So we all survived surgery. Brittlyn had to have reconstructive

surgery on her bladder. Her urine flows back up into her kidneys

when she goes pee. This causes kidney damage and makes her very prone

to getting bladder infections. We took the Gracie and Morgan to Orangeville

to stay while we went to Primary Childrens Hospital for the surgery. We left my moms at about 4:30 am meaning we woke up at 3:30am. We arrived at the hospital and did all of the checking in and pre op evaluations. Then it was time for the anesthetic. They gave her a little bit of something just to make the departure from mom and dad easier. She got so loopy and silly while we were waiting. However, she wasn't even sad to go with the "sleep doctor" I don't know how to spell what they are. So anyway surgery took 2 hours to complete. Everything went well while she was in surgery. The doctor came out to talk to us and mentioned that she was just trying to wake up and that we could go in to recover. The only thing that we had to wait for is make sure that she is able to pee before we leave. This was to be sure that nothing got blocked off during surgery. He made it sound that we should be outta there in about 1-2 hours. So we were thinking great we are going to get home early be able to relax and just be with Brittlyn to make her comfy... boy were we wrong. 9 hours later Brittlyn decided that she would rather pee than completly blow up. She had drank 3 sippy cups full of Apple Juice 2 bags of IV fluid and her little tummy was a hard little ball. Just as the doctor told the nurse that we needed to stay the night so she could be watched I had noticed that she hadk peed. We were all so thankful. Brittlyn was tired of being there not to mention mom and dad. So then the puking started. First right before we were leaving. Then again about 45 minutes from home and then again just as we pulled into the drive way. She made it through the night okay but only to start the puking again. We now have everything under control and she seems to be feeling good. I am a little surprised at how big they had to make the insision. It is about 3 inches long just below her belly. All in all I must say that Brittlyn is quite a trooper. She was so good after all she had been through. We are so greatful to be home.

Brittlyn just trying to wake up a little bit. Just after surgery.

Brittlyn and Dad

Mom and Brittlyn This is how I spent 7 of the 9 hours in the hospital. Not fun.

Brittlyn showing her IV.Brittlyns ET foot. It seemed to stay better on her toes instead of her finger.

We had finally had it and needed to go out for a walk. The nurse took

Brittlyn off the IV so we could go out and look at the fish. Brittlyn sure enjoyed

a change of scenery.

While out on our walk we found this spider man statue. We just

had to take a picture for Wyatt.

And After a long day it didn't take long for Brittlyn and I

to totally crash after getting home 12:35 am.

GOOD NIGHT!!!

We started the day at 3:30AM and ended at 12:30 AM 3 more hours and we could have chalked it up to an all nighter. But I am glad that we didn't have to.

Early Easter at Grandma Ewells

EASTER EGG HUNT AT GRANDMA EWELL'S HOUSE

Brittlyn found an egg in the rocks.

The girls posing after finding all of their eggs.
All the grandkids(that could come) getting a pre easter egg
hunt picture. Everyone is all smiles. Thank goodness the snow let up
long enough for us to run out and quickly gather the eggs.

We all had a blast at the Easter party. It is so fun when
cousins can get together and play. Thanks grandma for making it happen.

What a job

MaryAnn just after getting the baby cub out of the den.

How did she get the cub out you ask, well... Here is the mama bear and the baby cub is in there as well the mama bear is

taking a long "spring" nap (I guess you could say that)
Here is Brave MaryAnn, going head first into the den Past the mama bear
to get her cub.
She also then had to go back in and get the mama bear out.
She grabbed hold of the mama and two guys pulled on her legs to get both out
of the den.
What comes out must go back in. MaryAnn, climbed back into the den
and pulled the mama bear back in. Got her comfortable and then out she came herself.
But only to go back in to put the baby cub safely with her mama.

BEARS...

This was such a very fun day. I was able to go to work with Derrick, they

were checking on Mama Bears in their dens to see if they had any cubs and how many.

They will later find the mother bear using radio collars to see how many of the cubs survive.

What we got to do is first we found the den and then Derrick tranquilized the mama bear

while she was asleep they pulled her out of the den and found one cub. So they got the cub out

to weigh him and of course to be cuddled and loved by the humans.

What a cute little cub he weighs 4 lbs. so tiny and cute.

I loved his little ears they were so tiny and soft.

It was a colder day so we had to keep him all wrapped up. I love
how his paws were like little hands. he would wrap his little fingers around
my thumb and hold it just like a baby would do.


This is the mama bear. Even though she was asleep I was totally freaked out to get so
close. She was still breathing like normal and when she would breath her head would move just a little. It was a very cool experience.

Here is baby cub holding my thumb.
And again only this time check out his claws. They are so long already and sharp
as razors. But to get to hold one so small is totally worth the pain of a scratch.

Brittlyn's 2!!!

Brittlyn's 2nd Birthday.

I can't beleive how time flies.

Just a very simple birthday. We had preschool that day and we

went to the farm to feed the baby calves and lambs and to see the

baby chics. The kids had fun and I think Brittlyn loved it to so

it was a great place to go on a birthday.

Morgan 4 Brittlyn 2 Gracie 5
Thanks to Grandma Ewell for using packaging peanuts to replace wrapping paper.
the kids loved it me not so much.

Brittlyn and her confetti cake

Family picture with the birthday girl and cake

don't we all look great.

Derrick thought that we should have a picture acting as our selves

he said quit posting things like we have it all together.

So here you have it the way that we feel on a daily basis.

Field Trip

Another Field Trip!!!

We had a cancelation for our field trip to the farm so we made last

minute plans to go to Pleasant Valley Kennels.

Here they train and board dogs for people and they are really great at

what they do. It was really fun to see the dogs in the learning and training stage

They also have a pheasant farm where we were able to get up close and

personal with the pheasant. Poor guy all these little girls want to touch and pet.

He had no idea what he was getting into when he got caught.

Morgan throwing the dog toy. Watch out I almost got smacked with

it more than once. the girls thought it was really cool that the

dog would wait to chase the toy until you told him to go...

Thanks to Jon for letting us come out and see the kennel in action.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORGAN

Dress Em Ups A Hit At The Party!!!

Morgan turned 4!!! I can't believe it. We had so much fun.

Morgan's friend Kelsey has a birthday right by Morgan's

so we combined the two parties.

After dressing up in their favorite dress em ups

they walked the runway!!!

Thanks Kacie for the Idea the girls had a ball.

This is the best the girls could do when asked to strike a pose.

Opening Presents

Don't you love Gracie's hair... It's a wig but she loved it.

My camera ran out of battery so I didn't get any other pics but we had

a wonderful day.

Morgan got a new Booster Seat for her birthday from Mom and Dad.

Lame, I know but that is what she wanted and she absolutely loved it.