Nugget turns 6...

My little is 6!  It seems like yesterday she TORE her way into the world.  So fast in fact that Daddy & my mom almost missed it! So fast that my best friend & Haylee DID miss it! And so fast that I didn't get a chance for the MUCH WANTED epidural!

We took her to Disneyland for her birthday!  We went before Eric's surgery rather than closer to her birthday because he wasn't sure how he would feel after his surgery!  So we had a little special day for her after school on her actual birthday!  Just decorations, cake, pizza & present at home!

Here was her special day!  I'm only loading a few here and if you'd like to see the rest.... click HERE!

Before school! She was very excited to have her birthday at school...




Card from Haylee...melt my heart...




Her room...




The living room...




Her seeing the living room decorations for the first time and Lily getting some love...




One of my favorite shots of the day...




Opening presents...




Haylee, her BFF & the Nugget...




Her BIG present...a mini laptop to play her internet games...





Haylee & Katie..the Bigs...




Singing Happy Birthday...I LOVE her...



Thanks for looking and I hope everyone is doing GREAT!  :)

Swimming at Bina's pool...

Friday after school we headed across the street to my best friends apartment for the girls to go swimming! Please excuse Haylee swimming in her clothes. Her friend Katie couldn't go swimming so Haylee wasn't going to swim either. Just put her feet in with Katie. But of course once we go there she couldn't resist.  So she swam in her clothes. Yup...that's how we do it! :) And Bina's grandson was there for the fun too...

The kid is EATING in the pool...UGH...lol...




Katie chillin poolside...




Emmitt having a sleeping crabby moment...and looking too cute while he does...




The ball he was OBSESSED with...




Nugget chuggin along in her life vest...






Emmit zoning...he's a tired boy...




Love his lashes...




Cheese ball...




Jump...




Can he shove the ball any further into his face...teehee...






Tootsies...




Grandma time...




My favorite shot of the day.  Love how sweet his little face looks here...




And back to eating the ball...




Swimmers hair...




This is a close second favorite...




Floating...




Lashes...




Teeny tiny tushy...




Can't believe he let go of this ball for a second...




How cute is he?!...




And he's about done...




Of course Nugget is still rockin & rollin...






Thanks for looking...as always!  :)

Eric's spinal surgery...

The day had finally come.  It was almost a year ago that the guy hit Eric full speed from behind while he was parked in his truck, unbuckled, twisted to the side sending an email to work!  Almost a year of pain!  Almost a year of working with a lawyer to make sure that we didn't get take advantage of by the guys insurance company.  It was a relief to finally be here...near the end of the journey!

But at the same time...sh*t just got real. My husband is going into surgery to have his spine fused & 2 vertebrata replaced.  Not only that..it was in his neck!!!!  And on top of that...they were going into the front of his neck to do the surgery!  I knew I was anxious and nervous.  But I didn't realize how much until they finally wheeled him into his room, and he started to come around from the medication and was able to talk!  Then I could breathe and realized I'd been pretty much holding it in the whole time!  Mike Sr (the dad of our friend Mike Jr who passed away from cancer this last Feb that we had the Fundraiser for) came down for the day to help me with the girls. He had to wake up at 4:30am to get to the hospital in time.  And sure enough...he got there in time!  Not only that, about 1pm he took the girls with him when he left and hung out with them for a couple hours then dropped them off at a friends house...all so I could spend the time taking care of Eric!  Bless his heart because he was a HUGE to help me & the girls really enjoyed his company!

All is good now (8-26).  Eric is still recovering but back to work and feeling pretty good!  He's still sore, and has trouble sleeping but it seem to be surgery sore.  He says the pain from the accident seems to be better.  Hoping that lasts!

So here was our emotional and tiring day!  We left at 4:30am and I didn't get home until 9:30pm.  I had a VERY STIFF drink when I got home!

Haylee hiding...




Got her...




Mike Sr playing with Avyree & taking pictures...




My lifeline of the day...




The girls stuff...




The million pieces of luggage we brought with us...




Mike Sr. playing receptionist every time the phone rang.  Avyree would then tell him every time after...get the  phone Mike it's ringing.  So we named him the waiting room receptionist for the day...




Nugget harrassing her sister with Mike Sr's camera...




She turned it on me so I turned mine on her...lol...




Time ticking SO slowly...




Phew...finally in his room.  They had to keep him in recovery for almost 2 hours longer than normal because they were having trouble controlling his pain and he had a hard time coming out of anesthesia.




Some details...and his horrible liquid lunch!  You can see him a little in the bottom right hand shot with his neck brace on...




Now that the girls have gone...I could actually sit down and read more...






Resting...




Thanks for looking and for all those who showed us love & support!  :)