Lotsa Stuff

On May 3, 2011 we had to take Mae in for surgery. Her eyes have been drifting (lazy eye) for quite awhile. We did patching for almost a year off and on and it did help but eventually it kept coming back. So we decided to do surgery. They make a little incision in each eye and snip the outer muscle of the eye and pull it tighter. I was so so nervous for it. My biggest fears were when they would take her away from me and me not being able to be with her when she woke from it. She did so good though. They gave her a drug to relax her before they took her from me. It was pretty funny she was acting a little crazy. She had a magna-doodle and she kept drawing huge circles on it over and over while making some crazy sounds to go along with it. When the doc asked her if she was ready to go she looked at him with big eyes, a huge smile, and yells YESSSSS!!! It was so funny. The surgery took an hour and I was extremely anxious the whole time. When they finally came and got me she was still sleeping. She would wake up and look at the nurses and respond but then would fall right back asleep. She wouldn't wake up for anything! There was a little boy that had had the same surgery right through the curtain from us who kept crying and crying saying how much his eyes hurt. It broke my heart and made me worried that that was how Mae was going to be. Well, she never woke up long enough to cry. When we got her home she didn't say much about her eyes hurting just that she was hungry. The next day you would never be able to tell she had surgery. She was back to her normal self. ...Except her eyes which are still very very red and a little cross-eyed. But thats normal.

This is Mae in her cute little hospital gown before they took her back.

Mae's eyes a day after surgery. (She looks like a little vampire!)

Mae loves her cousin Kayden. They have so much fun playing together. Kayden lives with his mom in California and was here visiting.

Helping grandpa in the garden.

Easter was really fun this year. The girls had so much fun finding Easter eggs.

Their Easter baskets plus a special letter from daddy.

Life is Good...

We finally got grass in our yard! Ever since then the girls just want to play outside all the time. Thank goodness its starting to warm up! Here are some pictures of them playing and also some of Mae and her birthday balloons.

My Mae bug is 3!!

My cute little Mae bug turned 3 today. She is getting so big...seriously she is tall! She definitely takes after Jimmy in height. She loves having tea parties, getting dressed in her princess dresses, swimming, barbies, and her new favorite thing is Thomas the train. We had a princess party for her. She loved wearing her crown around. It was a fun day.

Lily enjoying some cake.

Mae enjoyed blowing out her candles so much she made us do it twice...including singing happy birthday to her.

A lady in my ward does an amazing job decorating cakes and showed me how to do some stuff..... It's not the greatest but it was really fun to do!

Only 8 more weeks!

Alright guys there are only 8 more weeks until the Tour De Cure ride for diabetes! ....I sure wish the weather would warm up so I could ride some more... Anyways, only 8 more weeks and I have only reached 40% of my goal! This is such a great cause. Most of us know somebody that suffers from diabetes. Wouldn't it be great if we could find a cure! I know a few people who's lives would change dramatically if we could. All donations go towards research and finding a cure. Every little bit helps. So if you would like me and all those who have this life changing disease click on the link at the top of the page. I have written down exactly what to do. If you are not comfortable with making an online donation you can bring the money directly to me and I will mail it into the American Diabetes Association for you. If you would like to read more about it you can go to www.diabetes.org Thank you so much for your help.

Also you can COME RIDE WITH ME!!!!