One year later...

I can't believe a year ago we were sitting in Children's Hospital after a long long surgery.  Isabella's PSARP procedure went as expected, taking just over 4 hours.  That waiting room was torture, watching all the other parents come and go while we just sat, waiting for doctors to come out, waiting for phone calls, waiting to see her number move to the recovery slot.  The following nine days were long.  Some longer than others.  Isabella was such a trooper!  Especially when they couldn't use her PICC line to do blood draws and they had to stick her.  Thanks to an amazing VAT team, she never even cried.  Smiled at them while they took blood and then would fall back asleep.  Amazing little girl!

And here she is one year later:

Bless You

Aidan sneezed and said, "whoa, that was loud.  I think I need to have a quiet bless you."
Me:  "Well, it's kind of hard to have a quiet bless you."
Aidan:  "But Mom-mom, loud bless yous don't let baby sister keep sleeping."
(he was concerned he was going to wake his baby sister up by sneezing, sweet little boy I have)

Sneak peak for Halloween

Aidan's costume came today - so cool!  He's very excited.  He said, "I think this came from a real astronaut!"  We tried it on quick to make sure it fits and got a really quick snapshot.  He can't wait for Dad to get home to show him.

Woot! Guess who peed the potty?!

Isabella!  That's right.  Mark found her trying to climb onto the potty so he put her on it.  She sat for about a minute and then peed!  We had a party and she was very happy!

1 year, 3 months, and 6 days old and peeing on the potty!  Such a big girl!

Done

We are finally done cleaning the house and getting it ready to show.  We also put an offer on the new house today.  On pins and needles waiting until noon tomorrow. 

Aidan quote of the day:  "Mom-mom, I will be downstairs if you need me."

Preschool

Aidan quote of the day:  "I think they are waiting for one more boy.  Me."
(On our way to preschool Aidan decided that all the kids are probably there already and they're just waiting for him.)

No longer a Mama's boy

Aidan:  "Mom-mom, is Dad going to be at home?"
Me:  "No, he's at work."
Aidan:  "But I want Dad."
Me:  "Why?"
Aidan:  "Because you're a mom and you're a girl."

Sniff, sniff....my little boy is growing up.

First Homework Assignment - done!

Preschool orientation was today and we were given our first homework assignment.  To make any kind of bee and bring it to school on the first day, next Tuesday.  I cut out the bee and had Aidan cut strips for his stripes and antennae.  Three stripes of course because, he's three.  He glued them on and made two eyes and a mouth.  He loved it!

Aidan quote of the day:  "That's for Dada to use his weird whacker."

Back to Soccer!!!

Hooray!  Today was back to soccer day.  Aidan did so well in soccer this summer, we decided to keep him in it for the fall.  He loves it.  Today he had a new coach in addition to one of his old coaches.  He's so excited to now have "two Coach Brians".  He thinks it's great!

Soccer is a little earlier than the kids are used to waking up.  I went in to find Isabella sleeping in a cute pose and had to take a picture.

Go Packers!

It stopped raining for about 3 minutes so we got a better shot outside!

The kids are ready for the Packer game tonight!  Aidan decided he wanted to wear his Packer shirt this morning and he wanted baby sister to wear hers too!

Aidan quote of the day:  "Mom-mom can you move your cold?"
Me:  "My what?" 
Aidan:  "Your cold."
Me:  "My chili?"
Aidan:  "Mom-mom it's not chilly it's cold."
(we ate chili for dinner)

Eating with a fork is fun

Isabella is having a blast feeding herself.  She really does quite well with a fork.  As long as I cut the ravioli in half, she does really well getting it on her own and eating it all by herself.  She's so proud!