Betsy Update

Little B is doing very well after her surgery this morning. We are staying at Ochsner tonight so that they can monitor the blood flow to her foot. She has been so out of it today and has not slept a wink even though she's been given tons of codeine and morphine. She just now finally fell asleep. She is sleeping on her big ole tacky Cinderella pillow and is surrounded by Bear & Baby, her teddy bear from the hospital staff, her new Cinderella doll, and her new elephant from Will and Josie. I'm so thankful that the surgery went well, but this has been a very rough day. It's been hard to see my baby in pain. She enjoyed seeing her visitors and getting prizes. I hope she is feeling better tomorrow. We are missing our Sadie Boo. I went home twice to see her, feed her, and bring Momma Lady some pumped bottles. I can't wait till our little family is back together again!

Quick weekend/end of week roundup:
--last Thursday I took both girls to the Zoo to meet playgroup--my first time taking both of them by myself; in the afternoon Gumbo and Bee took B to get a snowball then Gumbo took B to the Aquarium and to get Krystal burgers--she had quite a day!
--on Friday Momma Lady watched the girls (thanks so much!) and Katie and I did errands and had lunch. We had lots of crazy adventures and had a blast!
--On Saturday morning we met the Carvilles at PJs--it was Sadie's first time inside of a public place that wasn't a doctor's office. In the afternoon Peter and I took B to the circus and the Carvilles watched Sadie (thanks, guys!). B enjoyed the circus--especially the cotton candy and lemonade and crazy light up toy. I couldn't get over how expensive everything was and they justified it by giving out commemorative junk with the cotton candy ($12) and lemonade ($9)--ouch. I think we'll wait a while before we head to the circus again, but I'm glad we went. On Saturday night P cooked dinner and made the yummiest mashed potatoes.
--On Sunday I went shopping and to lunch with Marme and the sisters to celebrate Katie's bday--tons of fun! I spent the rest of the day packing and pumping and getting the house in order. Momma Lady arrived Sunday night so she could stay with Sadie when we left for the hospital today at 5:30 am. Thanks so much, ML!!!

Thanks to everyone who kept Betsy in their prayers. I am so relieved and grateful that she did so well. Pics to follow. I'm going to attempt to sleep on this lovely vinyl loveseat--P is trying to sleep on the lovely vinyl recliner that doesn't recline too much. Good night!