Bloggers Block

I'm not sure why, but I've had bloggers block for awhile. I've been busy enough, with a ton going on that I shouldn't lack something to write about. And maybe it's just because I've been busy, I don't know!

Austin had his surgery on the 31st. He's doing WONDERFULLY. It's been so amazing to me to watch him. He ended up getting out of the hospital a day earlier than projected by the doctor, so that in itself was great news. And by Easter Sunday, you wouldn't have known that he had just had his kidney removed 4 days prior. He's one amazing little boy. And now, he's running around like normal, playing, being ornery as get out, and just being Austin.

Easter was so great. My mom, dad, and brother were all here, and I loved every second of it. It was my brothers second time coming down to see us, and I was so excited. We took them to Wingers, went to Boise for the day Saturday, then back to watch the Final 4 games. Sunday was Easter, and then my brother & dad left Monday morning. My mom was able to stay an entire week after that, and didn't leave until this past Saturday. What a blessing! It's always so soothing, and comforting to have your mom around, huh? It is in my case anyways =)

Sydney has been down and out with the crud for awhile. The past 2 1/2 to 3 months she's been getting sick a lot, and getting ear infection after ear infection. She started coming down with it again this past week by spiking a fever of 102.6 even with Motrin in her system, so she got taken back to the doctor. She was put back on another 1o day round of antibiotics to hopefully kick whatever it is that is in her system. Hopefully it works this time. The past few days she's been wonderful though. So happy, chatting and smiling, laughing and playing. She still is not sleeping through the night... waking between 2-4 times per night still. It's been a rough go with this kiddo, and I just pray that she will soon get the hang of the sleeping thing! Cause Mama REALLY enjoys her sleep! And I don't think these dark circles under my eyes are a very savvy fashion statement! Still not crawling either! What am I going to do with her?! She's almost 11 months old and not even crawling yet. I think I spoiled her too much. Oops. We are having a birthday party for her in Wenatchee on May 22nd... probably at Abby's Pizza. I can't believe she will be ONE! This year has seriously flown by.

And, only 6 more months until Bryant leaves for Greenland. We have so much to do until then that it isn't even funny. May is Sydney's 1st birthday & we will travel to Washington, June we will be traveling to Spokane to meet up with some military friends that will be in town for the weekend, July we will be heading to Oregon to see Dad & Nancy as well as Grandpa and Grandma Hines, August, September and the first part of October will be packing the house up and fixing anything that needs done to the house before we leave. Supposedly our last day at the base is October 26th. Since I will be moving to Washington, and not our next assignment, we have to move ourselves. Then the military will move us from WA to wherever our next assignment is. So we really do have a very busy next 6 months. I just pray that it is as stress free and easy as possible. I also pray & hope that friends and family will understand that we don't have the time, nor the money to be making additional trips to see people. We are going to try to fit a couple family weekend trips in with just the 4 of us so we can spend time together as a family before Bryant leaves. However, our doors are always open if you want to visit us!

Tomorrow I head to Boise to hit up a sale at Old Navy, and then Austin has his Post Op appointment with Dr. Miller at 11:15. I expect that appointment to go on without a hitch.

Here are a couple pictures of the kiddos from Easter... didn't turn out like I planned, but couldn't exactly get the boy to cooperate! Hopefully I've kicked my "bloggers block" and will be back to updating more often!

xoxoxo

k.