One year post surgery follow up

She made it an entire year with only ONE UTI! I was fairly confidant that surgery was successful. Ultrasound and Dr. R confirmed. πŸ™‚
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Ultrasound is done first so Dr. R can take a look at her innards. She’s really great at getting ultrasounds taken.DSC00681 DSC00682 DSC00684

And that’s a wrap on ultrasounds until next year! DSC00687

And now we wait for our appt with Dr. R.DSC00688

Basic vitals taken by her awesome nurse.DSC00696

And then I was wrangling with Monkey girl so Regan got some great selfies. DSC00710And a quick pic with Dr. R before saying “see ya next year!”

Cherry on this trip to the Children’s Hospital was the texts saying Babies Logan and Connor were born and everyone was good. What a great day.

London and Paris 2015

Stressed to the max as a new foster Mom. TO.THE.MAX! When I jokingly (but wishfully) mentioned a girls trip to Jon and gave him all the information I thought it would be a no. Because he is also stressed to the max being a new foster Dad. 5 children under 6 is crazy pants on a good day. Then you toss in various therapy/medical/social worker visits plus school and WHOA!

Well after thingking about it for a few days Jon said GO. WHAT?! NINE days in London and Paris with my sister in law Shannon and friends. SUPER exciting to get to use my passport again. I felt bad that Jon would miss this amazing adventure but he said the flight was too long and he could google search these places. HAHAHA!

Poor Sally was still fighting a bought of vertigo when we got started. She needed lots of down

time.These ladies here kept me from getting lost. I would have quite literally been lost with out them

and had far lass fun too. We were overly fascinated with working phone booths. Sister Shannon was my room mate for our trip. Best room mate ever! Queens Gate was our first hotel. A lovely spot right in the middle of loads of tourist attractions.

So many Shaun the Sheep statues all over. Since our kiddos LOVE this show we took lots of silly pictures to show them.

It was SO cold for us coming from triple digit weather. Poor Sally forgot her hat and improvised with her scarf to keep her ears warm.

Stone Hedge was just as magical as you would imagine.

Harry Potter studio tour was epic.

Sally did not join us on this tour but she sent us an “I’m resting after solo museum tour”Β  photos.

London was a blast but Paris did not disappoint either! So beautiful. Such a welcome break from my new normal. A great recharge to dive back in and Mom my kiddos. So grateful for Jon sending me and Shannon on this much needed Mom vacation! Grateful for my sweet Mother in law coming down to help him with the kids and Dwayn’s Mom for doing the same for them so Shannon could come with. I am so lucky to have such love and support in my family and friends.

Jack’ee at the hospital

So I’m sitting in my Paris hotel packing to come home when there is a knock at the door. It’s my friend Michelle letting me know that she just got a message from Jon that my sister Jack’ee is in the hospital! (I didn’t get the international plan on my phone. Friends are awesome!)

She was due on the 18th (the day I flew to Europe) and since the stinker waited until after I made travel plans and paid for the trip to let me know she was even pregnant I was planning on just missing little mans birth. I actually invited her to go with me. Her excuse (she already knew she was preggo and had a due date!) was that she couldn’t take the time off and that she didn’t think they could financially swing it during that time of year. LIES! πŸ˜‰

The whole time I was gone I kept waiting to hear if my nephew had been born yet. So Michelle is at the door letting me know he’s on his way. So I knew I was going to miss his birth anyway. Happy/sad.
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So she went in to get induced on Friday… I think. Jet lag. Diff countries, time zones… What day is it? OR is it night? I’m so messed up right now.IMG_6025

Soon to be Dad and his MomIMG_6027

So she didn’t progress at all when they induced her the first time so she got sent home. SO I got my jetlagged self over to the hospital sometime Monday morning when she was back to try again. I can’t even tell you how excited I was toΒ  be there for her during such a special time.

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Foot/leg rubs and a mani/pedi. Plus I brought her some amazing chocolate from London. This is my new crack. It’s a good thing I cannot get it easily in the States. IMG_6031 IMG_6032

The waiting Moms/Grandmas.IMG_6033 IMG_6039

Going for a walk to try and get things moving and progressing a bit faster.IMG_6062

Waiting out in the lobby while Jack’ee got her epidural. This conversation happen a bit before she got her epidural.

Jack’ee: Looking at me, “You did this twice!?” Looking at Mom, “And you did this four times!!”

Me: Um, ya…

Jack’ee: You’re both SO stupid!!!

Us: Laughing SO hard!

Mom: Abuela did this ten times.

Jack’ee: She’s an idiot!

She was feeling better after her meds kicked in. They call it labor for a reason. It’s not a walk in the park. πŸ˜‰

IMG_6066So he wasn’t born until Wednesday. I was at the hospital all day Monday and Tuesday, but Wednesday R had Speech at 9am and then Kaylee had her one year follow up with her urologist at the Children’s hospital at 12:30.

Kaylee was on the table getting her ultrasound done when I got the text from my Dad saying baby Logan was born via c-section.

I was laughing SO hard. I missed his birth anyway! Life. BUT little Logan is hear safe and healthy and Jack’ee is doing as well as can be expected.

Also Jon’s sister Sharice had her little man a wee bit early in Texas a couple hours later via emergency c-section. Little Connor is going to spend some time in the NICU and Sharice is going to have a bit of a recovery. πŸ™ But everyone made it through alive and we are so grateful for that.

So we were blessed with not one, but two little men in our family this week.

The kiddos are so excited to have two cousins born on the same day! πŸ™‚