The Lindley Family: September 2009

Maggie's Surgery :(

Maggie had tubes put in both ears after 5 long months of struggling with double ear infections! We are so glad to have this behind us and it was so easy now that it is over! Very quick surgery and we had the best pediatric ENT (Dr. Mark Reed) - could not say enough good things about this man - he was absolutely amazing through everything! We reported to Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital Friday morning at 6:00 AM. They got us registered and did all the preliminary work and she went back for surgery around 7. It is always difficult and nerve-racking knowing that your child is being put to sleep, but from the time they took her out of our arms until she was back awake it was probably a total of 10 minutes! She did much better than we expected considering that she couldn't have anything to eat or drink after midnight! We were out of recovery and on our way home by 8:30 and by 9:30 she was awake and chasing Addison around the house! Her droppy eyes from the infection cleared up almost immediately and she is already feeling a lot better. Dr. Reed said that her fluid was bulging and worse than he thought - once the incision was made it oozed out (yuck!) - bless her little heart - I know she has been in terrible pain. He said that we should have immediate relief and notice an improvement in her hearing (although she has shown no signs of trouble hearing so now we might just be blasting her out of the room!).

A very special thanks to Suzy for all of the help that she provided to both of our girls during this very busy week of sickness and trying to work some!

Our little funny girl - Addison!

Being Silly!

Addison is full of funny stories and smart as a whip! She doesn't forget anything either! Makes my day just being around her. She is a little mother hen - we have baby dolls everywhere we go and they do anything we do.

The other day in the car she was repeating in the backseat to her baby dolls: "You get what you get and don't throw a fit!" When I asked her who said that, she said one of her teachers in daycare - pretty good I thought!

This is getting "Ladangerous" plate ready for supper! Not sure where she got the name, but we talked her into calling her "Flo"

11 Months!

Addison wanted to join Maggie on the 11 month shot!

The past month has been so much fun - Maggie started walking full speed ahead at 10 months so as Lee says she is really "cadillacing" now! She is everywhere and into everything - you can't leave her alone for anytime without her getting into something that she doesn't need to or worse than that climbing to dangerous heights!! More than anything, she is now giving "big squeezing" hugs and open mouth "kisses" and it is the best feeling in the whole world! LOVE her to death! She has also started "dancing" or really bouncing to music anytime she hears it (especially Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme song!) and Addison loves that Maggie can dance!

Loves to get into the open fridge - and this is the first thing that she goes to and starts licking the top - definitely my girl! Chocolate and ice cream are my weaknesses!

Doesn't like to play in this thing, but definitely enjoys climbing in and out of the bottom!

She loves to EAT! Right now, she is probably eating more than her big sister, and it just passes right through her!

Loaded up and ready to go! She is at the door as soon as she hears it open!

Maggie's first boo-boo! Pretty bad one too! Lee and the girls were outside and I was stirring something on the stove - I look up just in time to see Maggie take the last step off the deck down the stairs and I screamed Lee's name but needless to say she was at the bottom before he got there! Scared me to death, but other than the scratch under the eye that turned a little blue she was fine. I told y'all she is super quick - I think she was headed to the Barbie Jeep because she and Addison had been riding it earlier.