There is a party in Heaven today!

Happy Birthday, MOM!

I wish you were here so we could celebrate with you.

But I know you are having a great day with your family and friends.

I also know you are watching over all of us.

I miss you and I love you, mom.

Happy Birthday in Heaven.

More Doctors

We are still at the hospital. Another night sleeping (or not really) in a recliner, worrying about Kaitlin and listening to her every move. No test results yet. Just trying to control her pain. It's very frustrating. Not only for poor Kaitlin and for Greg & me, but the doctors and the nurses. Everyone here is so nice. The Peds unit is a great place to be... if you have to be in the hospital. They have lots of movies to choose from and a laptop to use in the room. Unfortunately for Kaitlin, her pain is pretty bad and nothing sounds good to her. This afternoon she showered and was able to have a little something to eat. Her pain is still hard to deal with, but, I think she seems better. I'm hoping by late tomorrow morning we'll have some answers. For now we go minute by minute. I'm so thankful for doctors and nurses, family and friends, and pain medication!!! :)

The Day After

Thanskgiving Dinner was wonderful! Turkey was moist, potatoes didn't have a lump and the pie was fabulous! Thanks to my family, together we'd had the best day. It was so good to catch up.

Today was quite the day. Poor Kaitlin has been so sick. Her doctors office was closed today and we have been at Bronson hospital since 9 a.m. The are keeping her overnight for more tests. She was diagnosed with Colitis, which is an inflamation of the colon. Not sure why, or what is going on... hence the tests. We've made it 17 years without having to spend the night in the hospital with our kids. She is sleeping and seems to be comfortable for the moment.

Greg is hunting up north with my brothers. I am not going to call him about Kaitlin so he can enjoy his weekend. There isn't anything he could do here. He'll be mad I didn't call him, but I just don't want his weekend spoiled.

Allison is spending the night with a friend. Poor thing... this wasn't the day we had planned to have off!

My shoulder is sore, but surgery sore, not painful sore like it was before. I am on the mend.

I'm going to settle in to my hosptial recliner and watch a movie and my baby sleep.

Thanksgiving Eve

Well, surgery last week went very well. I've had a pretty good recovery. Only three days of really being down. My sling is now off for good! Yeah! I really feel a lot better today. Still achey and sore, but not like the pain I had before surgery. I'm so thankful it's over and I feel like it was successful.

Today I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Because I'm not 100% yet, everything I do seems to take me twice as long! But, I was able to get the jello molded salad, the best spinich dip, and about six dozen pumpkin cookies made! Greg is now putting the tables up and cleaning up the folding chairs. Dinner is in the oven for tonight and then I'll just have to clean bathrooms and kitchen floor. Tomorrow morning, I'll make the stuffing, Greg will peel the potatos and the turkey will go in the oven around 10 a.m. My family arrives at 12:30 for football and dinner should be served around 2:30 p.m.

Tonight I am thankful for my family and my friends. I am thinking of my dear friend Patti and her upcoming second surgery on Friday. I know she'll be fine and she will be blessed with lots of prayers during her surgery and recovery. I am thankful for my wonderful husband who has taken care of me during my recovery and helped me with all the Thanksgiving preparations. I'm also thankful for my beautiful daughters. Although they can annoy their momma (!), they are wonderful girls and each in their own way so very special.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you enjoy your Turkey with your family and friends!

I'm Ready....

Tomorrow is surgery day. I'm ready. I can't say I'm excited and I'm not really nervous. I'm anxious to get it over with. I want the actual surgery to be over and healing to begin. I don't know what to expect and so I'm hopeful that I'll feel ok by Sunday. My boss thinks I won't be in until after Thanksgiving... I'm not saying that's not ok with me!!! But, we'll see. I'll try to remember (in my drugged state) to have Greg take a picture of me with my polar pack and sling. Should be an interesting weekend at the Youtzy house!! We've never had a one armed mom before!

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Weekend Crop

Last weekend was my first overnight scrapbook crop. It was very fun! Julie and I arrived around 10:30 a.m. on Friday and scrapped until about 11:30 p.m. Some of the ladies stayed up all night or most of the night, but there was no way I could do that! We had a good night sleep, a shower and some breakfast and then back to scrapping by about 9:30 a.m. We went all day and left around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. What a fun girls weekend! I got 14 2-page spreads done and am pleased with them, which is always a nice bonus!!

Here is Julie, her friend Jodi and I working away and then Julie & I in our pjs ready for bed!

Here are some of the layouts I completed. LOVE the BonJovi page and the Diamond Lake page. Those are my two favorites of the weekend.

The weekend certainly put me in a crafty mood and now I wish I had all the time in the world to play! Christmas projects are creeping into my brain!!

Things to Do Today

1. Kick myself for forgetting the cord to my camera.

I wanted to upload photos of my scrapbook weekend! Bummer.

2. Make a grocery list. We are out of just about everything.

3. Check on sicky Kaitlin.

4. Work - oh yeah, that.

5. Take more Tylenol for the pain.

6. Mail out cute cards that I made for special people in my life.

7. Watch the CMA's on tv tonight -- yippee!!

8. File my nails.

9. Kiss my hubby.

10. Thank God.

Not necessarily in this order.

VOTE!

I'm on my way to vote! Thank God we live in a country where we have the freedom to vote.

No matter who wins, I know that I've done my part.