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Kaylee’s first dance recital

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This was the best thing ever. I am so proud of how hard Kaylee worked getting ready for her first recital. I love that she has found something that she is passionate about (bonus for me that I LOVE dance too.). She was SO excited every Monday to go to her studio and learn new things. I NEVER had to ask her to practice. Dance class has just been so great for her, and I love that.

Friday afternoon was her dress rehearsal. She and I headed out and Regan ot some one on one grandparent time. Also she looked ridiculously cute in her cover-ups. SO CUTE!

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Kaylee and Mama hanging out during rehearsal. IMG_5047 IMG_5049 IMG_5060 IMG_5065 IMG_5084 IMG_5085

Saturday afternoon was the big day. We stole Jack'ee away from the family to come early with us and had some girl time back stage before the performance started.

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IMG_2130Dancing is where being a shorty pays off. They tend to put the shorties up front. Kaylee is in the front row third in from the left.  Regan didn't like that he couldn't tell which one was his sister.IMG_2133

About a month before the recital Kaylee asked me to record her teacher doing the dance so, "I can prakiss it at home Mom."  And practice it she did. EVERY DAY. The thing I love about these two photos it that you can see that she is the only one NOT looking at the teacher off stage. She KNEW her dance. Her timing was OFF, but she knew her dance.

IMG_2134She said she wanted to smile and show everyone how much fun she was having, but she was too busy using her brain to remember her dance. She had to concentrate! HA.

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Curtain call at the end was kinda like a hot mess. Too cute/funny though. IMG_2168 IMG_2174Awesome Jack'ee brought her a rose. So then her Papa and Yaiyai had to get her some flowers too.  She was thrilled that Jack'ee and Jason were able to come and see her dance. I was back stage helping and Kaylee kept asking me if everyone was there. Everyone being Jon, Regan, Papa, Yaiyai, Jack'ee and Jason. She was super worried that they would leave before it was her turn. IMG_2176 IMG_2177 IMG_2179 IMG_2183 IMG_2187I am WAY bummed out that Jon and Regan left early to get the family party all set up and I didn't get a picture of them with Kaylee. Oh, well.

Video of some cuties doing their dance thing.

 

Mother’s Day 2014

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What a great day. The kiddos were so excited to give me the gifts they made.

 

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Kaylee was talking about it ALL week leading up to the day and couldn't wait until after church for me to open up what she made for me.

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Regan made me a little note book at church. He was SUPER proud of it.

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Kaylee made me a watering can, flower, and book about us. Regan made a little notebook about me. SO SO SO precious.

 

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Aside from not knowing how old I am he nailed it. I love my little buddy so much, and am happy to know he thinks so highly of me.

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Translation for a couple pages of the book Kaylee made about our relationship. "My Mom likes to snuggle with me." I REALLY DO.

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"My Mom loves to scare me and she is a star."

We like jumping around corners and scaring each other. The kiddos LOVE to scare me then ask "Did I get you MOM?!" It is seriously one of our favorite things to do.

Kaylee’s hospital stay day 2

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So I didn't take many pictures of today as it was SO boring. RN Craig came in at 6 am to remove her cath. She declared Craig her favorite person. Then our day got interesting. Every 20 – 30 min we would unplug her pulse/oxygen monitor and her IV and carry her to the toilet. It was a day full of potty trips. She didn't want to eat or drink anything so they were pumping her full of fluids to keep her hydrated. Today's goals were pain management, using the toilet, and eating solids.

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I asked Kaylee how she was feeling after Craig finished up and her cath was gone. She was so happy she had now words. I got a sleepy drugged up smile and two thumbs up.

 

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Most of the day she spent watching movie after movie. And sleeping. LOTS of sleeping.

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Her awesome teacher came by to check on her and bring her some fun work. Kaylee was lightly sleeping when she arrived so I rubbed her arm and she opened her eyes and said, "Oh, hi Mrs. Bringhurst. I had surgery."  Kaylee was SO happy to see her. Mrs. B also brought Kaylee a lamb to snuggle with. We love Mrs. B so much. She is a wonderful teacher/person.

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The staff brought Kaylee books, puzzles, coloring pages, a doll house, and games. She was only kinda interested in those things. BUT after her visit with Mrs. B  she wanted to pull out the crayons and do some brain work.

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Kaylee wanted to bring many more of her stuffed animals with us. I told her she could pick two knowing she would get a new one from the staff when we checked in. So she brought Twilight and Pups from home. Then she chose her new bird "cotton candy" (named for having hair that looks like cotton candy) and Mrs. B brought her "Bow" (named for his bow tie). I really to love how easy her animals are to keep straight.

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We ordered Kaylee some chicken broth after she delared that jello was NOT for her. It sat in our room until Jon brought in real food for us to eat. Then she announced that her belly was FINALLY hungry for her soup. She siad it was delish. After keeping the broth down we got to give her saltines and a cheese stick. This was exciting because her keeping down solids was one of our requirements pre discharge. She didn't eat a ton in the hospital, but she ate and drank just enough that her Ritchy gave us the green light to go home. She also was having awesome urine output and off the morphine.

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Best face EVER when she was told that this was her last round of vitals. She was beyond thrilled that she was going home. Us too!

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This was her second favorite part of her day. IV removal. WOOHOO!

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Round two on the happy thumbs up.

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Admiring her free foot.

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Saying WOW because she was ready to walk out of there and just SUPER happy.

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She insisted on walking out to the the car. She was very happy to be moving under her own power after two days.

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IMG_1030She made it from the 8th floor to the parking garage before asking to be carried. It was not a short walk. We were all so happy to be heading to get our little buddy and go home.