B's Surgery

Betsy's surgery to remove the hardware in her leg went well. When she was in Recovery she kept saying, "I don't like this place. This is not a fun place for kids." She said it over and over again; the Staff giggled and said they didn't like it either sometimes. She wasn't fond of her IV or blood pressure cuff. We ended up leaving Recovery sooner than we had expected to. Betsy didn't nap all day; she played with some new prizes and although we were told that she may not walk for a week she started walking. B slept all night last night.

Today she felt better and she didn't take any pain medicine today. She walked and walked and walked. Dr. Warren said to leave it up to her to decide how much she can walk. I am loving being at home with my girls. Today we played with Barbies and baby dolls, we finger painted, we played with Play-Doh, and we watched Dora. The girls also chowed down on Nutella and bananas for breakfast and hot dogs for lunch. Tomorrow we are going to attempt to leave the house--Momma has cabin fever!

Thanks to the Carvilles for taking care of Sadie Sunday night and Monday. It was Sadie's first sleepover with Lawson--Attie said they giggled in bed for hours.

B feeling drowsy before surgery

Post-surgery Play-Doh birthday party

Today

They're Back!

We really missed our girls last week. They had a fabulous time in Vacherie--lots of swimming, playing with their cousins, having picnics, seeing two movies, and generally having the best time ever. Thank you so so so much, Momma Lady and Grandpa!!! P had to work a lot last week, but we managed to play a couple of games of racquetball and had dinner on Friday night. I also attended a surprise party for Bobby and lunch at Patois with Bobby, Pa, Taddy, the Carville girls, and Katie. We had so much fun visiting with Bobby over the past couple of weeks. After lunch we toured Katie and Peter's beautiful new house. They are moving in next week--can't wait! Congrats, guys!

After we picked up the girls we headed to Ryan's birthday party at BooKoo Bounce. The girls were so happy to see Lawson--it had been a whole week since the girls had hung out.

The girls started "Camp Carville" today. Attie is an absolute angel!!! The girls had a blast today. Today's theme was 'Flowers.' First, they went to Music Class at The Parenting Center then they went to Attie's for a flower craft, a flower experiment then later cupcake decorating. After we got home from Attie's both girls crashed--no dinner, no bath, and they fell asleep in the adorable Camp Carville t-shirts Attie had made for them.

Tomorrow we have B's pre-op appointment with Dr. Warren, because she is having surgery to remove the hardware in her leg next Monday. I have the whole week off. I'm sure her recovery will be swift. Please keep her in your prayers.

Our recovered glider:

Hairdos

Sadie asked me to put her hair in "two podytails" the other day before Camp. She looked sooo cute as did her sister.

Betsy and I got our hair cut at Charlotte's on Friday. I am not used to having bangs and the upkeep is major. I tried cutting my bangs a couple of weeks ago and it didn't go so well. Betsy got a very stylish bob. I love it. The next day Betsy said, "I'm ready for my hair to be long again." Oops. Momma Lady said that she was looking at it in the mirror and after ML told her she liked it a lot, B agreed that it was cute.

The girls on the last day of Camp after B's haircut.

B looks like a tween!

Tid Bits:

--Last week Betsy was in bed for about an hour then came in the living room and said, "Mommy, I know you love me, but when you don't love me I still love you." Then she hugged me. She had been particularly challenging that night and I guess she knew it.
--P went to play golf recently and I told B we would do something fun and I asked her what she wanted to do. She said, "How about we hang out here and watch movies downstairs and take naps and stuff?" She is a total homebody. Over the 4th of July weekend we wanted to take them to see a movie, but B just wanted to stay home.
--B LOVES Snooie Bread (muffaletta bread with melted swiss cheese, Roma tomatoes, and basil) from NY Pizza. B now hates pizza and cereal too. She really only likes peanut butter, chicken strips/nuggets, plain oatmeal, spaghetti and meatballs, lentils and rice, and various snacks. Sadie is turning into a pretty good eater. She is trying more things--Japanese eggplant, olives, sundried tomatoes. Sadie LOVES feta cheese and my Cooking Light fettucine and lentils and rice. Both girls used to love my black beans and rice, but not so much lately. B is starting to like hamburgers. Sadie loves "funch fys" with "tetchup."
--S is back in a booster seat at the dinner table (yay!). She refused a booster for a few months, and her head didn't clear the table and she couldn't see what she was eating.
--S and I were lying in B's bed the other night and she touched my face and said, "Kose your eyes." S loves lying in B's bed. She slept in it with B on the 4th of July because they were terrified of the fireworks in the neighborhood. S begs to sleep in B's bed almost every night and most nights B refuses. On the couple of occasions when B agreed to let her sleep in her bed we have had to separate them because they stay up way too late. I snuck in and watched them one night and S was sitting up in bed with her hand on B's forehead and B was saying, "Sadie, you are the doctor. Tell me I have a fever." S followed B's instructions and said, "I doctor. Betsy fever." We let them carry on for about an hour then we had to put S in her bed.
--B and S are obsessed with Dora. I am not quite sure why I resisted ole Dora, but now I have embraced her and her quirky sidekicks and upbeat songs. B counted to 5 in Spanish the other day so I guess they are learning stuff, right? Both girls also love Hi-5. B loved it as a baby. There were only 3 seasons of this show and I feel like over the past 3.5 years I have seen every one multiple times.

Party Time

Gumbo and Bee hosted a party for Bobby last week at Lakeview Harbor. They reserved the private room so the kids could go wild and we didn't have to worry about them disturbing anyone. It was so nice to visit with everyone and spend time with our favorite Aussie uncle!

4th of July

We went to the Carville house for the 4th of July. Attie is really becoming the hostess with the mostest. The house was decorated amazingly and the food/drinks were awesome. More slush please!!!

I asked Sadie to make a princess face and this is the face she made so sister had to make the same face.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Katie, Pa, Bobby, Craig, and Tim! And a special Happy Birthday to our sweet Jama. We celebrated Pa's birthday at Salvo's with lots of seafood (and a swiss cheese po-boy for me--the waitress looked at me like I was nuts when I ordered it). The girls enjoyed coloring on the floor--at first we were against it, but they were antsy and we were hungry.

Happy Anniversary, Peter!

Yesterday was our six year anniversary. Peter brought the girls to Vacherie after an amazing photo shoot with Katie's wedding photographer, Elizabeth Ray. She sent me a sneak peak of the photos and they are awesome and she is super sweet and cute. I highly recommend her! The girls have spent the weekend playing with Momma Lady, Grandpa, and Maggie. They have also gone to see 'Toy Story 3,' been swimming, and have had picnics. The girls are going to be in Vacherie until next Saturday. I know they will have an absolute blast.

Peter and I spent the weekend at Beau Rivage. We had the perfect weekend of relaxing, eating, and drinking fancy drinks (well, mine were fancy and Peter's were manly). We made lots of stops on the way home to do some shopping--thanks, P! We got home a few hours ago and the house seems really empty and quiet. I didn't think I would miss my girls already. I got a little choked up while I was changing the sheets on their bed. Yes, I know I'm being silly. We just walked down to Le Bon Temps--one of my favorite bars--and we realized that even though it's only 2 blocks away it was maybe the second time we had ever been there together. Now P is eating pork chops and I'm about to get ready for bed. How will I make it through this week without my girls? I'm envisioning naps after work, raquetball with P, movies, and other things to fill up our time. I didn't realize how much time you have when you're not tending to a 2 year old and a 3 year old.

PS B has a precious, big girl bob. I will post pics soon.

Penny's Baptism

Penny was baptised last Saturday. She looked absolutely beautiful and she was a trooper. I was so proud and honored to be her godmother. Attie's dessert table would make Martha Stewart feel inadequate. It looked awesome--go, sista! The after party was fabulous, but what do you expect from the Carvilles? Having Plum Street at the end was the icing on the cake. Happy Baptism, Penny Pie!

Princess Party

The girls have been having a ball at Camp this summer. There are themes every week. Last week was princess week--they made crowns, fancy paintings of glass slippers, and they had a Princess Party on Friday. Here they are in all of their princessy glory. Sadie is becoming a big ham like her big sister.

Swimming Lessons

The girls started swimming lessons last week at the JCC. At first Betsy was a little apprehensive, but then she got used to it. Sadie did not. She hated it and cried hysterically for 5 straight minutes. Peter tried again last Wednesday, but it was a lost cause. Now Betsy gets 6 private lessons. On the first day Betsy freaked out the whole way to the pool. Once we got there she said, "This is not like the crunchy clib!" It took us a while to figure out that she was referring to Metairie Country Club where she had gone with her friend Virginia. She has now had 3 lessons and she went from dipping her ear in the water to her chin and yesterday she went completely under water. Three more lessons to go!