Calee's Ear Surgery

As much as we love our cute little Calee bug and everything about her (including her ears), we also knew that as she got older, kids were going to tease her about her ears. Christy and I have always talked about looking into surgery for Calee to have her ears pinned back.

This year we discovered a plastic surgeon named Dr. Thompson who has an office in bountiful that specializes in plastic surgery from the neck up. He also specializes in ear pinning and was even in a magazine. We felt pretty strongly that we needed to make an appointment to see him. We were really impressed with him from the very beginning. He was so cute with Calee and talking to her about her ears. He told us that Calee was actually an extreme case.

Ususally people have 1 of 2 things wrong with their ears that causes them to stick out like hers. She had both things wrong with hers. He took a lot of pictures and we scheduled a surgery date for February 15th. Well, before we knew it, the big day was here. We had to be at the Bountiful Surgical center at 6:15 am. Calee went into surgery at 7:00 am. Dr. Thompson took an hour on each ear and then Calee was in recovery for about a half an hour. All the nurses fell in love with Calee. They all told us how good she was and how cute she was. They all wanted to keep her.

Well, we brought her home friday morning and she did great all weekend. She has to wear a headband for at least one week and take antibiotics. Our good friend Stephanie Petersen made Calee the cutest headbands for her to wear while her ears recover. I want to say a big thank-you to my parents for their support and for being there friday. They are a big reason whey this surgery was even possible for Calee and we really love them and are grateful to them. We also want to say thank-you to so many other friends and family for your love, concern, and for visiting Calee. It means a lot. We are really happy with how her ears turned out. She looks so cute and little bit older. Although we loved her ears and will miss them the way they were, we know that she will thank us one day.

 Our cute little Calee bug before surgery

 Calee with her Grandma

 Calee right after surgery

 The day after surgery

Calee and her new ears

Valentines Day 2013

This year Carter wanted to do Lego Valentines and Cambree did Disney Merida valentines. They also spent a lot of time on their Valentines boxes. Of course Carter built something out of the video game Minecraft and Cambree did a really cute girly box.

Craziest Cupcakes!

Cambree loves going to Achievement days and this week they had a cupcake decorating contest. She won an award for craziest cupcakes. They were definitely crazy. I don't think she could fit anything else on them.

Happy Birthday Carter!

Can't believe Carter is 11 years old today! It is hard to watch our kids grow up so fast. We tried to make his birthday a good one today. We surprised him by making him cinnamon rolls for breakfast. We let him open up his presents before school this morning and for lunch, I took Mcdonalds to his school and I got to eat with him and all of his buddies. We finished the day off with a birthday party at our house with friends and family. Carter wanted a kindle fire HD, Skylander Giants, legos, clothes, and a new suitcase for the cruise. Well, he got everything he wanted and more. Thanks to everyone for loving and supporting Carter and for making his birthday great! We love you Carter! Stop growing so fast!!!

 Carter when he was only 3 days old!

 

Silly girl!

Calee brought these silly glasses home from pre-school and we have all taken turns putting them on and acting silly. I took this cute picture of Calee wearing them. We love this silly girl!

Parent Teach Conference

We had parent-teacher conferences this week at their school and it is always so nice to hear their teachers say what good kids they are. Carter and Cambree have been working extra hard on their schoolwork lately and it shows. We are so proud of them for being good students, for getting good grades, and for being good kids. We just love them so much!!!

More Snow!

Here are a couple of views of our backyard. Our trampoline hole is almost filled to the top. Our kids love playing in the snow with their friends.

We're going to Disneyworld!!!

I will never get tired of saying those 4 words!!! We went to book our cruise out of New York and prices went up quite a bit, so we decided to look at other cruise options. We found a fun cruise to the Bahamas that leaves out of Florida, so we booked it instead. We were excited to see New York, but we are even more excited for Florida! We cruise to the Bahamas for a week and then we will do 2 or 3 days at Disneyworld before we come home. Monday night, right before family home evening, I told our kids that I had some bad news and some good news. I told them we weren't going to New York anymore and their faces got all sad. Then I said, the good news is that "We are going to Disneyworld!" instead. Their reaction was priceless. I wish I would have got it on video. There was screaming and celebrating like you've never seen before. It was awesome! June is a long ways away, but it gives us something fun to look forward to all year. We can't wait!!!

Look who lost a front tooth!

Calee came to us yesterday morning and told us her mouth hurt. When Christy looked in Calee's mouth, she noticed that Calee had an abscess on her front tooth. Luckily Dr. Healy was able to get her right in and see her. Unfortunately he had to pull her front tooth. Calee was super brave and she got all kinds of fun prizes and a little purple tooth treasure box to keep her tooth in, from the Dentist. Calee looks so silly and so cute without her front tooth. She was excited for the tooth fairy to come last night. This morning she ran in to show us the 2 dollar bill that the tooth fairy left. She even said that she thought she heard twinkling last night and she just knows that it was the tooth fairy. We just love our cute little toothless girl!!!

My SNOW removal buddy!!!

It is so nice to have a big strong soon to be 11 year old boy that helps me around the house and yard. He is also loves to help all of his grandparents out whenever he can. Tonight we went to my parents house to clear their driveway and property of snow. Carter was out there the whole time helping me and didn't complain once. I love him so much and am so grateful for such a good boy!!!

Look who else gets glasses!!!

We started noticing that Cambree was squinting whenever she watched TV or read something far away, so we took her to the Eye Doctor and we found out that she needs glasses. She was beyond excited to get glasses, which shocked us, but made us happy to hear. These days glasses are a cool and stylish, especially for girls. We looked at a lot of different frames, but these are the ones that she ended up picking out. She looks adorable in them.

Calee's birthday cake!

This year Calee decided that she wanted a Little Mermaid birthday party. Our friend Stephanie Petersen, who is an awesome cake maker, made this cute Little Mermaid cake for Calee's Little Mermaid friends birthday party today. Calee loves it! Thanks Stephanie!!!

Carter gets his Arrow of Light!

Tonight was pack night and we couldn't be prouder of Carter. He has loved being Cub Scout and he has worked really hard this last year and earned all 20 of his activity badges in Webelos. He also earned his Arrow of Light award tonight. We are so glad that he has such a love for the scouting program. He is such a good boy and we just love him so much. Now he moves on from cub scouts to Boy Scouts!!!

 Carter performing magic tricks for everyone