Happy Birthday Elizabeth!!!

This weekend, we celebrated Elizabeth's birthday as she turned two! Here are some pictures from the great back yard party! I've been busy with so many photo shoots and I know I am behind in posting updates. I'll try to post some more soon! Happy Memorial Day to you all and I just want to say thank you to all the service men and women who have served and are serving.

Thank you

Dear Auntie Em,

Thank you so much for the card and the stickers. I really liked the
smiley face ones, especially the blue ones. I got to be really good at
peeling them off the paper and sticking them to my shirt in the same
general area. Later in the day, I found a Christmas tree sticker to
complete the ensamble. Thanks again!

Love,

J

Happy

Here she is playing and watching Toy Story 2. She seems a little sleepy but in pretty good spirits!

Home

We are home and she is getting to have some milk and her sucker!!!

We are all done and she is good!

She was a little fussy and emotional when they were done. She was most upset because they didn't have any suckers. :-(

Tubes are in!

The doctor just came to tell us the tubes are in and they are just drawing blood for the RAST allergy testing.

On another note, due to her loud screaming, the ENT doctor is pretty sure she doesn't have asthma because as he put it, "she's got a good set of lungs in her!" :-)

Just waiting for them to finish and bring her back to us!

Finally

They just took her back and I think the nurse with the shower cap hat freaked her out so she went kicking and screaming. :-(

She was already having a fit because we had to wait in this 7x7 foot curtained area for an hour. I'm a little frusterated with the system or schedule they use here. It seems like they are not keeping their patients in mind when they have them show up an hour and fifteen minutes before they see the doctor.

Waiting

Still waiting to take her back.

J pre op

She got to drive this cool car while they took her vitals and put her i.d. anklet on that matches mommy's. :-)

In the waiting room

Here she is reading a book in the waiting room. ABC's by Dr. Seuss!

Heading to the surgery center

We are on our way and I will be updating the blog as we go to keep everyone up to the minute! We should be all done by 9:30 am.

In the car

We had to take the Volvo in for service today in Temple. Here is J in
the backseat getting to ride forward facing for the first time in
Grandad's Saab.

A little update...

We went to the Children's Museum on Monday and here are some pics of the cute kiddos: www.jessicaklimaphotography.com/20090504 So we are scheduled for ear tube insertion in little J next Thursday. Here is a short clip I found describing the insertion of ear tubes: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ear-tubes/MM00771 We are heading to the park today to meet some other kids and moms to eat lunch!

J's Dr. Appt. Today

So we saw Dr. McMahon today and it was a good visit! J was so well behaved! She is still running a little temp., but I think it may be that she is cutting her last incisor tooth.

Her surgery is scheduled for a week from Thursday. I am so ready! I wanted tubes a long time ago. They are WAYYYYY overdue. This little girl has had more than her fair share of ear infections.

They aren't going to take out her adenoids due to the fact that it looks like she has allergies causing her nasal drainage more than inflamed adenoids. Since it looks like she has allergies (we already know about peanuts, but suspect she is allergic to cats and who knows what else!), they are going to do a RAST test while she is under anesthesia. They need to draw some blood for this test and it will tell us everything (almost) she is allergic to. It is more accurate than a skin test and better for kids since no skin pricking is involved. :-\ It will be easier on her to draw her blood while she is under and getting her tubes.

As I said before, I'm just excited that we are finally on our way to getting our little girl some relief from ear infections, sinus infections, congestion and constant coughing! Yay!!!!

J at the parku

Here she is all smiles and we don't have to take her to the doctor for any more shots of Rochephin in the near future! YAY!!!

Tons and gobs from today!

These still need editing as they are SOTC (straight out of the camera), but I had to share! This was such a sweet and loving family! Check back for more updates with edits! :-) www.jessicaklimaphotography.com/Buckbee

After shot

Here she is eating her sucker while waiting the 10 minutes after the
shot to check for any bad reaction. She is so tired!

Today waiting for her shot...

She loved having her own little red chair.

J's Doctor visit today

She has yet another ear infection really bad in her left ear. He seems to think that her ear infections cause sinus infections which cause congestion which cause her cough. We can't give her the best antibiotic for sinus infections, Augmentin, because we have reason to believe she may be allergic. So, she got her first of 3 Rocephin shots today and we go see the ear, nose, and throat doctor soon to talk about putting tubes in her ears. (Finally!!!)

Dr. Parr could see how one would think she has asthma from how persistant her cough has been but instead it has just been caused by perpetual infections. This is good news because now we have a more definite course of action with a potential end result of a fine, normal, healthy, little girl! That's all we want! :-)