Happy Birthday little e!

From this......

To this.....

Happy 2nd Birthday little e!

She was so brave!

Little e is all finished with her surgery. It went very well. She's home relaxing and finally getting something to eat. Hopefully we will get some sleep today~I've been up since 5 am and didn't sleep well last night!
When they started her surgery, they realized it wasn't what they had thought-a cyst like abscess. It was a congenital tube-like opening that just never closed while she was developing. They tied it off and cauterized it. She ended up with the 2 tiniest stitches that will dissolve on their own. She was so brave!

Picture day!

Today little e had her 2 year pictures taken. You'll have to take my word for it, they are pretty darn cute! I took her to Target, where we have most of our pictures taken~they are sooo awesome there! Hard part is, too many turned out so of course I bought way too many. Part of it is my bad-I brought 3 outfits! I had 2 picked out and then decided to make this super cute shirt for her...

You may wonder why she had them done a bit early.......it was for vanity purposes. Our little e is having an abcess removed from her face on Monday and I wanted to make sure they looked good. Am I crazy??? You just never know how things will go. So, could you all say a little prayer for my little e for a safe surgery and speedy scar-free recovery? Thanks!

It's Monday.........I hate Mondays.

Nobody can get out of bed on time.
We have to make and remake breakfast because someone doesn't like what they got.
We almost miss the bus.
We are almost late for preschool.
We are almost late to pick up at preschool because Dora is on.
I have to make 3 different things for lunch-I didn't know there was a resturaunt in my kitchen.
Nobody but myself and husband likes what I made for supper.
It's bath night.
I have a million projects going at one time.
I'm on day 18 of the shred.......I hurt.

Is it Tuesday yet???

I miss my girl.....

I came across this picture the other day. Made me tear up. Pepper has been gone since September of 2007. She's missed 2 Christmases. She loved Christmas, or should I say loved presents. This year seemed really hard for some reason. Chloe just doesn't get into it the way she did. Pepper was just like one of the kids, waiting to see if there were anymore for her. She'd rip them open as if she'd just won the lottery. It was so fun to watch.

She probably was that way because I made her that way.

I received Pepper as a gift, while I still lived at home, with my parents. My Aunt and Uncle had her mother and when the puppies were born, they gave her to me. They will probably never know how much that meant to me. She was my world. I had birthday parties for her-complete with cupcakes and presents. She went on egg hunts at Easter. She got presents at Christmas. She knew her toys by name. I took her to obedience school-she was show dog quality (I just wasn't a show dog trainer).

Pepper went with me when I moved for my first 'real job'. She went with me when I got married. She was still there when we started a family. She was also there when we got Chloe. Pepper was 6 when Chloe joined our family.....she was NOT happy. But she got over it~eventually.

She slept on my bed-every night.

I miss my girl.....

I did not do a happy dance this morning.....

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Today I did not do a Happy Dance as my lovely (oldest 2) children bounded off to school. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE my kids more than anything. Christmas break just seems to get the best of us all. I think break was just one day too long.....

I can't wait for summer break!

Chloe's Coat, Cousin's and Christmas

Christmas at Grandma Madison's

Doesn't my Mother-in-Law have the most beautiful tree?????

Happy New Year!