TO START THE WEEKEND OFF

Today as a family we decided to go out for breakfast, we went to T.C. Eggington's. I went there last May with my mom and sisters for Mother's Day and just loved it so I wanted Kev to try it out and he LOVED, LOVED it! The kids enjoyed their breakfast and it was fun to be together as always! We normally go out to dinner or lunch so breakfast was a bit of a change. :) Bailey Rose especially loved her breakfast, as she has just begun to eat real food again since having her mouth expanders put in. She feels she has lots of meals to make up after an entire week of applesauce and yogurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was an enjoyable way to start off our weekend!

MISSING MY CHATTER BOX

Wednesday Bailey Rose had her mouth expander for both the top and bottom of her mouth put in. She has found it difficult to eat and talk and is NOT a happy camper. If you know my Bailey Rose you know she is a chatter box! She is pretty much always smiling and always has something to say. However, these last few days it is like she is missing from the family. She says nothing and is very self conscious about how she sounds when she does speak. I have to request that she speaks just so she will get use to talking so that she can learn to talk normally with all the ortho appliances in her mouth. I truly miss her constant chattering! She hasn't smiled much either. I can understand being miserable and how it changes a person's mood but, she is the one who keeps me smiling and positive so without her normal cute personality I find myself feeling a bit down. She is so hungry and gives up eating after not being able to swallow the first bite of something. She has tried to eat but has found that yogurt, applesauce, pudding and milkshakes are all she can swallow. I keep telling her she just has to get use to the new fixtures in her mouth and retrain her tongue to swallow food, but she is convinced she will never be able to eat again. My heart goes out to her and this dilemma she has acquired that will be a part of her for the next year. After that she will sport braces for a while. She has a long road of ortho work ahead of her but, I keep telling her that the end result will be beautiful teeth to go with her beautiful smile! However, at this point she doesn't care what her teeth look like she just wants her mouth back! I just would like my chattering, smiling and happy Bailey Rose back!

THE FIRST SET OF TEETH IMPRESSIONS!

14 YEARS!

It has been such a busy week that I have not gotten around to blogging much. Tuesday Kev and I celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary! We did not do anything too exciting except we did make plans to go away for our 15th Wedding Anniversary. So next year we will hopefully get the Honeymoon we never got. Anyways, Kev did do one of the sweetest and TOTALLY unexpected things. The kids and I came home on Tuesday from Keaton's piano lessons and Kev met me at the door and led me into the office. This is what I saw......



My sweet husband had made a video of pictures from the first time he saw me through the last 14 years of our life together. It was put to the music of "our song" and it made me cry!
I was not able to post the video which is such a bummer because it was just precious and beautiful! I LOVE how much thought and time was put into doing this for me. He does not do things like this he is just not that kind of guy but, every now and then he will surprise me and it just melts my heart! I LOVE you babe!

ENJOYING THE WEATHER!

It has been quite a while since I have blogged and I won't even try to catch up on what has been happening over the past few weeks mainly because, I haven't been able to sort my feelings and put them in an "It's going to be okay" place yet. I know I will eventually get there, but I'm still working on it.

However, Today was a BEAUTIFUL day here in Mesa, AZ and my kiddos took advantage of it. They broke out the sidewalk chalk and had a drawing fest on our drive way! They had fun and I enjoyed watching them laugh together and create. I LOVE my kids and I was so grateful for the day spent at home without worry! It felt so GOOD!