Update on Ellie

Just wanted to report that Ellie did great this morning! She shocked Brian and I by not crying as the nurse walked her to the operating room (although she said she cried when they put the mask on her to administer the anesthesia) and she didn't shed a tear when she came out of anesthesia! Her surgery was a little before 8:30 am and we were home around 9:10 am! 

It took her a little bit to "come around" once we were home, but now she's been eating and running around as usual (although I'm trying to keep an "eye" on her, but she seems fine!)! We keep asking her if she can hear better and she says "yes"...hopefully the days of hearing like she's under water and having infections are over! ;O)

Thank you for all of your well wishes and prayers! 

Our pretty little patient in pre-op.

(along with her "pretty dress," they gave her size XXL socks to wear!?!)

Stiff upper lip

The goofy Giere's.

Sorry its been so long...we've had a couple of eventful weeks around here. Really, we were all just sick at one point or another...no surprise now that the cold weather is here. Poor Ellie suffered her 6th ear infection of the year (2 in 3 weeks!) and we were referred to an Ear, Nose, Throat doctor to evaluate her and decide if she needs ear tubes placed. Sure enough, she does! So, tomorrow morning at 8:30 our little girl is going in for surgery. Now, I know it's a minor surgery and extremely quick (5-10 min!), but I still don't like the thought of our poor little Ellie Boo having to go through any type of procedure. We were told that when Ellie is finally separated from us to go into surgery, we will need to have a "stiff upper lip," so that we don't worry her. Okay, yeah right! How am I supposed to do that!? Ultimately, we know this is the best thing for her and truly believe that God will be watching over her as he always does. This fact alone will give me the stiff lip that is required of me. :O)

Other than Ellie, Hannah was sick with a sinus infection (that actually caused one night of vomiting...fun) and Sam was in for his 6 month check-up (thankfully, he has stayed healthy through all of this!). He weighed in at 18.2 lbs. and was 27 1/4 inches and everything looked great! Brian and I comment all of the time how distant and almost unreal it is that just 6 months ago we were taking Sam to a geneticist, monitoring his tyrosine levels...to look at him now, it's just hard to imagine him the little guy that he was! All this to say, I've been to the doctor a fair amount in the past couple of weeks!

Now that the past two weeks are over, we can look forward to a busy holiday season ahead. We have Thanksgiving in MI this coming week and then 3 birthday parties for Hannah (turning 5!!!) and then, of course, the celebration of our Savior's birth with family, in MI and here in IL. I LOVE IT!!! Hopefully I'll keep up with my posting the next month and a half, or I'll have a LOT of catching up to do! Until next time, enjoy some pics from today...

Hugs for Mommy...

What a big boy!!

Bundled up for church...

Our little patient...please pray for a safe & successful procedure. Thanks!

6 months old!

Our baby boy is 6 months old today! Sam is such a great baby...I don't even hardly dare to say that out loud for fear that he'll turn on me! :O) Seriously, Sam is such a joy...even tempered, smiley, giggly, handsome...precious. We thank God for giving us this precious gift in our son!

Our big boy!

Our big, "drooly" boy. (no teeth yet...)

All bundled for the cold weather!

He doesn't seem to mind. :O)

Never too early - helping Daddy get some work done at home. ;O)

Fridays...

Hannah has gymnastics on Friday mornings and at the end of the class, the teacher puts a little stamp on each child's hand...one highlight of the class! So, when we returned this morning after class, Hannah and Ellie were playing together and H was teaching E gymnastics. It was so cute. Well, minutes later (after too much quiet time), I entered the toy room where I saw this...

Hannah's version of a stamp on the hand. Ahhh, what to do...what to do? ;O)

October Days

Aren't you proud of me? This is my 4th post in one week! I'm playing a little catch up...hope you're enjoying it. :O)

The pictures in the slide show you're about to watch are from the past couple of weeks. I chose a show that didn't allow me to add a lot of text, so I'll try to explain some of the picture here.

Hannah LOVES to play with Sam. She also LOVES to now pick him up, which makes me extremely nervous, to say the least. He doesn't seem to mind one bit. 

There are days when Sammy boy's hair is just a little out of control...we try not to laugh too much and yes, I do try to slick it down. Sometimes I'm successful, sometimes I'm not. :O)

I bought a cheap-o wig for Hannah, in hopes that she could wear it with her Sleeping Beauty costume for Halloween. Unfortunately, it evoked too much laughter, which she didn't think was funny. So, she didn't wear it, but oh man, have we been having fun with it!

I think I described the rest in the slides. It has been a busy October, but one filled with great memories to last a lifetime!

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