Sofia's surgery day

These are some pictures of today when we came home from the hospital, got her into some comfy Christmas jammies ;) the other ones are later on in the evening. Got a good pic of the the incision, pretty amazing, it looks great!
Thank God today is over and everything went well! Sofia has done so amazingly good! It was so hard watching her get drowsy and in lala land after the medicine. I was holding her and then I had to hand her off to the anesthesia doc, she just held her and took her in to the OR and Sofia of course didn't even make a peep. She had to get intubated; which was a scary thought, even though it was in such a good, controlled environment. The surgeon used the glue to close instead of stitches, and good thing! Sofia hasn't even touched her face or acted like anything bothers her. She was still drowsy when we came home, and poor thing she would fall when she was walking, looked just like a drunk trying to walk. ;) Thank God she's eating well, drinking, no vomiting! ;-) and the hard lump ended up being infectious; we were so relieved to hear that; nothing malignant. Everyone was so great at the hospital! it's good to have this behind us now. and thankfully it only lasted about a week and a half of worrying; which when you're a parent it's too long! Anyways, thanks for the prayers and the calls; we really appreciate all your support in our lives.

Ballon Fiesta 2008

This year Sofia enjoyed the balloon fiesta more, she was more aware of them and the shapes, it was fun. I'm sure next year she will enjoy it even more. We didn't go too early and the weather was nice, chilly, but calm. We're looking forward to her 2nd birthday next month; God willing. It's coming right around the corner, can't believe she'll be 2! and she's so independent. She's about 90% potty trained now, she loves her princess underwear, but for the sleep time, we still wear diapers. maybe it's more like 85%. She's done this all on her own, so it's been good in one sense, and in the other, I feel like she's too independent. I'm sure that's what every mom thinks when their baby starts to grow up just a little more... ;-)