Daddy's Girls

We actually got home about 5:00 Thursday night but, to be honest, it’s been kind of stressful around here so it’s been hard for me to get to this post. Now I realize it’s only been 4.5 days since surgery but Matt is in way more pain that we expected. I think we confused this surgery being not dangerous (as far as not cutting on vital organs) to not painful/quick recovery. We have quickly realized that’s not the case. The doc said he will be sore about a month and based on how he’s moving I think he’s right. He’s restricted to not lifting over 10 lbs and not lifting his arm over his head during that time but other than that it’s up to how he feels. As far as me, I was feeling overwhelmed and feeling like I’d never get caught up at work and around the house. Despite all that, I can’t tell you how nice it was to walk in to our girls! We miss them so much when we’re gone. Yaya also had the house picked up and enough food on the stove to last all weekend.  The girls were obviously the b...

It definitely takes a village.... Matt and I are back in Houston this week for his defibrillator implant yesterday. We left Sunday to spend the night with Shanon and Alex before all of the appointments started Monday morning.  Shanon cooked an amazing dinner but the best part was loving on Logan for an afternoon.  As nice as that was, it was over quickly because we were out the door at 6:30 Monday morning to see 3 doctors to get cleared for surgery. That was a long day but luckily we were at the hotel connected to the hospital so we had a place to go for the afternoon between appointments and got a good nights sleep. Which was a very good thing because Tuesday was one of the longest days of my life. We saw Dr. Schurmann at 7:30 that morning for a surgery arrival at 11:00. There were some emergency cases that took the operating rooms for most of the day so at 7:15 p.m. he was finally being rolled back for surgery. And at 9:00 I was hearing that everything went well. Spending 10...

Today is May 19th and school isn’t out until the 24th... but we’re OVER it. Apollo had their end of the year AR (accelerated reader) party (for kids that made the goal all year) on Thursday. Lilli got to wear her bathing suit and cover-up to school which made it the coolest day ever!  And Friday was the last day of the grading period. She told me as she answered the last question of her test she teared up. She realized she would never have this teacher and this same class again and she’s loved 2 grade.  It was also Donuts with Dad at First Friends and (possibly) Katie’s last day. I told Yaya to send her while we’re in Houston but Katie says she’s telling her she doesn’t want to go so we’ll see. I snapped a pic just in case. ;)  We celebrated no more tests by meeting friends at the park yesterday afternoon and spent almost 3 hours there.  The Mamas are friends of mine so that’s the longest we’ve gotten to catch up in forever. We decided to get together at least once a...

Well she did it. KatieJane graduated from First Friends today. The last day of school is not technically until the 24th but she doesn’t have to go anymore. Nothing but fun days from here on out. She will go Thursday and Friday and then will be up to Yaya if she goes next week. It is definitely a milestone and she was a proud girl today.  The program started with songs before they went back and changed into their robes. She was into that except for the one silly song that she had no part of. We finished up with a reception in her classroom where I got a book of samples of her schoolwork from this year. And then we went to “the restaurant with the big chair” (Chimi V) with Daddy and Yaya to celebrate. Lilli even got to skip school so she could be a part of it.  It’s really hard to believe that in a couple of days I will no longer have any kids at First Friends. It’s been a wonderful seven years and I could have not asked for a better school for them to get them ready for kinderg...

My baby graduates preschool Wednesday so of course I had to get prepared for the million pictures I’m going to take. At 5 years old she finally got her first haircut. Poor baby is cursed with my slow growing hair. She was totally bald until she was probably 8 months.                            This is her at 6 months.  Plus she had the bad habit of twisting it as she fell asleep and on several occasions I had to cut knots out of it. You can see how uneven it was in this one  So today at we went down to my friend/hairdresser’s house and got her first trim. She was not happy at first because she so badly wants long hair but by the end of it she was OK and it is so super cute. I can’t wait to wash it and see it with her curls. Now we need to go get nails and toes painted and she’ll be ready for her big day on Wednesday.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mama’s in our lives. They all hold a special place in our hearts that no one else can fill. We count on you for friendship, wisdom and mostly love. And can’t thank you enough for all you do. Even the Mamas in heaven that probably help everyday even when we don’t know it.  My day was perfect. I woke up to this Plus a clean kitchen and laundry done. Matt knows just what I want!  We put up the girls pool That they played in at least 3 hours after the four of us got back from church. My other present was also a massage that was followed by a bath Made even better by my gift from Yaya. Homemade bath salts complete with a piece from her Mama’s China. How cool is that?!! And the day was finished off with a delicious meal cooked solely by my sweet husband. And he cleaned up after! I couldn’t ask for a better day. Thank you Matt. For all you do and for these beautiful girls that made me a Mama. 

It’s been a busy week for me. I’ve got one deal closing next week plus another that just went under contract. I’ve been coordinating with Houston Methodist for Matt’s follow up and surgery so I’ve spent about 90 hours on the phone with them. (Ok... maybe that’s a SLIGHT exaggeration ;) Plus I’ve been busy with end of the year stuff at school. Apollo PTL does it big for our teachers and staff because we know they work so hard every day. Everyone from the janitors and lunch ladies to the principal get treated equally. We serve them a hot breakfast and lunch. (And I really mean serve. They sit down at the table and we fix a plate and bring it to them. Plus clean up after them.) And we have lots of extra treats. We had a masseuse in Monday and Tuesday giving free mini massages. They play a trivia game to win door prizes with questions ranging from things from movies to how many trash cans are in the school. It’s a lot of fun but definitely exhausting. I was up there at least four hours eve...