Boo at the Zoo

We headed out to the zoo with friends to participate in the trick or treat event they hold each year! Thankfully we made sure to go at opening time and enjoyed a relatively easy weekend day at the park.

I have to say Isabelle seems to be the happiest at the zoo. This time the bug exhibit caught her attention as well as the swap room. The swap room holds all the things that kids can bring in, like cleaned shells/bones/rocks, and earn points by doing research on what they bring! Next time we visit the zoo she plans to bring some shells ;) from Florida that she found.

With the weather being awesome I plan to make a trip to the zoo each week. If it happens to rain then we will go to the Natural Science and History Museum. Life is great.

Sara

Go pokes!

Guess what day it is? Game day!!! Isabelle is bleeding orange tees days and we love to teach her how ;)

Loving tees falls day outside with the game on!!

Sara

New Nose

So I practically take ten pictures a day of my ever changing nose! The swelling comes and goes along with pain. The pain comes in various forms from my teeth to brushing my hair. Basically my entire face hurts at some point during the day. Morning seems to be the worst with all the swelling that must occur while I sleep. Throughout the day the dull pain is tolerable but sometimes escalates to the point of needing a caffeine kick including a coca cola and two excedrine.

I have to say though that my life has changed for the better for small fact that I can breathe now!! Which means I can sleep!! I am just so happy.

Rain Boots

They go with everything ;)

Park with a View

We discovered Northshore park the other day! What a wonderful place to feed the ducks and take in the surrounding nature. I am loving where we are living with each passing discovery!! This little park sits just west of Isabelle's school. Later in the fall we plan to have meet ups after school!

Sara

Ballet

I am trying really hard to get a decent picture of her showing how much she likes going to ballet. I think the problem is that she doesn't want to waste time taking a picture and wants to be in class :)

Chatter

This is just belle chatting away making up complete nonsense! Cracks me up how she is trying to put random words into a song but ends up babbling :)

Oh and the stage where she doesn't stop talking has begun. Also the stage where she asks what everything is and why has begun as well. By the end of the day I am trying to not lose my patience but it's hard!

Happy Girl

I may be in pain but this little love is all smiles! I have been soooo out of it the past couple of days that it seems she has grown up even more. She just has this confidence now. I guess her speech has just brought her to a new level where she has the words to express what she wants. Not to mention her imagination has exploded. She loves to make up stories right now and change the words of songs to her own words.

She is becoming her own person independent of mom and dad :)

Sara

Picture

Here is a pic so you can all laugh at my head gear. Of course you can't tell what my nose will look like but already I can breathe easier despite the swelling. Looking forward to the day I take the splint off!!

Sara

Ps- Nate is being an awesome nurse and mr mom. I love him!!

New Nose

Remember last summer when Belle headbutted me in the face.... twice? Well I ended up going to the emergency room after the second blow because I saw stars and knew for sure it was broken. Turns out it wasn't, according to the ER doctor. The advice at the time was to just let it be because insurance wouldn't cover any surgery.

A year later the problems I had associated with the 'break' was to much to bear. I couldn't make it through the allergy season with out a steroid shot and then to make matter worse I couldn't breathe through one of my nostrils. After the move to Houston I decided to talk to someone again because I didn't feel like myself and knew something had to be done.

I found myself in Dr. Cilento's office. He is a board certified plastic surgeon as well as ENT. He spent 16 years in the military as their plastic surgeon so I knew he was the guy to help me out.

Over the next month Nate and I discussed weather I should also get cosmetic done in addition to just fixing the structural problems. Both of us agreed for cosmetic! As scary as that sounds I am just sick of having to look at something on my face that has been broken too many times.

Anyway, my surgery was this past Thursday morning and as I write to you I am covered in bandages and a little loopy from the pain meds. Dr. Cilento told Nate that my nose had 3 breaks that healed wrong and so he basically had to reconstruct everything. Scary!!

I am glad that I got it done no matter the outcome- well as long as I breathe better! My next dr apt is Tuesday and hopefully most of the swelling will be gone and I can get a good idea of what I look like!

Belle has been super sweet and Nate seems to have stepped into Mr. Mom way easier than I thought! I couldn't be doing this without them by my side.

Wish me a fast recovery so I can get back to being mommy!

Sara