Tubes, Tonsels, and Pain...Oh My!

Wednesday we decided we didn't have enough drama in our lives and wanted to add more. Hadlie has suffered from ear infections for almost her entire 15 months of life. It was definitely time for tubes in her ears.

This is Hadlie after she calmed down...20 minutes after coming out of the anesthesia. The first 20 minutes included thrashing, screaming, kicking and arching her back!

In the evening, Hadlie was dancing around, talking and singing. I think she couldn't believe how much better she could hear!

Paden had enormous tonsils and so we decided to take those out. He has been snoring for quite awhile now and we are sure he has sleep apnea as well.

These 2 pictures are Paden's "before" pictures...notice the smile!

Here is Paden "after". When they wheeled him into where we were, he was screaming, and kicking the hospital bed! My children apparently don't wait up from drugs too well!

He was in quite a bit of pain... boo hoo.

This is the "after" picture, the little red spots are where the tonsils were. When the doctor came out of the surgery he said, "Paden's tonsils were HUGE!" They rate them from a 1 to a 4 (4 being the biggest) and Paden was a 4 plus! They completely touched each other! WOW!

A sledding we will go...

New Years day was the perfect day for sledding. All the kids had such a good time and needless to say, it won't be long before we go again!

All geared up!

Travis giving Ben, Hadlie and Macie a big push.

Just enjoying the ride!

Paden making new friends...

The kids are finally old enough to carry up their own tubes and sleds!

Hadlie had a ball!

Anytime the sled was getting ready to launch, Hadlie reached out for a ride!

Macie and Emma enjoyed spinning down the hill!

Hadlie was starting to get the hang of this sledding thing...she even tried to help lug the sled up the hill.

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

The kids get a chance to meet Santa this year...

Mrs. Clause made the trip with Santa this year and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" She was so dang cute and had the attention of each and every little child!


This is Hadi sittiting listening to the story before actually sitting on the "Big Guy's" lap...


Once she had to get that close, it was a whole other story.

Macie and Santa

Paden was one of the last kids to get his present and the chance to sit on Santa's lap and he sat so patiently just waiting for this! He is so happy.

Catch up...

I thought I had better post about Hadlie's 1st Birthday before Christmas gets here and I miss the opportunity. Bear with me, because it is a Witch Party and I know that as we are about to enter into December, it is a little inappropriate, but better late than never right?

Macie and I made Gourmet Carmel Apples as party favors for Hadi's b-day guests.

They turned out so cute! and yummy!

We had all kinds of "Witchy" treats...

And the Witch's Brew center turned out pretty cute too! This is where we put the soup too!

Paden having a "witchy" old time at the party!

Our guests...

Thanks to Jen and her help! I love it when we get to hang out! She and Mylie are enjoying our Creamy Chicken Noodle soup! YUMMY!

Katelyn came in her darling Witches outfit!

Hadlie wasn't sure how the whole present thing was supposed to work...

...but she caught on pretty quick!

Her 1st birthday cupcake!

Like every other girl I know...she really enjoyed the cake!

Family Pictures

We found this AMAZING Photographer that I had to tell everyone about...the website is http://www.dlphotoart.net/ and you have to go check out their gallery. Here are the pictures they took of our family...

Fall Disneyland Trip!!

That's right, the moment has finally come to blog about are FANTASTIC Disneyland trip! Here are some of the most memorable moments...

Mom and Hadlie enjoying the festivities of the California Adventure's Halloween Party.

Emily bopping out with the pirates...I have an AWESOME video of Em dancing some chicken dance if anyone is interested...

The pirate's dance off...

All the kiddies dressed up in their costumes!

WALL-E!!

Our Little Witch

Our Big Witch

This Mickey inspired our Pumpkin for our Halloween party.

All in favor...say, "Aargh"

Kate, Emily, and I booked it over to Screamin' right before the park closed and these are our beautiful "gleaming" faces after the run.

The "Disneyland Crew" eating at the Rain Forrest Cafe.

Emma and Macie riding Heimlich's ride in Bug's Land.

Macie got her picture taken with the wicked Queen from Snow White and we loved the face that the Queen pulled...Macie has perfected this face (it is hilarious).

The Remington girls and the Chamberlain girls broke from the rest of the crowd and went to the princess/fairy hotspots to get pictures and autographs. Here are Emma, Hannah, and Macie with Fawn and Tinkerbell.

Mom, Macie and Hadlie getting wet on the Dumbo ride.

Hadlie is having a great ole' time dancing to some music!

Paden with his favorite new Woody doll

Dad, Paden, and Hadlie on the Toy Story Mania ride

Woody is always a favorite with my kids

Grandma and Grandpa with the kids in front of Candy Corn Acres

All of the Halloween decorations were so cute, this is at the Entrance to DL

Macie and Paden in front of the Lego store...this is where Paden spent his souvenier money

We got to ride in the back of the Monorail

In front of the Matterhorn and Nemo rides.

This is the ONLY pirate ride that Macie would get on, she freaked everytime we tried to get her on Pirates of the Carribbean.

The Haunted Mansion was all ready for Halloween

This is our Spooky crew waiting in line.

Macie was chosen to be a Jedi trainer and she had a lot of fun doing this...she did have a few Light Saber malfuntions so this Jedi trainer let her use his.

Macie getting trained on how to be a Jedi!

Happy Birthday Macie!

Here is cute little Macie awaiting her presents from all the family. Can you see the look of excitement on her face?

This was Macie's birthday cake and I was so proud of how cute it turned out I had to blog about this too!