Halfway Through…

I am sad to say that my vacation is half over with. We have been enjoying our time together and it really makes me sad that I have to work for a living. Even though I absolutely love my job, my “mom” job is a lot more fun!!!

We made another visit to the ENT yesterday and have some more answers. We are getting very anxious for her surgery and are keeping our fingers crossed that this will do the trick and get our little princess sleeping soundly again. She had fluid on both of her ears again yesterday which would explain our last couple days of rage.

Starting Saturday Addilynn was waking up in a rage. She was kicking and screaming worse than ever. I really can’t explain it except to say that she wasn’t our child she was on a whole different level. Almost out of body like. It was very scary. I guess I would be angry too if my ears hurt constantly with no relief. Poor babe.

Our surgery is scheduled for the 7th so unless she gets sick again we should know then if this will help her. I am so scared to put her under but talking with a friend of mine who has been through it helps. Hopefully I can continue to draw strength from her and my family and make it through. One scary thing is that only one of us gets to be in the room with her when she goes out. We have decided it will be me BUT Dustin is my rock I’m scared to do it without him.

Anyway here are a couple of pictures from our journeys this week.

Addilynn and Paige playing in the blanket fort we made. We were all able to fit inside even the dogs I wish we would have been able to get a picture of that!

Daddy getting to enjoy his “girl” time. She brings the polish and says “nails” and we just cant resist! She loves being a girl and secretly daddy loves doing things like this too!

Addilynn enjoying her new/used car seat! Thanks again Lena! She looks so big in it and it has been so nice not having to switch the seat back and forth.

Addilynn and her new boots she loves to play in the water with them. They are already looking used from her wearing them all the time. This was mid splash if you cant tell

We are excited to spend the rest of the week together but I think with all this rain I will be ready to get out of town this weekend. Lets see if that happens! Now, off to see our friends for a little play time we are so excited we haven’t seen them forever it feels like. Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and everyone keep doing your sun dancing PLEASE

Montana

 

We made it back from our trip to Great Falls to see family and friends! We had a great time and only wish there were more hours in the day to spend with everyone. It took us almost 9 hours to get there which wasn’t planned! We had to go 35 over the passes because it was snowing and slushing so bad. We finally got there around 3:15 AM and were exhausted so we spent Friday day and night recovering! Addilynn did great there and back in the car and she even managed to fight sleep during the night time ride. She spent the time watching Strawberry Shortcake thanks to Auntie P and the dvd player from Poppy! Addilynn loved saying Amy’s name it was the cutest thing she even called her aunt Amy a couple times. Addilynn got to see her Great Aunt and Uncle and cousins too!  We cant wait until we get to see everyone again.

Addilynn found a stage to be the center of attention! She loves to dance and jump around. She especially loves when all eyes are on her. She is even saying, “watch this” to make sure you are paying attention.

This is Amy, Aiden and Addilynn reading a book. She loves listening to people read stories and they were both pretty into this one.

Addilynn slept in the car for only an hour and a half on the way home and was pretty much an angel the rest of the time

Addilynn and Aiden playing. Aiden was all smiles while she pushed him around at the hotel. This was actually the only time she was allowed to drive without an adult and it was only to get a good picture!! The reason being she crashes which is exactly what happened right after the picture. She ran him into the chair.

Addilynn has a new boy buddy to add to her list! We only wish they didn’t live so far away. Hopefully we can visit again in the summer when the weather is nicer. Until then we will have to keep showing her pictures so she can remember them all.

Visit with the ENT

 

We had our visit with the ENT on Wednesday and it went surprisingly well. Addilynn was in rare form as usual and started showing her true colors right away by swinging from the toy area and throwing a massive fit when it was time to leave her new found treasures. Of course it is more fun at the Drs. office! We had to wait a long time which was ok for us but didn’t sit well with the princess. She was antsy and getting into anything and everything she could. It was pretty comical. She was doing everything in her power to let them know she was tired of waiting which wasn’t working like she planned! Dr. Gilbert had some great information for us and advised us that tubes would be a good idea for miss Addilynn since she has had so many infections since October. He also said that if we wanted to wait that would be fine too. UGH decisions… for those of you who know me you know that the only thing in life I’ve ever been able to make a decision on are my husband, my career choice, and my want to have a family. All the other decisions I can’t make. Hello everyone my name is Crystal and I am indecisive.

Dr. Gilbert did say that he suspects she has an enlarged adenoid and that her tonsils are large(with visible exudate at that time) but he can’t determine if she needs them out based on her exam. That would mean a scope of some sort and we aren’t ready for that yet. Another statement he made was that her ears looked surprisingly good for how many infections she has had which is a huge relief.  On a bad note he had all these questions that we were completely blindsided by. I wish we would have been more prepared. The one that sticks in my mind is if she snores sitting up. I said dumfounded, “ uh no I don’t think so” then what do you know when I was rocking her that night got my answer. YES! He also advised us to see our pediatrician because he believes that she might be dealing with acid reflux. Which would explain her need for sleeping upright.  I felt stupid because after all the sweating and stewing Dustin and I never once thought about that we only thought about her ears being a problem. 

So as of now Dustin and I have decided to wait on tubes because we are both horrified of surgery no matter how minor it is until she has or if she has another infection. At that time we will schedule the appt. When its good its great and when its bad it is BAD. Dr. Gilbert said he would do the same since she is active, healthy and on the verge of possibly growing out of them. He also said that summer is coming so that is in our favor too! We will see how it goes.

This is what Addilynn does with her stickers she thinks they belong on her face and in her hair! What a goofball. I have been slacking on the 365 blog but hope to get back into it when our computer is working properly.

We are looking forward to our visit with Kevin and Amy this weekend and can’t wait to see our family from North Dakota! Life is good!

Miss Grace and her amazing Bugle!

Addilynn has been extremely busy lately, and so have we. We have been battling a few colds and another double ear infection since the last time I updated. We finally have an appointment with the specialist on the 7th so hopefully we will get some “ear” answers then. Addilynn is sassy as ever and talking up a storm even though she has been under the weather lately. She has even mastered the skill of bugling if you couldn’t tell from the video! Some of her new sayings and phrases are: Medicine(it is heartbreaking to hear your 20 month old ask for medicine drops for her ears), Peace out, I’m playing, Beau watch (she likes to watch videos of her friend Beau), Here kitty kitty kitty, I fart (which I’m not too fond of), panties, I don’t know, and so many more. I wish I video taped her more so we could remember all of the funny stuff she does. She has also been working on flash cards she knows about 20 of them. We love watching her learn new stuff it is so much fun to see the wheels turn! Hope you enjoy the video.

Updates…

We have been extremely busy lately. Doing what, I don’t know. I need to start keeping a journal so when it is time to update everyone I can remember what to say!

We have been trying to spend as much time outside as possible since the sun has been shining. It is still very cold but any little chance we can we have to get the monkey out in the open or she goes bananas! These are some pictures from two weekends ago. We took the little 4-wheeler down to the tennis courts and let Addilynn go wild! What fun she had.

On the potty training note, Addilynn has been having a few more accidents lately which is a bummer since she was going from none to at least one a day. I am trying not to get discouraged but with all of the ridicule I’ve been getting from everyone I am starting to second guess myself. If people would just mind their own business and let me parent my child then I wouldn’t be having these thoughts! (oops I guess I’m venting a little) I feel so bad when she has them because she puts her hands over her face and I can just tell her heart is breaking. When hers breaks so does ours. I hate that she gets so upset. We don’t get mad at her but she gets mad at herself. The most recent “public” accident happened at the basketball game on Monday. Addilynn did her business on the bleachers and then proceeded to let everyone know, “ I peed” over and over. I couldn’t help but laugh when she was telling total strangers, “I peed”. I’m sure they were disgusted! What a goofball.

Last weekend we went to CDA to stay with some camping buddies. We had a blast it was great to catch up, listen to Rick play, Dustin sing, and see all the wonderful things Daniell has picked out for the wedding.

All in all things have been going pretty good in the Turner household. We are still trying to decipher a lot of Addilynn jabber, which frustrates her, but she is getting so smart. We are still working on colors and luckily there is an App for that because she loves it!

Potty Training!

 

Addilynn has been feeling much better the last couple days and it is so nice to have our little angel back. For a little while anyway. Until the next cold. Even though she has been feeling under the weather, she has been doing great with the potty training. She is such a smart little girl! Some other things she has been learning are puzzles, flash cards, and colors. She isn’t very good at her colors yet so if anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them. I know she will get them eventually so I’m not worried. Addilynn is also saying a lot more now. Some new things are I fly (when she wants to fly), color (when she wants to color), gotta go (when she is asking you if you have to go potty), oh no (when something bad happens), poop (which she still thinks is a fart but for the real thing she uses potty), and come on (when she wants you to follow her and she even does the little hand motion too!) She is just so darn cute. I’m sure I’m missing some but you are all probably bored of my blabbing by now anyway!

This weekend we were in CDA Saturday. First, we went to watch auntie P play basket ball and… No accidents. Then we had a nice sit down lunch, ran to Cabellas, and did some more shopping at a few other places. Addilynn didn’t have a single accident and believe it or not only ONE fit. Her fit was over a bag of cheese she wanted and couldn’t have. This girls love for cheese is unreal! I was pretty excited about her amazing behavior and potty habits considering she was being drug all over the place and driving from here to there.

Sunday Addilynn learned the great art of undressing herself! Don’t get me wrong this was pretty convenient, but still a little on the scary side. I do remember a blonde haired little girl undressing at sporting events!!! I’m sure Addilynn will follow in her aunties footsteps!  Since I was very ill, naked baby wasn’t so bad. She was able to get to her chair and go potty without help. All we would have to do is help her with the last and not the most fun step of potty time!

All in all we had a wonderful weekend! I got taken care of Saturday night and Sunday by Dustin and we were able to enjoy each others company all day Sunday. We couldn’t remember a time when we all just got to relax, play, and watch football together. The perfect end to a perfect weekend.

 

Addilynn enjoying some apple juice. YUMMY!

“I am so bored with this picture thing. Do you think my mom will ever give it a rest?” Says the mind of Addilynn!

Starting the New Year

We ended up going to Lewiston for the weekend and we had a lot of fun seeing friends we don’t get to see as often as we would like. Addilynn got to see her best buds Beau, Braylon, Kaden, and baby Delaney (who is still surrounded by amniotic fluid and belly). We had a great time! Sunday we got home and went straight up to Dads house to celebrate Paige’s 11th birthday. Oh my I can’t believe that 11 years ago Dustin and I got to watch her shove cake in her face. Did I mention it is a face that I see everyday because our daughter looks so much like her. Every time I look at Addilynn I am reminded of my chubby cheeked sister. Happy Birthday Auntie P!! WE LOVE YOU