Thanks so much for your prayers for Rachel. She did great. She wasn't afraid at all and was such a big as they were preparing her for surgery. Over all, the surgery itself went well. Afterwards, though she was a bit hysterical for about an hour - so that was difficult but she survived and returned to normal on the ride home.
Unfortunately, because she still had some infection in her cyst at the time of surgery they were not able to close the wound and so we are having to gradually remove some of the packing 2x a day. She is handling it well, but it takes some coaxing and special treats (and at least two people to get the job done)to get her to cooperate!
Please continue to pray for us over the next week that there would be no further infection and that her scar would heal beautifully! Thank you! I'll post some pictures of her surgery day as soon as I can upload them.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Surgery scheduled for tomorrow, February 13th at 8:15 am
We appreciate your prayers for us tomorrow morning. Please pray that everything goes smoothly with the surgery and the recovery.
It is 10:50 (and I need to be in bed) and I am still waiting on Vimal to get home. He had a one day business trip today to Ohio and got stuck there. But, thankfully, his flight is inroute to Charlotte and he has a rental car reservation there if he arrives in time. if you see this tonight - please pray he gets here. We do have back up plans, but the first option is always best.
Thank you and I'll send an update soon.
It is 10:50 (and I need to be in bed) and I am still waiting on Vimal to get home. He had a one day business trip today to Ohio and got stuck there. But, thankfully, his flight is inroute to Charlotte and he has a rental car reservation there if he arrives in time. if you see this tonight - please pray he gets here. We do have back up plans, but the first option is always best.
Thank you and I'll send an update soon.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A visit to the Pediatric Surgeon
Rachel had a visit today with the pediatric surgeon and she will soon (February 13th) need surgery to have a dermoid cyst removed. She has had this cyst on her colar bone since birth and we've known that it would need to be removed at some point.
Recently, the cyst has gotten infected several times and her pediatrition told us it was time. I realize it is a very minor surgery but the thought of my sweet little being put to sleep makes me sad and a little scared! Please pray for her and us on February 13th that every goes well. Thanks for praying and we'll keep you posted. She was so brave and such a big today when she saw the doctor - I'm so proud of her!
Recently, the cyst has gotten infected several times and her pediatrition told us it was time. I realize it is a very minor surgery but the thought of my sweet little being put to sleep makes me sad and a little scared! Please pray for her and us on February 13th that every goes well. Thanks for praying and we'll keep you posted. She was so brave and such a big today when she saw the doctor - I'm so proud of her!
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Sleep
Those of you who know me, know I love to sleep. Before we had children, I decided I would sleep in as much as possible (as if I could bank up sleep!)because I knew once kiddos came along sleep (or at least sleeping in) would be a thing of the past. I know that was not exactly the spiritual way to respond to laziness but I confess that I did and I must say I enjoyed sleeping in while I could.
Sleeping in is now a thing of the past. Occasionally, we sleep until 7 and that is a late morning. A few days after we brought Rachel home I was so sleep deprived I remember thinking what have I gotten myself into! I soon decided she was worth loosing sleep over :) It took a few months of "sleep training" and she was in a great sleeping routine - in fact, her sleep habits were every mom's dream. Around 3 1/2 months she was sleeping 12 hours at night, and taking 3 naps a day (2 of her naps lasted about 2 hours each and the third nap was usually 1/2 hour to and hour - for those of you counting that is about 17 hours a day and she did this until she was over 1 year old). It was dreamy - and not just for her. :)
This past August, Miss Anna joined our family and she si quite a different sleeper! From the beginning she didn't take naps very well and had a hard time soothing herself to sleep but she started to sleep well at night. At least for the first couple of months. I was so excited when she went 6 hours, then 8 hours then 10 hours at night...I thought it was going to be so much easier than Rachel. Boy was I ever wrong. Anna is now 5 1/2 months and she is all over the place. One night she will wake up after 6 hours of sleep and then next night she'll sleep 12 hours (the latter not as often as I would like). And I'm very fortunate if she takes a one or two hour nap every day. The poor little one just doesn't like to sleep. If only I could convice her that she would feel so much better if she slept! I must say that she is still sweet even if she doesn't sleep.
I've finally decided that there is always going to be some sleep issue with someone in the house. Whether it is Rachel waking up at 5:30 every morning (thankfully she hasn't done this in a while), Anna sleeping only an hour during the whole day, Mom and Dad waking up in the middle of the night because we hear imaginary cries...the list could go on. Maybe if I just accept this simple fact - that someone will always have a problem with sleep I could get a little more shut eye myself rather than try to figure out what to do about it! okay, off to bed soon - sweet dreams!
Sleeping in is now a thing of the past. Occasionally, we sleep until 7 and that is a late morning. A few days after we brought Rachel home I was so sleep deprived I remember thinking what have I gotten myself into! I soon decided she was worth loosing sleep over :) It took a few months of "sleep training" and she was in a great sleeping routine - in fact, her sleep habits were every mom's dream. Around 3 1/2 months she was sleeping 12 hours at night, and taking 3 naps a day (2 of her naps lasted about 2 hours each and the third nap was usually 1/2 hour to and hour - for those of you counting that is about 17 hours a day and she did this until she was over 1 year old). It was dreamy - and not just for her. :)
This past August, Miss Anna joined our family and she si quite a different sleeper! From the beginning she didn't take naps very well and had a hard time soothing herself to sleep but she started to sleep well at night. At least for the first couple of months. I was so excited when she went 6 hours, then 8 hours then 10 hours at night...I thought it was going to be so much easier than Rachel. Boy was I ever wrong. Anna is now 5 1/2 months and she is all over the place. One night she will wake up after 6 hours of sleep and then next night she'll sleep 12 hours (the latter not as often as I would like). And I'm very fortunate if she takes a one or two hour nap every day. The poor little one just doesn't like to sleep. If only I could convice her that she would feel so much better if she slept! I must say that she is still sweet even if she doesn't sleep.
I've finally decided that there is always going to be some sleep issue with someone in the house. Whether it is Rachel waking up at 5:30 every morning (thankfully she hasn't done this in a while), Anna sleeping only an hour during the whole day, Mom and Dad waking up in the middle of the night because we hear imaginary cries...the list could go on. Maybe if I just accept this simple fact - that someone will always have a problem with sleep I could get a little more shut eye myself rather than try to figure out what to do about it! okay, off to bed soon - sweet dreams!
Storytime
Here Grandma is reading to Rachel and Faith (my brother's daughter who is 3 weeks younger than Rachel) - sweet picture.
The Patel sisters and the Brinn sisters
I stayed a few days longer in Bristol after Christmas and got to see my good friend Tracy and her girls (Riley and Taylor) and Tracy's mom, Judy. Here is a picture of the girls together.
Do these things belong to me??
Anna has been noticing her hands and feet lately and I put these cute feet rattles on her feet and she was so interested in these little animals attached to her feet. She is packing on the pounds, too if you notice. I love baby rolls!
Tricycle
Rachel got this Radio Flyer classic tricycle from Grandma and Papaw (as well as a Melissa and Doug Art Easel). She is learning to pedal and does get quite frustrated at times but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it in no time. She has been sick this week so hasn't been able to be outside. Hopefully soon!
Christmas Morning
We were at my parents on Christmas morning and here are a few pics from that morning. Rachel understood a lot more this Christmas and it was fun to see her get excited. Before she opened her gifts we had her help give others their gifts and I loved watching her get so excited about giving rather than just receiving.
Gingerbread House
In spite of all of the chaos that surrounds Christmas, I really made an effort this year to do some fun things with Rachel. We talked more about baby Jesus and what Christmas really means this year now that she is understanding a little more. And I acutally managed to use our advent calendar more than half of the 25 days. One of the days we made this Gingerbread house. We bought a kit from Trader Joes (one of my new favorite places!) and enjoyed some time together. She was very excited about it as you can see.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Mary and Baby Jesus
One of the dress up days at Rachel's preschool was to dress as an advent character. She dressed up as Mary and carried a baby doll as Jesus. I think the costume turned out pretty well considering what I had to work with (one white sheet!). She was so proud and that made it all worth it!
The Cary Christmas parade!
We took Rachel and Anna to their first Christmas parade this year and Rachel loved it!! She loved dancing with the different groups as they came by and was so enamored by it all! It will definately be on our list of things to do next year. In this picture, Rachel is in her Ergo carrier - if you haven't ever heard of this carrier - it is great!! Our friends, Greg and April Seymour told us about it. We can carry Rachel in it easily and Anna now fits in it (I think the recommended weight is from 15 pounds to 40 pounds). Rachel always wants to be in her carrier when we go for walks as a family.
"Do you like it?, do you like it?"
Rachel loves playing in her pottery barn kitchen and often makes pretend meals for everyone. Lately, she especially likes to "feed" Anna. She'll whip something up and bring it to Anna in her swing and then pretend to feed her (we constantly stress that this is just pretend). Then, it never fails, just after she gives her a bite, she asks, "do you like it?, you like it?" It is so cute and funny. As you can see from the pictures, Anna loves this game.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Oh, Christmas Tree...
Our annual trip to pick out our Christmas tree went well this year. Our tree is beautiful and it was so fun to watch Rachel looking at all of the trees. Maybe one year we'll make to the mountains to cut our own tree.
Hot chocolate!
Rachel enjoying her first taste of hot chocolate! This was the real stuff made from cocoa - yummy! I'm a bit spoiled now and like my hot chocolate made with milk and preferably dark cocoa - I think Rachel would take it any way! November 2006
Friday, November 16, 2007
Farmer Rachel
Rachel had Farmer dress up day yesterday at preschool and although we didn't have any overalls that fit, I thought she still looked cute! I love the way her braided pigtails stick straight out.
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