Lola's trip to the ER

It was a normal saturday morning.  I went to work, Jeremy went to his baseball game and Aunt Amy and Kaya were watching the kids at the house.  I get a call at the salon from Amy telling me they are at an ER in Cedar Hill because Kaya bit lola on the lip after Lola tried to pick up Kaya's dog food bowl.......I'm sorry, WHAT??  My mother in law met them at the ER and took them on to Children's hospital in Dallas.  I finished up a highlight, called my other clients to cancel and took off.  I called DeAnn and screamed the whole way to Midlothian.  She drove me and mom to Dallas.  When I got there, Lola was sitting calmly in Amy's lap.  The left side of her top lip had been taken off.  It actually looked much better than I expected.  We got there at 1:30 and did not leave until 9:45pm.  It was the longest day of my life.  The boys were so good.  Amy said Jake even asked if Lola was going to die.  They were so worried about her.  They finally went on home with Honey, Amy and Gigi while I stayed at the hospital.  We finally got a hold of Jeremy and he met us up there. Lola was very calm the whole day except when the doctor tried to give her a shot in her lip and stitch her up.....I almost threw up and passed out while DeAnn hung on to Lola....Dear Lord!  After some gatorade and a popsicle, I was fine...lol! They then sedated her and stitch 3 stitches into her lip and sent us home with pretty much an open wound on her face.  Scared me to death! What a trooper she was.  Since she couldn't have my popsicle, she finally got her own and we headed home.  DeAnn and I finally ate dinner at 10pm...I've never eaten a schlotsky's sandwhich so fast!  What a day that I will never forget!

Lola has been spoiled rotten ever since.  Grandma walked in one day and Lola asked her "what did you bring me"  Pappa brought her ice cream, grumpa and grammy brought her magnetic paper dolls, Micah brought her a blanket and a lamb, a couple of girls at the salon and clients of mine brought her things....so sweet!!  I'm amazed at how well her mouth is healing on its own.  She's eating well, sleeping well and finally got the hang of her medicine.  We went to see Dr Smart - plastic surgeon on Monday. He doesn't want to operate for atleast 6 months. We aren't sure what's in store quite yet but we will take it as it comes.  Not the best week for us but I'm thankful it was just her lip!

Lola and I finished the week off with the new movie Cinderella.  It was her first movie in the theater.  She loved it.  She only got up one time and stood in front of me for a couple of minutes and then got back in my lap.  When Cinderella tried on the glass slipper and it fit at the end, Lola yelled "yaaahhh"...she was the only one...so funny!  Good times

Never Enough of my Lola

I have some random pictures of Lola that I'd love to share.  We were on our way to gymnastics and dropped Jake off at school and went to say Hi to Honey.  Lola became her work helper. 
Daddy started baseball again and Lola got some extra loving on and off the field from her daddy.  I took the kids shopping....what a mistake, and they gave me a message on how they felt about shopping! The last picture is of Lola after nap time....it was a cold day and she had some great static going on.  So funny.  Enjoy

Snow Days

We've had some crazy weather already this year. The kids have had a total of a week of snow/bad weather days.  While we are ready for the sun to come back out, we've had some fun in the snow as well.  We took the little guys out of school on a wednesday because middle and high school didnt even make it in and went sledding at mom's work with the cousins.  We used laundry baskets.  I busted my butt but other than that, the kids had a blast.  They built snowmen and made snow angels. Days to remember.  Here are some great pics!

My Valentine Jake

Now that Jake is in pre k at mothers day out, they do a valentine show to help them learn about mannors.  He had a girl partner and they had to walk up to the stage and bow.  So cute.  His partner was his "girlfriend" Maddison.  We got her some flowers and a few good pictures.  They are so cute.  They have been in the same class together since they were 18months old.  Enjoy the pics

Great Wolf Lodge

Lets start off the year with a bang!  We are tired of being stuck in the house with bad weather so we did something about it!  I've been wanting to take the kids to great wolf lodge for a while and now that 2 out of 3 are swimming, I thought it would be fun.  What a treat! We went on the sunday before martin luther king day since we were all off.  Got in to the park at 1pm and stayed until a little after 5.  There was plenty to do ~ wave pool, lazy river, slides, tree house with slides, kiddy play area, basketball pool and the big slides.  Lola was a real trooper.  She did everything...glad she likes the water.  Jax didn't want to go on the big slides but I made him do 1 and he survived.  Jake was game for whatever as usual so he went down the one big slide he could a few times with us.  We were worn out by dinner so we ate at the very expensive buffet that wasn't worth it and then went and played in the arcade for a while.  We headed back to our room and enjoyed our rest for the evening.  We started fresh with a great breakfast and then headed back to the park for a few hours.  We had a great time and look forward to going back when the kids can ride all the slides.