Little Lucy Update!

Thank you for all the sweet emails and comments checking on Lucy♥

The day after my last post, I took Lucy to her pediatrician because she had a cough that

seemed to me more than "throat irritation", which is normal...well, sure enough 

they diagnosed her with Bronchitis..poor girl!

So, we got her on antibiotics, kept up the Tylenol, Motrin, oxycodone regime..and by Thursday night

she was new girl!  The nurses at the hospital kept saying once she got to day 7 things would turn for the better, and then add the antibiotic to the mix...it did the trick!

For the past few days, she has only need ibuprofen in the morning first thing

and that is it!!

It is so great to have our girl back...her happy, cheerful, smiley self

AND

she gets to go back to school tomorrow

and she couldn't be happier!!

this is not fun :(

Here we are at day 5 post tonsillectomy, and all we can say is 

"this REALLY stinks!!!"

I really had NO idea how tough this would be for our little lady

I thought it would be all Popsicles and ice cream, but we have to bribe to eat those things 

she is so uncomfortable :(

Lucy has had Tylenol and Motrin every 3 hours since last Wednesday, and we have had to continue the "hard" stuff because she is so uncomfortable.

This is a little girl who NEVER complains, whines, or hardly cries if she falls down

and this week she is sad, grumpy, hard to please...all signs she is in pain.

We spoke to the Doctor on Saturday, and he encouraged me that the first 96 hours (!!!!!) are 

REALLY tough, but we will come out on the other side...

SO we CANNOT wait

oh, and 

"we are never ever ever getting our tonsils out again" :)

Tonsils out...

So, Wednesday was the big day

Lucy got her tonsils and adenoids removed

I snapped this pic with my phone before we 

headed to the hospital!

Here she is, all smiles as usual as she waits...

what a little trooper!

Lucy asked the nurse if she could see her tonsils when they were out!

They all loved that she asked, and even put together a little "Dr kit" for her to take home.

So...here they are...not as big as we thought they would be :)

Home sweet home and still a little groggy from the anesthesia

This was my little "pre-tonsillectomy" gift 

she saw this devotion book at the bookstore

and really wanted one of her very own♥

~Day 2~

a rough morning :(

but, by the end of the day she asked if she could help make her 

FAVORITE tomato soup!

She is healing well, and dealing with her sore throat

but she really HATES missing school...it is her favorite!

We are just glad it is all over with!

 

Books I read in 2012

I like writing this post so I can actually have a list of all the books I have read

I didn't read as many as I did in 2011

but my list is not meager.

This year I plan to read a few more classics...I am kicking off the new year with

Little Women (can you believe I have never read that?!?!?) and I plan to top this year 

for sure!

My Life in France

Very Valentine

Brava, Valentine

Chasing China

The Paris Wife

Divergent 

Insurgent 

The Maze Runner

The Scorch Trials

The Death Cure

The Kill Order

The Fault in our Stars 

The Thirteenth Tale

The Night Circus

Blackberry Winter

The Irresistible Henry House

Rules of Civility

Yellow Crocus

 

a fresh new year~

We had a quiet New Year's Eve

The boys all headed out to be with friends

so Toby, Lucy and I had a little party of our own

We patiently waited for the clock to strike midnight... this seemed like the longest year ever!

I will say it once again, this is our family scrapbook, and I cannot leave out the struggles

because I know deep down it is what builds character and faith.

The past few years have been very difficult fiancially, with major job changes for Toby

but the past six months of 2012 have been some of the hardest financial times we have ever seen.  They tested and stretched every ounce of our being, and I admittedly

lost a little Faith along the way. 

I know our struggles have been small in comparison to some...

a very dear friend who fought breast cancer ALL year and won!

a sweet friend who lost the love of her life

and the families of CT who lost their sweet babies that awful day

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So before I welcome in a new year, I must leave some gratitude behind for 2012

~for my amazing "teepee" friends who made my birthday extra special"

~for our "Angels" in Cape Cod who blessed us with their love and generosity

~for my wonderful Family who bent over backwards to help anyway they could and make sure my kids had a wonderful Christmas

~for "anonymous friends" who reminded us of the gift of generosity and "paying it forward"

So welcome 2013!

We are ready for a fresh start!

We feel hopeful with all the milestones our family will experience this year!

Powell will turn 20!

Bennett will turn 16!

Toby will turn....50!!!!!

Blake will graduate from High School!

♥We will celebrate our 20th Anniversary♥

Our family will celebrate 5 years with our Lucy Joy!

We will send 2 kids off to college

and in between all of that, I hope there is more of this

for me that means

yoga, lifting weights , eating well, reading, spending time with family & friends, restoring my Faith

drinking tea, honoring my husband, building up my children

and cherishing the small things

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Cheers to a fabulous New Year!!

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