Time to catch up

I am just not as good at keeping this blog updated as I used to be. Oh, well. Things happen and let's face it, I am the mom of a toddler. Life is busy. But it's time to get this current once again.

Last week early on Monday morning (10/4/10) Charli and I went to Children's Hospital in St. Paul. She was scheduled for a tonsil and adenoidectomy at 7:15AM.

When we were checking in, after putting on her hospital jammies, she seemed happy and content to play with the gloves.

And then, I took her into the operating room to hold her while they put her under. That was tough. But we had a fabulous team who kept me calm as I watched my baby drift off. I sat in the waiting room for about an hour and a half. (she also had some periauncular cysts removed) She didn't handle the anesthesia too well and I was taken into the recovery room to help keep her calm. Once she settled down, we were then taken to our room for the night.

Our first nurse, Jenny, was a peach!!! Charli may not remember her, but mommy sure does.

As you can see, she's still a tad stoned from the drugs. Not sure she'll like this picture when I put it out at her graduation :-)

But by the time we were ready to leave the next morning she looked like a whole new kid.

Of course our weather has been fantastic. The colors were vibrant over the weekend. Since Charli was feeling better I decided it was now or never to stop on our favorite street by my folks house and take our annual pictures. I think I got some great shots (if I do say so myself)

Here's "the street" that I so love for fall colors.

And this is what is looked like pulling into my folks drive way

Charli is recovering well. She's back at "school" and I think we are on the home stretch. My next project with her is to get her into her own room and bed on a regular basis. I am hoping that having the surgery will improve her sleeping and that this will just be a natural progression. But as they say, one thing at a time.