Christmas Day 2011

After opening up presents at home, we all get ready and headed over to Mamaw Justice's house where we saw Wai-gong, Uncle Steven, Uncle Josh & Amanda, Aunt Amy, Tyler, Aunt Jessica & Adam. Then we headed over to Wai-gong & Wai-po's house in Rockledge to have Christmas Lunch/dinner. Food was good, but Kaylyn was still running fever so her and I stayed up in an upstairs bedroom most of the time...poor baby...no way to spend Christmas week!

Ashlyn in the morning ready to open presents from Santa

Kaylyn in the morning ready to open presents from Santa

Ashlyn after opening all her Christmas presents

Mommy showing off her bling that the girls got her from the Christmas Shoppe at school

The cat in the box...she kept chasing her tail around and around while in the box

Kaylyn loving her new American Girl Doll, Kanani (you can just see she's miserable in the eyes...poor baby!)

Scout with his bone from his stocking (Santa answered Kaylyn's wish)

Run, Scout, run

Uncle Steven & Aunt Jessica

Mamaw

Me & Kaylyn

Wai-gong

Cousin Tyler

Christmas dinner around the table at Wai-gong & Wai-po's house

Uncle Tim & Mamaw

Aunt Jessica

Wai-po

Ashlyn & Wai-po (Ashlyn enjoying her new camera that Santa got her)

Aunt Demi & Uncle Tim

Mamaw

Wai-gong

Tommy & Aunt Arrietta

Grandma & Grandpa Drago

Adam & Aunt Jessica

Shyanne & Grandpa Drago

Aunt Arrietta & Riley

Taylor (a.k.a. Tay-Tay)

Grandma Drago & Wai-gong

Kaylyn with her new Girls Rule Skateboard from Wai-gong & Wai-po

Kaylyn & Ashlyn opening up more Christmas presents

Update on Kaylyn day after Christmas:

We just got back from urgent care since the doctor's office was closed today and we were told to go to the doctor's if Kaylyn's fever had not broke by this morning. They think it's still the pneumonia and it's not breaking up, so they gave her a shot on each side of her backside with something that should help break it up. Also, they put her an augmentin (sp?) which will be her third antibiotic in 9 days, so I bought some children's pro biotic also. Hoping that this will be it and she'll be better by tonight with those shots and the new antibiotic! We go back to Tampa tomorrow to get Ashlyn's bandages off and we would like Kaylyn to be better so she can hold her cousin...she was so upset last week when we stayed with my sister and she couldn't even be in the same room with her cousin who is 6 months old :-(

Christmas Eve 2011

Aunt Jessica, Adam, Shyanne, & Tyler came over to our house for a little bit to exchange presents.  Later on in the evening, we went to Mamaw's house to have Chili and exchange gifts.  It was nice hanging with the family.  Poor Kaylyn is still sick though with her fever and coughing.  I wish there was something I could do!  At Mamaw's house we saw Mamaw of course, Wai-po, Wai-gong, Audrey and her sister, little Levi, Aunt Arrietta, Riley, Ellie, Tommy and his girls, Uncle Tim, Aunt Demi, and Taylor.  Afterwards, we went home where we set out oreos and chocolate milk for Santa and left him some notes.  One was telling Santa to enjoy the oreos and chocolate milk and the other was Kaylyn asking Santa to leave something in the animals' stockings!

Kaylyn, Shyanne, & Ashlyn

Tyler loving the Veggie Tales Noah's Ark we got him!

Shyanne with her new Action Bible

Ashlyn with her new Tinker Bell PJs

Tommy and his daughter, Aunt Arrietta & Ellie, and Mamaw

Taylor

Riley

Uncle Tim

Wai-gong

Kaylyn opening gifts still sick :-(

Riley and I

Ashlyn with her new bracelet from Taylor

Aunt Demi, Uncle Tim, and Mamaw

Mamaw with the Broken Chain frame of Papaw that we gave her

Taylor with the digital frame keychain we got her

Wai-po opening gifts

Wai-gong opening gifts

The stockings hung on the fireplace

Oreos, chocolate milk, and letters to Santa Claus

Gotcha Day Picture Video (2 years)

Just finished making our Gotcha Day "video" that Jason started 2 years ago.  I completed it when I was going through our computer folders trying to find something and found this instead.  Brings back so many good memories.  We just passed our 2 year Gotcha Day anniversary last month.  I'm so grateful that God gave us these two beautiful children.  This video depicts two days only...Gotcha Day and Adoption Day.  Hope you enjoy!

http://youtu.be/1et_gslDZMw

December 23, 2011 Day after Ashlyn's surgery

The day after surgery with Kalia at Uncle Chris and Aunt Kara's house.  My niece is so cute! 

December 22, 2011 Ashlyn's Ear surgeries

Ashlyn did really well with her ear surgery. Poor thing is all bandaged up, but she is being a real trooper. It’s a good thing we took her out of soccer because she can’t do any physical activity for about 6-8 weeks.  She’s not in a lot of pain at all, which surprises the doctors.  The funniest thing though...as we were walking out from post-op to holding she was telling everyone good luck and she did the same thing when being rolled out on the bed from holding to the OR.  Too funny!  She gets claustrophobic I think because when they put the mask on her, she said that was when she kicked.  She had a large bruise on the heel of one of her feet and she said it hurt real bad.

One year ago Jason was rushed to the ER from an urgent care doc when he was having chest pains radiating through his back. Turned out to be pneumonia in the bottom of his lung. Well, this year at the same time, Kaylyn was just diagnosed with pneumonia. She's had almost a 103 fever for 7 days straight now diagnosed with strep in the beginning. She also had a cough and the fever hadn't gone away after 9 doses of antibiotic. We saw the doc again yesterday (12/23/11) and she didn't know what it was, but ordered a chest x-ray just in case and some blood work to see if it could be mono. The chest x-ray showed some pneumonia so we started her on z-pack last night. Doc said she should be fever free by Christmas morning. Poor baby had to be isolated everywhere since Ashlyn was having surgery and we stayed with my sister and her 6 month old. She had Motrin at 5:00 am this morning with a 102.7 degree fever.  Hopefully she breaks the fever tonight.  I wish I could help her with her cough though, but she is sounding a little better today (12/24/11)!

 Both ears a few weeks ago.

 Left ear that had the cholesteatoma surgery (this is pre-2nd surgery)

 Left ear pre-surgery

Ashlyn in the pre-op room.

 Ashlyn in the holding room.

Ashlyn with her surgery bears.  They come out of surgery bandaged exactly the same as her!  Really cute.  She named the bears Ashlyn & Tucker :-)

Ashlyn in the recovery room coming in and out of sleep.  Was okay once we were there...she would open her eyes to make sure one of us was there and then she would go back to sleep.  Poor thing!  She did so well though.