Chad and Courtney

Well it's that time of year again for ella to have her birthday. We started the morning off by having her open a present from us. SHe played with it for a while and then took a nap. We then took her out to eat at Max and Cheese BUT they were closed. After an attempt to find a few places that she could handle we ran out of time and options. So Ella got to eat at Wallaby's for dinner. Throughout the day Courtney worked on making Ella's cake. As usual she did a great job. Lately Ella has become a big fan of "ponies" or better said "My Little Ponies." So we took her to Target with Grandma Cindy's and Great Grandma Betty's money and she got a pair of shoes and a My Little Ponies movie. In the evening we had family come over for the Pony cake and ice cream. She got all sorts of things (see pictures). All in all it was a good birthday for Ella. I can't believe she's two. (oh and sorry for the poor quailty pictures, we didn't realize Kayson had changed a setting)

This is chad's account of last Thursday. Poor guy, I'm glad it's finally over! (finally passed on Sun.)

Ugg. So this morning i spent 20 min writhing on the floor in pain. We got all ready to go to the ER/instacare and suddenly the pain was gone. I went the whole day with out pain and didn't get around to calling the doc. Then this even we took Kayson to get icecream and on the drive home the pain was back. See next post for more. This time it was aobut 30 minutes but about 2 min into it i told Courtney we were on the way to the instacare/ER. By the time we got to the ER (wait at instacare was too long for me) my hands were numb from breathing so much and I was totally shaking. They IV'ed me up and the pain started to subside. Turns out I'm about to give birth to a 3-5mm ... See Morestone. Here's the best part, it's unclear from the CT scan if I just finished the worst part OR if it's on the edge of the worst part. *sigh* it could be a long night. WHo think's i'm crazy for not filling the percocet? I'll reveal the answer tomorrow.


Also, on Sat. Ella got her first hair cut. It was growing uneven, the back faster than the sides. I had hesitated about it because I knew that she would loose her curls in the back. But I finally broke down because she had started twisting her hair so much that she was getting really bad knots in it every day. (Once I even had to cut it out, it was so bad!) I took her to a girl in our ward, and she did a great job! I do miss the curls (and the ability to do pony and piggy tails), but I do like it. It looks thicker and I think it makes her look older.



Before

After