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First and foremost- here are our surgery dates:

    – This Thursday, September 20th Dr. Waner will do the steroid injection. This had to be done 4-6 weeks after her laser procedure on her tongue, which was about 4 1/2 weeks ago. It is an in and out thing, no recovery etc. 

    – Wednesday, October 10th Dr. Burrows will do the sclerotherapy injection surgery. This was the big surgery that was tricky to schedule. They kindly put us in as soon as she returned from being away (she’s back on the 9th).

We are glad to report that she’s fully over the cold or shall I say "runny trach" that she had. And still has been bouncing around and very happy.

She was thrilled to go to the Open House this weekend of the new class she’s taking! She’s going to love it! She officially starts her class on Tuesday (tomorrow) morning. It’s called "The Little Gym". And they do things like sing songs, do some group activities in a circle, play on the mats, climb, jump and tumble.

So we were out this weekend at that Open House, and also out shopping for a new dresser for her. Since she’s all moved into her new room and her big-girl toddler bed, we need to move all of her clothes over now and she didn’t yet have a dresser in there. The new one is ordered and should be here very soon!  

We have some other great plans for her coming up… Her cousin Evan is coming up the first weekend in October and we’ll do some fall/winter baby clothing shopping, throwing in some picture taking of them in their costumes, and we are going to take them to the farm for some pumpkin picking with the grandmas. And of course celebrate Aunt Michelle’s birthday (an eventful weekend of course!). Some great fun to bring in the harvest season and for her to enjoy before she gets that big surgery.

Though keep in your prayers that she remains healthy and we don’t have any more postponements!!!!  

That’s right, we had to cancel! ME is sick- well she’s barely sick but enough to have to cancel. I’m sure it’s because we’ve been at a lot of events lately, but she caught a little cold. And that’s really all it is. No fever, she’s happy, having fun, eating and everything. It’s just a clear mucous runny nose (or in her case a runny trach).

This was a real disappointment for us since the surgery is a big one, hard to schedule and has a long recovery. It was really perfect timing for us to have it done tomorrow. However, there’s nothing we can do. The dr will be gone for 3 weeks. The office is trying very hard to schedule us right after she gets back, the sooner the better as we don’t want it to get too close to November as that’s close to my due date in very early December.

However, Dr Waner was going to do a steroid injection before they did the sclerotherapy injections tomorrow to help with the swelling of her tongue from the last laser procedure. He needs to have that done from 4-6 weeks after the laser. So we might be going to do that next week. That has no recovery time and we’re in and out of the hospital within an hour or so.

I’ll update everyone with the dates as soon as they are scheduled & official. 

IN OTHER NEWS….

ME is now in her big girl bed. That’s right… out of the crib and into the toddler bed. It was beginning to get me nervous as my little girl so easily went to bed all the time and slept very well… and it was very hard to get her in the toddler bed. But just a few days of persistence and she is doing wonderfully, sleeping well and going to bed well in it. She’s such a good little/big girl! 😉 It is a bit harder with nap time but we’ll get there. YAY for ME!!!!

If we’ve been quiet around here it is because we have been doing so many things! If you haven’t noticed, we put up 3 new albums on the photo page – you must check them out from August, Evan’s Christening and Vacations of ’07.

That alone will show you how busy we were. On top of that we had the wedding of my brother Daniel to Amber on Saturday, September 1st. Weather was beautiful, they looked beautiful, it was a blessed day all around! So be on the lookout at the end of September for those photos 🙂
Now both brothers are married and those real big events are over & done.

Of course there will be more, lots of birthdays, a christening, a baby shower and of course the next real big event is the birth of our 2nd child… but that date is still to be determined. Which reminds me, we’re loving all the guesses on the baby pool and are excited seeing each new guess. So, if you haven’t voted yet please do so and read my last update for more info!

Speaking of the baby brewing inside… I hit the 3rd trimester today! WOW time is flying. A nice Charlie Horse cramp in the leg welcomed me into the third trimester this morning. It’s one of the pregnancy things that some girls get… I had a few with my 1st pregnancy and I guess I am going to have a few maybe in this one. All in all though I feel great and things are going wonderfully!

A not-so-fun event coming up is ME’s surgery on September 13th. It’s another sclerotherapy/injection surgery and we are praying for good results once again and minimal swelling & discomfort. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers as it is approaching.

So basically Mary Elizabeth has been having a blast this summer because she’s been
having lots of fun, playing with lots of kids and doing all sorts of
fun things. We haven’t had much time to sit down and work on some
things we want to do… like POTTY TRAINING, which she did tinkle in
the potty once recently (YAY for ME!!!) so we hit a first there, I think being home
more, maybe right after her next surgery will help in that dept.

That’s about it for now… 🙂

OK quick update:

Surgery: (Laser procedure on tongue) has been rescheduled for Thursday, August 16th. Thankfully the very kind surgical nurse was able to fit us in at a convenient time for us and still 4 weeks before the next procedure (Injections- September 13th).

Events: The reason we worried about the timing of surgery was because we will be away this weekend attending ME’s first and only cousin’s christening on Sunday (Evan) and also making a trip to the Aquarium near them on Saturday. Lots of fun with Daddy’s family.
Then during the week of the 20th we’ll be heading to Lake George for 3 days with Grandma & Grandpa Ray for a mini-vacation (that’s all there is time for). Going to take ME to Story Town in Great Escape and whatnot.
Of course right after all that we’ll be busy with Uncle Daniel’s wedding to Aunt Amber on September 1st. And everything leading up to it (dress fittings, rehearsal dinner and whatnot).

Pregnancy: Little one is still kicking away and getting stronger everyday. We get another peak at him/her on August 14th. Very exciting. Soon we will be posting a Baby Pool on the website – just for fun – so you can guess the weight, length, date of birth and yes, the sex too. Everyone’s already been claiming things so we’ll get them locked in and see who’s the good guess-er this time around! I’m rooting for this baby to come right after eating a good/big Turkey Dinner, we shall see!

So of course, as always, stay tuned…