A little song for you.

Poor Aleeya...

For the last 6 months, Aleeya has been waking up several times in the night. At first I thought it was just a phase but it never ended. Then one day when she was screaming I noticed she had HUGE tonsils. So I took her into the doctor to see what was wrong he referred us to a specialist that said those big tonsils need to go! They did have us watch her sleep and we discovered she stops breathing for several seconds and then wakes up to take a big gasp of air! Very scary to watch. So my youngest child is the first to have surgery. Because she is so young, they had us spend the night in the hospital. It was my worst experience in the hospital. We shared a room with a screaming child and we had nurses that forgot to bring Aleeya her pain medicine! However Aleeya did great. Hopefully we are on our way to better nights.

Here she is trying to show the camera her big tonsils before the surgery. (She doesn't realize that her tongue is blocking the view!"
Reading with Daddy before the surgery.
Sleeping at the hospital. Poor Baby!
Getting ready to go home with her presents from the hospital.

Happy Birthday to me!

After a long week of work, I came home to find that my mom and children had prepared a great dinner, a delicious cake, and a few gifts. They made sure I didn't have to do anything but eat and rest. They are so sweet. Thanks Mom for making my birthday special.Evan always makes my birthday special by surprising me with my gift. I have always had to work very early in the morning of my birthday as it is the day before Valentine's day and Valentine's week is our busiest of the year. So Evan likes to make it special by first spending too much money and then he leaves the gift for me to find at 3:30 in the morning! It starts the day off great! This year he bought me the Kindle from Amazon. It is a device that holds all your books in a digital format. It will be great for plane trips!

Winter in Elk Ridge

Just a few photos to document a relatively mild winter now that Spring is just around the corner and the snow is almost gone. (These are from December)
Some of Treygan's Friends. Yes they are in up to their waist in snow!

Sareya loves the snow and playing with Treygan.