Resilience

"Look ma, no tubes!" Only three days post-op. Amazing!

Look Who's Up!

The View

The view from our hospital room - not bad, eh? We should be moved out of PICU tomorrow!

Surgery

Owen just out of surgery today - a total of 8 1/2 hours, which felt more like 13929832091804 hours, but it seems to have gone well. We hope the road to recovery is a smooth one.

The "Collection"

More proof that my daughter is a hoarder (PS, yes, I put the cradle up there - but the rest is all her):

Mmm...Ice Cream...

Zade

Peas in a Pod

Mini Beethoven

Coexisting

We're Tired

Tired mom, tired kids:

Three Years

Lainey 3 years ago / Lainey now:

Meltdown

Tree in the Moonlight

Had a little photoshop fun with this one:

The Playhouse

Contrary to their expressions, they were both actually thrilled to be able to go outside and play in the playhouse:

A Day at the Park

This kids' excitement for swings simply cannot be contained:
And then there is the high flier:

My Poor Finger

Kids - This is why you pay attention when you are using sharp blades:

Time Flies

A real-time video of my clock at work spazzing out - if ONLY time went this fast sometimes:

The Welcoming Committee

Bowling

Sammy

Lainey snuggling with Sammy (her favorite toy-of-the-week).

Spring!

I can see grass...I CAN SEE GRASS!

Build-a-Dog

Owen getting a new doggy buddy at Build-a-Bear. Lainey helped put in it's heart:Somehow I managed to convince her (via a bribe) that the puppy wasn't actually hers:He looks pretty thrilled, no?

Toes

Art is Chaos

Papa

The kids love their Papa:

Someone is Sleepy....

Bubbles!

I'm sorry, I couldn't pick just one:

Grocery Shopping

(I cheated - this was taken yesterday too but it was too cute not to post..) Lainey was helping us with grocery shopping. She was in charge of the strawberries and she took her job VERY seriously - until she attempted to abandon her little cart in the string cheese aisle:

Crafts

Making a goldfish in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday.

Hoarders: Toddler Edition

First, her stash consisted of just the toolbox. When I came home, THIS is what I found on the dining room table: