I just love those two!
Check her out...working on Daddy's plane!
She was signing "airplane".
Okay Daddy, it's ready for you to fly!
After the airfield we had to head over to drop off our application for a new house. No, we're not buying, but we are trying to get out of our current house. We have completely out grown this house in the 12 months we've been here. It's kind of hard to sit here and think back to what was happening this time last year. I was a complete wreck as we approached Arianna's surgery date. I tried so hard to be strong for her and didn't want her to see me cry. I would do pretty good then I would go to bed and cry myself to sleep just thinking about what my daughter would have to go through in the weeks to come. I am SO happy to be on the other side of surgery. Today I sit here staring at my beautiful daughter and thank God for all that he has done for us. I have such a wonderful life and wonderful family. I know every day is a blessing from God. I may not know what the future holds but I know someone who does and I rather leave it in His hands!
So all week I've really been wanting to go out for ice cream. For those of you that don't know, I've been doing Weight Watchers to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. We'll I've lost 32 pounds and very excited about that. I look at food in a whole new way. I want to set a good example for my family and provide them with healthy, nutritious meals. So.....when I say, "Hey, lets go to Baskin-Robbins!" You better believe I get some strange looks. I know we need to treat ourselves from time to time and that is exactly what we did tonight. My mom has given Arianna ice cream before and she seemed to like it so I thought this would be a good treat. We got her chocolate chip ice cream and you can tell from the next picture that she liked it! I think she ate 1 tablespoon and I was SO excited! Anything to get my baby to put some weight on...right!
So all week I've really been wanting to go out for ice cream. For those of you that don't know, I've been doing Weight Watchers to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. We'll I've lost 32 pounds and very excited about that. I look at food in a whole new way. I want to set a good example for my family and provide them with healthy, nutritious meals. So.....when I say, "Hey, lets go to Baskin-Robbins!" You better believe I get some strange looks. I know we need to treat ourselves from time to time and that is exactly what we did tonight. My mom has given Arianna ice cream before and she seemed to like it so I thought this would be a good treat. We got her chocolate chip ice cream and you can tell from the next picture that she liked it! I think she ate 1 tablespoon and I was SO excited! Anything to get my baby to put some weight on...right!
I didn't have my camera but thanks to my camera phone we were able to get a picture of Arianna enjoying some ice cream! She was SO tired. She only had a 30 minute nap today so she was ready to pass out while eating her ice cream. She was so out of it that she ended up falling asleep on the way home.
Tomorrow we are going to see the neurosurgeon to have him review Arianna's MRI that was done of her brain and spine. Our pediatrician told us he is qualified enough to review her MRI and if he feels confident that nothing is wrong than I don't need to go any further. I was really hoping to get a pediatric neurosurgeon to read this but we don't have one here in Tucson. I've sent a letter to a pediatric neurosurgeon in Phoenix, but yet to hear back from him. I have one more option, thanks to an online support group, so I'll try that one next. I'm not looking forward to seeing this guy tomorrow. He has a really horrible bedside manner but everyone says he is an excellent surgeon. Guess I don't have a choice in the matter so I'll just stick it out and try not to let him get to me too much. I'll let you all know how that appointment goes when I get home.
Tomorrow we are going to see the neurosurgeon to have him review Arianna's MRI that was done of her brain and spine. Our pediatrician told us he is qualified enough to review her MRI and if he feels confident that nothing is wrong than I don't need to go any further. I was really hoping to get a pediatric neurosurgeon to read this but we don't have one here in Tucson. I've sent a letter to a pediatric neurosurgeon in Phoenix, but yet to hear back from him. I have one more option, thanks to an online support group, so I'll try that one next. I'm not looking forward to seeing this guy tomorrow. He has a really horrible bedside manner but everyone says he is an excellent surgeon. Guess I don't have a choice in the matter so I'll just stick it out and try not to let him get to me too much. I'll let you all know how that appointment goes when I get home.
