Dakota's Ear Tags

Here is the update on Dakota's surgery. Last week, she had surgery to remove two ear tags.
This was what they looked like before surgery...

And a week later this is what her ear looks like.

This was at her one week check-up. All smiles! She didn't like wearing the arm braces and the second day, after surgery was the hardest. She actually tore the sleeves off and touched her ear, removing all the glue. Luckily, she didn't do any serious damage.

I'm gonna miss nibbling on her tags.

We Have a Five Year Old & Trey's Eye Surgery

A baby named Cheyenne has grown right before our eyes…

You've seen her either in person or in pictures (via the blog), through the years...

She has grown, so fast.
 
Now, she is a vibrant 5 year old!

 Today, when she asked for candy for breakfast I said, YES!!!!!!
We let her pick the restaurant we ate at for lunch. When she had a sopapilla and ICE CREAM, I cheered her on. And now, it's 9:30 pm and she's still awake watching TV….because today is her special day.
Happy Birthday, Cheyenne!

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Yesterday, Trey had eye surgery. This was his second/final round. If you recall, he had bad cataracts, but now that has been corrected on both of his eyes. 20/20 vision is in his immediate future! He was in pain yesterday, but today he is doing better. Around noon, I took him to his post-op exam and the doctor is pleased at how fast his eye is healing. Trey said, before his eye-sight was standard definition and now he can see in HD…and to think it's only going to get better, once both of his eyes completely heal.
 
Here are some birthday highlights. Braum's.
 
Flight Deck Trampoline Park with family and friends.

Recovering From Eye Surgery & First Stomach Bug

Thursday, Trey had cataract surgery on his right eye. Next month, he goes back and gets his left eye done. Keep him in your prayers, he says that at times, the pain is unbearable and at times it feels like a stabbing feeling in his eyeball. OUCH. At least he looks cool, wearing big fat sunglasses inside. P.S. Dakota was kind of sick earlier today. She threw up 3 times. This is her first time to ever have a stomach bug. But she didn't let it phase her or keep her down. Other than throwing up, she acted completely normal the rest of the day. I hope we don't catch the bug.
 
I don't know about you, but the weekends don't always mean party time. Most of the time, it means clean house time. I started rewarding Chey with stickers for listening to me. She was eager to vacuum so she could get a sticker and note from me, "that read - good job, Cheyenne!"

This girl has plenty of reasons to smile, yesterday she took her first steps at Mrs. Amanda's house. It wasn't a fluke because she took steps for me too. Amanda didn't want to tell me, that she started walking, but she knew that I was getting concerned. So, she told me. I wasn't bothered at all. I was thrilled! Dakota is still mostly lazy, but the steps are a start. She probably got tired of hearing us talk about it and said, OK. OK. I'll walk a little, just to prove that I can if I want to.