The tables have turned....

I should have asked Becky what I could use to bribe little miss Elsa!! Molly sat so still for me and smiled for most of them (until I told her to hug Elsa). But Elsa just did not want to sit still. As you can tell from the top picture, I had her in a little crate to keep her somewhat contained..

This is where she was done smiling - she wasn't so much hugging Elsa as she was hold her back...

What a couple of

sweet little girls!

This might sound bad...

....but, Becky - I was wondering how I could possibly bribe Molly into taking a picture or two with Elsa when I watch them Thursday??? Last time my M&M's didn't do the trick, just wondering what she is really into right now that might help me out a little :) Thanks!!!

Girls, girls, girls..

Wow, these girls are really growing up! Bria is going to be 12, Bailey will be 10 and Izzy just turned 7. It doesn't seem like that long ago that I was trying to get them to sit still for pictures - this photo shoot only took a half hour - I took 60 pictures and I think there were only a couple of them that I didn't like (eyes closed, cheesey smiles, a yawn - Bria) Anyways, Bria is already as tall as me - I remember when I would get home from school and she would crawl up the stairs as fast as she could to get to me.

I was very surprised when I said, "okay, hug eachother" - they actually did!! And smiled while doing it!!

Not only are they growing up fast, but they are growing up into great young ladies - I wish I could go back in time, because they really did all this sudden get old!!

Recovering..

Most of you who read this probably already know that Tom was in a derby accident last week...I guess I don't know if you can call it an accident since he knew he was going in there to crash into people...
Anyways, we woke up this morning before the sun (which is very rare for us this time of year) I don't think either of us got much sleep last night...I have to admit - I was a wreck - not so much that I didn't trust the surgeon (who, I think it is important to mention, was no older then us) but more-so that I was worried with some of his medicine allergies that he was going to have problems with the anesthesia (not to mention I had a dream that he didn't wake up after surgery)
We got to the Mason City Surgery Center at 6:15 - were called back at 6:30 for prep (which took an hour and fifteen minutes). They came in at 7:44 to take him into surgery and I was sent back in the lobby waiting room.
19 long minutes later (okay so 19 minute surgery is not long, but it felt long to me) my Medipass started vibrating and beeping - I was taken into a little room where I waited for the doctor. He came in and said that the surgery went well and that it'd be approx. a half hour before he would wake up and I could go back and see him. The next words out of his mouth were "I did the best I could"...He said that the x-ray didn't give the break justice and that instead of two or three big pieces there were "a lot.....a lot of little pieces, too many to count" He said he did the best he could trying to reconstruct his nose putting the little pieces together as best he could. After that fun little meeting, I was sent back to the lobby waiting room.
About a half hour later, my Medipass started vibrating and beeping again and I was taken back to see him...He seemed okay - said that he wasn't in any pain. The longer we sat in recovery however, and the more the pain medicine wore off, the more pain he was in. We were home by 11:30 and he is sitting on the couch right now, trying to get some sleep as I tap at the keyboard.. He said the re-break and surgery is more painful right now then when he broke it in the derby..
That's all I have for you now - he's supposed to go back on Monday to "see if it took", Tom said "I don't care if it takes or not, I'll live with a crooked nose, I'm not doing this again."