ClubHouse Restaurant with Uncle Ray and Eric & Sarah

Ray is here for a visit! On Friday we drove to a Clubhouse Restaurant with friends Eric and Sarah Bell (Sarah is due on May 1st with their first baby - a girl!) We were also able to stop at SONIC - I WAS SO EXCITED! Here are some pictures:

Sarah and I at the Sonic sign.

Kaelin with an ice cream goatee.

Hailey with crazy ice cream face.

At the ClubHouse Hailey was obsessed with her prize tickets! She did not want to drop one or give them up for anything!

Hailey attempting to dance on the lights.

Kaelin on the Merry Go Round.

Hailey on the Merry Go Round.

Justin's on the injured list

Two posts in one day!

Justin was working on the girls' play set today - the roof - and fell. He leaned to reach, the ladder fell over, and he fell on the ladder. We went to the emergency room - he probably has broken ribs. We have to have them x-rayed again in a week. He also has to do a breathing treatment every hour to learn to take deep breaths again. Basically he has about 4 weeks of pain and recovery. Poor guy. Pray for his pain. He is going to try sleeping in the recliner tonight.

Easter 2010 and the last week

The last week has been crazy. Last Monday I had knee surgery. They found a tear and shaved it apparently. Everything went well. I feel like recovery is slow. It tends to swell and get warm when I am up and doing things around the house. I am going to physical therapy 3 times a week. We owe a huge thanks to Jecca (and Chris for loaning her to us :) ) She is amazing! She came and spent the night of the the surgery to help with the kids. She has also been over every other day if not every day. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have her help. She has been and absolute gift!

While they were here on Tuesday, we dyed eggs. Hailey wanted to crack them all open and mush them all over the table. Kaelin Loved it of course.
Justin and Chris started building the girls playset this weekend. Both girls really wanted to 'help'. I love this pic of Hailey!

Easter morning was met with baskets of course! Hailey kept pointing at hers amazed :). The girls ended up getting 4 each! (SPOILED) They received baskets from the 'Bunny', Gma Cindy and Papa Keith, Gma Barb and Papa Tom, and Jecca and Uncle Chris.

The girls also got to hunt eggs at Papa Tom and Gma Barb's. Hailey really got into it. Kaelin was very good about letting Hailey and Dominic find some too! She is such a good big cousin/sister. Overall we had a great Easter at church and visiting the Trezona side of the family and Papa Tom and Gma Barb in Grove City.

Justin is still plugging away on the playset. Hopefully I can post pics of the girls playing on it soon!

PS - Justin got me a MAC book this week! So I am posting this from downstairs on my new laptop! I LOVE IT! Plus it's MINE, so no downloaded or work junk on it from him :).

Stitches??? and Pictures

The answer is no - we did not need stitches. Last night Hailey had a pen and tripped and managed to slice her slip open. I couldn't stop the bleeding! It was crazy. We have had mouth wounds before - but never like this! I ended up taking her to emergency. She did not get stitches, but we are supposed to flush her mouth several times a day and watch for infection. Today she is sporting a fat lip that is turning purple.

Also today we had planned to have Jecca take the girls' Easter pictures (good timing Hailey :) )! Usually Hailey is the ham and does really well and Kaelin is difficult at best. Today it was a personality switch! Kaelin did so well and Hailey wanted nothing to do with pictures - unless she was in Jecca's lap helping to take them.

Here are few that we were able to get - they are not edited/cropped by Jecca yet, so not at their best, but they are still very cute!

Jecca will edit the Peep off her face in the next one :) This is Hailey's true crazy hair!

Update -end of February and March

The last two weeks of February were stressful. Hailey caught bronchitis and Justin's Grandpa Magee had a mini stroke.

For those of you who have known and are praying, Grandpa Magee came home on Saturday, March 20th. He is doing better, but is doing a lot of therapy and rehab, and still has moments of confusion and exhaustion. Thank you for your prayers for Justin's family during this time!

Going into March we had big plans for fun on the 7th! Ringling Bros Circus was in town and we went with Papa Tom, Grandma Barb, Aunti Amy, Uncle Brad, Cousin Dominic and Uncle Jason! It was fun - though not as exciting as I remember it as a kid :). Kaelin didn't seem to be as into it as we thought she would be. Two days later we found out why - she had strep, which Hailey caught the following week, and Dominic the week after that! Yuck! Dominic is still healing, but the girls have bounced back.

The same day that Kaelin came down with strep (March 9) I herniated a disc in my neck. I have had an x-ray and have been doing physical therapy but it is still very painful. The next step is an MRI. I am attempting to deal with that later as this Monday (March 29) I am having knee surgery for them to go in and fix whatever tear there is. This will be followed by 2 days of complete bed rest, and 4 weeks of therapy 3 times a week! I am so greatful for Jecca and Amy who are helping with the kids during these next few weeks!

Besides all of that not much is happening around here :P Justin travels about every other week. The girls and I are itching to get outdoors, as spring is coming to the area. It has been about 50-60 almost every day for 2 weeks. We took our first trip of the year to the park, and spent sometime out front.

NEW CAR

Today we got a new car from a wonderful salesman named Jerry at Boardman VW.

Say goodbye to Big Red, who faithfully served us since 2006, after she had already served Tom and Barb for 5 years! I am now a minivan Mom (even though I didn't want to be!). We are the owners of a brand new 2010 VW Routan (silver). We got a great deal, and it came fully loaded with options we hadn't even considered. It has even has Auto Start!!
There is an umbrella holder on the floor of the driver's side door!
It has a sunroof, flip down mirror to view the kids, Navigation system and Sirius radio. Oh, and heated seats for both the driver, passenger and the 2 captain's seats the girls are using now.
It has two TV screens that can be watching movies or playing games (you don't have to do the same on both). It came with two goofy looking headphones and a remote.
The back windows in both the second and third row have built in retractable sunshades.
The third row also flips around for tailgating/drivel-ins or sporting events! It has a TON of storage too. There are even two bins under the girls feet for me to store our emergency blankets/pillows and extra diaper bag/change of clothes for the girls.
The sliding doors on both sides and rear gate are all push button power operated.

I am SOOO excited (and so is Kaelin - she keeps saying we can get our friends to ride with us now). I have never had a NEW car before and this one has all the bells and whistles! It also comes with a 3 year maintenance plan where they take care of things like rotating tires and oil changes!

Anyhow - I just wanted to show off my new toy :).

Blog Dump

Sorry for the blog dump - but here is what is happening in our house:

Hailey turned 18months on January 30th. She is trying to say all kinds of words! 'Please' is one of her favorites! She also likes to try to go on the 'big potty' before her bath. She has successfully gone at least 5 times now! She tries to climb into her own high chair - SCARY, and is showing a bit of a stubborn side beneath her angelic front :). She is already in size 6 shoes, and is beginning to slowly grow out of 18 month clothes already!

Here are some pictures of her - one is with Grandma Cindy.

This picture of Kaelin and Daddy was also taken January 30th at Grandma Cindy's house. Her house is great for nap time!

As most of you know we have gotten a TON of snow. Every time it seems to stop for a day, we have a new storm or at least flurries. I think we are all over the snow! Here are two pictures of our back porch - one is of our picnic table and grill and the other is of Justin getting ready to dig a path for Bandit. Justin is very lucky that our next door neighbors have a snow blower! He and John have been taking turns clearing the driveways!

That is it for pictures.

Justin started his new job on February 1st and is very happy with his decision. He is getting an opportunity to go to Germany in June! (I am jealous.)

On Monday, February 8th, Kaelin and I were in an accident on my way to the dr. for a sinus infection. (Hailey was at Aunt Amy's). I slid on a patch of ice into her car waiting to turn out of a parking lot. We will have to replace her bumper. Unfortunately the accident bent my steering column or something, it was almost impossible to drive my car. I also hit my knee on the steering wheel.

In two days my knee ended up swelling to twice the size it should be and was very painful. Wednesday I had xrays, and Friday an MRI. I was in a brace and on crutches, not allowed to put any weight on it. I was also not allowed to work at the florist shop Valentine's weekend(busiest of the year!!)

Yesterday I had to go see a surgeon. Apparently I have a baker's cyst (this has been bothering me for more than a year) as well as a sprain on the outside of my knee cap. The dr. also thinks the MRI is missing a tear internally. He wants me to do some exercises and continue to wear my brace to get some fluid down. I check back in with him in four weeks and at that time we most likely schedule a scope surgery to find/fix whatever damage their is. Unfortunately there is at least 4 weeks of recovery after that! (Thanks again Jecca for going with me and wrangling the kids!)

Good news is Kaelin is FINE - she told everyone we bumped another car. I started to put weight on my knee Sunday and am able to get around and I will will be going back to work this Saturday.

Other news - we are going Friday to check out a preschool for Kaelin! YIKES! It is a Christian school and she would attend three days a week from 9-12. It comes highly recommended from friends and neighbors and is also surprisingly affordable. I can't believe she will be 4 this August and then next year (August 2011) 5 and attending Kindergarten!

Hope all is well with you - our family and friends, and that everyone had an enjoyable Valentine's Day!