Its been a while!!!

Sorry it has been so long since I updated! We have been pretty busy. Ashley Ryan has had another ear infection. Yes, this makes 7 in one year! I am so ready for the tubes. March can't get here fast enough. She was sick most of last week and has been feeling alot better this week. She went to see her grandparents last weekend. She got to see both sets. She spent some time with her Mimi and Pop on Friday and spent some time with her grandma and grandpa on Saturday. She had a pretty good weekend! I think she gets to do the same thing this weekend. She is a very lucky little girl to have so many people who love her and love to spend time with her. We always appreciate the help too.

I was watching some videos of Ashley Ryan last night and it just amazed me at how fast she has grown up. Where did the last year go? It was kinda sad. I realized that I did not have a "baby" anymore. I had a little girl.
Lots of love to you all!!!

Tubes!

I took Ashley Ryan to see the ear, nose and throat doctor on Friday. He recommends that we do the surgery and have tubes put in. We are going to do this on March 3, 2009. I could of done it sooner, but for personal reasons, we decided to wait until March. He seems to think that once we have this done, we will see a huge decrease in the amount of ear infections. I sure hope so. I can't stand to see my little bug sick.

She is doing great right now. We are about to finish this round of antibiotics for the current ear infection. Hopefully she can stay well long enough to get the tubes and be done with all of this. Right now she averages an ear infection every other month!!!

Keep her in your prayers that all goes well. I will keep everyone posted the closer we get to the time of surgery!

Mommy & me getting dressed!

I love this picture. I just had to post it. Ashley Ryan always has so much fun playing in my makeup and playing with my rollers. So, the other day, I decided to roll her hair too. She thought it was funny!

Tubes?

I had to take Ashley Ryan back to the doctor this morning for the second round of her flu shot. At her age they can not get the whole shot in one dose, so we had to spread it out. Since I was at the doctor's office I asked him to take a look at her ears. She still has a bit of a cold and has been pulling at her ears.

Well, she has a double ear infection! This is her 6th ear infection and round of antibiotics so Dr. Rogers thinks it is best if we go ahead and meet with an ENT doctor. So, I have an appointment on Friday morning with Dr. Lee at Baptist. I will keep you posted.

I hate the idea of her having to have any anesthesia, but I plan on doing whatever they say is best for her.

Other than that, Christmas and New Years was great. Ashley Ryan got some great presents from Santa and had a blast playing with all of them. She is the cutest thing ever. I will post new pics soon, but I have not even attempted to download my new camera software yet. I need to get around to doing that!

Christmas Week!!!

I am so excited for Christmas this year. I know that Ashley Ryan will not fully "get it" but I just can't wait to watch her open her presents. I am looking forward to time off also. David will be off Christmas day and the rest of the weekend. We will be going to his parents for Christmas day for a little while. We always spend Christmas Eve with my parents and my aunt and uncle. My brother has two little girls - ages 3 and 1. They play so well with Ashley Ryan. I love to watch all of them together. They are so sweet. The 3 of them together could very well demolish my parent's house.

I will post pictures of all of this very soon with my NEW digital camera that David bought me. Yes, we have already opened our gifts to each other! We can't ever wait. We are just big kids. I bought him a new barbecue grill and he got me the camera. I love it. The picture quality is great. Keep checking back for updated pics of Ashley Ryan! Lots of love.

I'm Back!

Sorry it has been so long since I have updated my blog!! Ashley Ryan is doing great. Haley asked me yesterday if everyone at our house was well and I shuttered to say "yes." I do not want to say it too loud for fear of someone getting sick!

But, so far, so good. Ashley Ryan did run a slight fever yesterday, but I am sure it was caused by the chicken pox vaccinne. The dr. told me that in about 10 days she could run a slight fever and not to worry. So that is what I am doing - not worrying! The fever broke really quick and she has been fine since.

I am really excited for christmas this year. Me and David are going to try to go shopping Thursday night for Ashley Ryan. That reminds me - Mom if you read this - Ashley Ryan wants to know if she can come over Thursday night? I have ordered her "big" gift, but there are a few small things at Toys R Us we want to get her. Her room is sooooo full of toys. I wonder where we will fit everything.

My cousin Jimmy Dale will also get to spend Christmas with us this year, and that is a HUGE blessing. We have missed him for several years and are so thankful to God that he will be a part of it this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tired of being sick!!

Ok. I have not updated in a few days because me and David have had awful colds!! We have been fighting this stuff since Ashley Ryan came down with RSV. I am finally feeling a little better, but David is still sick. Ashley Ryan does not have RSV anymore, but she still has a major runny nose. We are just so sick of being sick! Last week I had a sore throat everyday. David had a stuffy nose everyday and Ashley Ryan is just coughing all of hers up. The dr. told me she would be coughing all of this up for up to a month. We have been doing at least one breathing treatment on her everyday just to help get it all out.

I will be so glad when spring gets here. We have been doing great all year until the cold weather set in. Now it seems like all of us are constantly sick. We have some great friends, Tommy and Nickie Smith (used to be our neighbors) and they call every weekend and want to hang out and I swear they probably think we are just avoiding them. Everytime they call I usually have to say "Well so and so is sick, so maybe next weekend."

Anyway, please pray specifically that we all get well!!!!!!! Thanks much. Lots of love.