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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Falling....Falling....Down





Ellie loves to jump and fall backwards. This kid is not afraid of anything!! I think most people would bend their legs when falling like this...not Ellie!!
Ellie has had a night cough for several months. It originally started the end of last winter. The put her on an Albuterol inhaler. The inhaler stopped the cough. The cough started back a few months ago. She would cough when we would first put her down at night and then in the morning when she got up. Every once in awhile she would cough in the middle of the night.
My mom took Ellie to the doctor for me when we were on the cruise. The doctor diagnosed Ellie with cold air induced asthma. She put her on two inhalers for five days and then just one inhaler until the end of February. The inhalers have stopped the cough. Its amazing!! I hope in February when she comes off the inhaler the cough doesn't come back. If it does come back, we have to take Ellie back in! I pray that it doesn't return!
Ellie is still not sleeping through the night. I think since Thanksgiving she has slept through the night 3 times. She has this fear of monkeys. They were singing a song about monkeys at school. It's a counting song....goes something like this...
5 little monkeys sitting in a tree.
Teasing that alligator
you cant catch me, you cant catch me.
Quiet as a mouse, the alligator sneaks around the tree
and snaps that monkey out of the tree.
4 little monkeys sitting in a tree......
I have asked them to stop singing it because of Ellie. It hasn't helped though. When she does wake up, I go in there and lay her back down. She says, "monkeys going to get me!" Every time I tell her that monkeys are not going to get her. She then asks if monkeys are going to get mommy and daddy.
We have told her that monkeys are not allowed in the house. I have also tried telling her that monkeys are nice and that they will give you hugs and kisses, but that hasn't worked either!!
I don't know what to do at this point.
I have a friend that said her little boy is having nightmares too. She was told that this is the age where they start to have them. Hopefully, she will get over her fear of monkeys soon!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

FSSR Cruise 2008

My hubby and I

The beautiful ocean...

...more ocean


Atlantis


Hubby and I again...


...and again at formal night


The Fellers' men (sorry about the glare)


Some of our group....


Bobbi, Jerry and Randy


Brandy acting silly!
We had a great time on our cruise! We had great weather as well....it wasn't too hot!! Sunday it did cloud over when we were in Freeport, but it wasn't too bad. The closer we got to Florida the more windy it got. I think this is very typical while on a cruise in December.
Ellie had a blast with my mom. They ended up getting Braxton for the weekend as well. They went to the park, saw Santa Claus and were spoiled! Thanks mom for watching Ellie and the dogs! Christian and I appreciate it sooo much!!

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Thanksgiving 2008








We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Ellijay with Christian's Family. We had dinner with my family the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

The girls, Ellie and Haedyn, had a great time playing with each other....and tackling Papa! I think it was the first time that Haedyn and Ellie actually played together. Previously, they have been to young I think.

Ellie woke up both times during the night when we were there. Christian slept with her one night, and I did the other night. I thought she was just waking up because she was in a new place. We have been hom since Saturday night, and she has only slept through the night once. Saturday night she started coughing so hard that she threw up! Its always nice to clean that up at 11 o'clock at night! Ugh!

Christian and I leave for our cruise tomorrow. My mom is keeping her. I just hope Ellie starts sleeping trough the night again...at least for mom.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Surgery Update


A little blurry.....but bringing mom some tea! Mmm!




Ellie did GREAT!! Her surgery was scheduled for 9:30 am. They did tell us that the doctor was using 2 OR's so there was a chance she would be taken back early. I was worried about keeping her happy since she couldn't eat or drink anything. She asked on the way there, but I told her that she couldn't have anything until after the doctor fixed her ears. She seemed pretty content with that. Once we go to the surgery center, the toys distracted her!
They took Ellie back at 8:30ish and by 8:40ish the doctor and Ellie were back in our room. Ellie slept for about 10 minutes. She woke up and was a little groggy but happy!
We left there and headed to Ellie's favorite place....Chick-fil-lake (ie Chick-fil-a). We had breakfast with Meme and Papa Holden! Then we went and saw daddy and all of his co-workers. Ellie had a great time showing off for everybody! She loves the attention.
Lets just pray that these tubes stay in!!!!