Five on the 5th

1. Watching Daphne fall asleep while she nurses
2. My therapist - she is so insightful and generally just rocks!
3. Rick stayed home from work for a few hours this morning to watch the kids so I could go to my therapist. Poor Simon's asthma made preschool a no-go today. 
4. Playing outside with Simon
5. The right and privilege to vote and showing my kids how it works

4th Day

1. Piper's sweet heart
2. Simon's hugs
3. Daphne's good nature
4. Rick doing the dishes
5. Modern medicine

Third Day of Gratitude

1. Cookie dough
2. Short naps
3. Sopes
4. Water
5. Crossword puzzles

Day 2 of Thanks

1. Watching Daphne learn & grow. She is such a smart cookie. 
2. My good friend, Chellese. I always have a smile on my face and a giggle in my throat after I talk to her. 
3. Going to lunch with my dad. I especially love watching his interactions with my kids. 
4. Clean laundry
5. Reese's peanut butter cups

November is here!!

November is already here. I waffled on whether I was going to share my grateful list on our blog this year. It's pretty mundane but I remembered how much I love reading everyone else's.  So here goes. 

1. My mom and that she was lucky enough to have left LAX before all of the drama. 
2. Piper's generosity. She gave more than half of her candy to the military and the $5 from her grandma to UNICEF (she collected $25!!).  
3. Halloween is over. 
4. Rick's coming home tonight
5. Playing video games with Simon. He's getting pretty good at Super Mario Brothers. 

Baby Shower

My good friend Brooke offered to throw me a baby shower.  Despite this being baby number three, I've never had a really big baby shower.  Brooke pulled out all the stops despite having a sinus and throat infection.  I brought Piper with me since I knew she would have a fun time.  Kris handled the decorations and my mom was in charge of the drinks.

We ate strawberries with sour cream and brown sugar, blue cheese dip with veggies, chocolate chip pumpkin bread, hummus, and candy.

It was a wonderful day; I was so spoiled by all my friends and my mom.

Me, Jenica, and Cheryl

Julia and Lisa

Cutie Eisen

Kate, Melissa, and Fran

Noelle, Brooke, and Kris

An original quilt made by my mom.  It's chicken-themed so she titled in "The New Chick."

Simon Has Eye Surgery - AGAIN!

Back in January Simon had eye surgery again.  This time it was on the outer muscles of his eyes.  He did really well.  The surgery was over quickly.  They took out his breathing tube when he was still pretty sedated because he has a bronchial spasm last time due to his asthma.  He slept for a long time in recovery but it was good for me to be there with him when he woke up.  

He still has some slight pink scarring on the whites of his eyes due to a bad reaction to the stitches.  He now has to patch 30 minutes a day due to his right eye still turning a little.  Hopefully we'll be able to avoid a repeat surgery.

Getting drowsy from the sleepy meds