Lydia and Jaida

I loved watching these girls play. It reminds me of summer days with my cousins.

Belly Laughing

It looks like Lydia is going to smash Penny in this picture but she loves it. And I love hearing the two of them belly laughing.

Heating Up

Her face right before getting hit by the balloon priceless. It is warming up and all my girls want to do is play in the water. They spent two hours the other day filling water balloons and throwing them. Summer is upon us. Lydia started swim lessons this week and is loving it. By 7:30 the girls are both completely exhausted everyday from playing so hard and so am I.

Our Little Butch

Taylor, has nicknamed my little lemon Butch because of her

sweet hairdo she is sporting these days. She is even responding to

Butch now.

Penny's new word this week is Baby, it melts me when I hear her say it.

Summer Games Sprint Tri

Taylor did his first ever Sprint Tri on Saturday.

It was a fun day and the girls and I loved watching.

Lydia and Zander cheering on there dads.

Love of Reading

Lydia has always had a love of reading even when she was really small. I love it too. Penny is becoming fond of our Library trips too. I hope both of our girls will continue to love books. Some of Lydia's Favorite books right now are:

May I bring a Friend by: De Regniers

Hat by: Paul Hoppe

Big Bad Bully Bug by: Ed Emberley

Darkness Slipped In by: Ella Burfoot

The Lama Lama Series by: Anna Dewdney

All of the Eric Carl Books

Goldie Locks had the Chicken Pox by: Erin Dealey

Little Bo Peep Can't Get to Sleep by: Erin Dealey

Pinkalious by: Victoria Kann

Harold and the Purple Crayon by: Crocket Johnson

If you have any favorites with your kids we would love to hear them so we can find some new favorites. Thank you all for your comments on Lydia's behalf. She is doing much better as you can see in the picture she is feeling great!

The Unexpected

On Wednesday morning when Lydia woke up she complained that her surgery leg hurt. I looked at it everything looked normal and fine. I gave her some Motrin and we went to the library and lunch. Then she came home and took a nap. When she woke up from her nap she said she didn't feel good and she felt warm. I took her tempature and it was 101.4. I checked her leg and noticed a little redness on her ankle and some swelling. I called her surgeon and he said to meet him at the E.R in a hour and a half. Taylor was out of town so I took Penny to Grandma's house and headed to the E.R. When the Dr. came in the leg looked about twice as red and swollen as it had at 4:00pm. He told me she would need to have surgery that night and that we should expect to stay at the hospital over night. The tissue on the Neveus got too thin after it died which is why the infection was able to sneek in. She went into surgery at 10:00 pm and finished around midnight. Taylor got home about 1:00 am. He felt so bad he wasn't there to help and wait for her during her surgery. They had to take us in the ambulance to the other hospital she slept the whole way; she was exhausted. They took the expanders out of her leg and placed two drains in each side of the leg. They tested the samples from the surgery and she has staff infection. We ended up staying for 3 nights which felt forever. We just got home today and she is doing really well. They will keep her on an antibiotic and she will go back to see the doctor on Monday. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the calls and support, we feel so loved.

This is a picture of them flushing the leg. They would do this 2-3 times a day and it was the worst part for Lydia but she was so tough.

I did really well not having any melt downs until last night when she was so exhausted and upset. It is so hard as a parent to see your child hurt.