presents we got ready and headed to Kite's, a local restaurant, to set up for Jackie's graduation party

Waiting for everyone to arrive

Our neighbor Lucas, one of Andrew's best friends

All 3 boys together: Lucas, Matt and Andrew

Miss Ava eating away




After the party we all came home and Jeremy helped Andrew learn how to Rollerblade. It was pretty funny to watch seeing as how Andrew is about as graceful as a baby hippo :-)
He finally started getting the hang of it

All in all it was a good day....until later that evening. That is a story for another post so stay tuned

11 years

Ok so I am way behind on my blogging so I'm just going to jump right in. On April 29 Adam and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. Since we weren't able to do anything to celebrate last year (we were moving into our house here on Ft Riley), this year we got a babysitter and went out with our great friends, and neighbors, Jackie and Jeremy. We went to Dave and Busters for dinner which was soo much fun. After dinner we played games for a while and then went walking around Legends (a big outdoor shopping complex in Kansas City). We stopped and picked up some ice cream from Coldstone and just walked around talking, laughing and having a great time. It was so nice to be out with great friends without the kiddos. The pictures I took that night didn't turn out very good, but they are better than nothing.

The 4 of us at dinner
I despise the way I look in this picture but it was the only 1 of Adam and I together

Adam and Jeremy playing games. Don't they look like 2 little old ladies sitting a slot machines :-)

Jackie and I walking on the yellow brick road at Legends

I can't remember what was said but obviously it was funny

I really like this picture. Jackie ran ahead and took it without looking.

I cannot wait until the 4 of us are able to go out again. We are so lucky to have been blessed with amazing neighbors who have become some of our best friends.