Emily Update!

It was a rough morning for Little Emily. She made it through though and was pretty worn out by everything. You can read exactly what all they did on their web page; Tales of MEE or by clicking on this link: http://ernieandmichelle.blogspot.com/

We are thankful for the good doctors and nurses at Children's and will still be praying for answers soon.

We love you Emily and hope you have a much beter or more fun day anyway tomorrow.

Thank you all for your prayers for her, keep them coming until we find some answers.

Love to all and good night.

Got to love Allergies!

Ok- I love spring, but dislike it at the same time. My allergies are terrible right now, and I have been miserable for the last few days. I love all the new growth and renewing of the earth, everything looks so clean and fresh. (Excuse me while I sneeze!)

No seriously, I want to add that Michaela is dealing with her spleen issues pretty well. Still hates feeling left out of things. But can't let her do it yet and do not know when she will be able too. She talks to her spleen regularly as she says it is like it keeps poking her every now and then just to let her know it is there. Softball season is just around the corner and she is so afraid that she won't be able to play. Time will tell, I keep telling her.

New prayer request for our family, my Great-niece Emily is 18 months old. She has been labeled as "Failure to Thrive", (can I just say I dislike that label greatly!) and will be going to Children's on Monday for blood work and a Swallow GI series. Please give the doctors guidance to test her quickly, give her parents peace of mind, knowing they are doing what is best for their daughter and the strength to hand her over into the doctors caring hands, knowing she will be well cared for. It will be a tough morning for them all and all prayers for them are needed right now.
You can go to their BLOG page from mine-Tales of MEE! For more accurate updates, I probably have something wrong. But just know prayers are in order!

Have a great Spring day!!!!

Coloring Eggs at Grandma Pat's

Marcus liked splashing the green color everywhere, Thank goodness for those Huggies disposable changing pads we put on Grandma's chairs to protect them.
Jason was working hard on writing his name on an egg before he colored it.

Carsyn too loved splashing in the colors. He didn't like it when the eggs were gone. I think we could have dyed 6 dozen eggs and it still wouldn't have been enough for the little guys.

Here is the whole gang. Doesn't Michaela look so excited. Can you tell she was a little tired from the egg hunt. She did go in for a nap when egg coloring was done.

The little guys headed out to the backyard afterward to play. We had Basketballs, bubbles, and the trikes all out. The most fun, was a plastic cup in which they were filling with dirt and putting it in the back of one of the trikes, and then taking it to another spot and dumped it. Of course the highlight had to be when they all decided to throw dirt up in the air. They all had dirt everywhere. Marcus not to be out done, took the cup filled it with dirt and yes you guessed it, threw it straight up in the air, right on top of his head. He even had dirt in his ears. But they had fun and it was so nice, I am glad they got to enjoy Grandma's big backyard.

The Annual Maden Easter Egg Hunt

Marcus' first stop was to visit the bunny and of course get some candy. Then we were off to hunt eggs. I think this has to be the biggest year for them. We had to walk about 1/2 a mile to get to their driveway. Tired Marcus' legs out.

This was the only Egg Marcus found. He found some suckers and a piece of gum, which he kept telling me he was big enough now to chew it. Like I am going to do that.

For the first time ever, in our families history of going to this egg hunt. Michaela found a prize egg, she was so excited. Even by herself she had a great time.

Here she is with the prize she picked out. A beautiful Porcelain Doll, she is so proud of it. She is very pretty. Way to go Michaela. And Congrats!

Here we go again!

Yikes! Just when I thought we were on the mend and things were going pretty good, we get a set back. I had to take Michaela in last night to the Doctors as she kept complaining of Left side pain. She has had it off and on, but of course, being mom of the year, I just blew it off. Well, Dr. Friesen, checked her out, she said it felt like the spleen was still a little enlarged. So off to Saint Elizabeth's for an Ultrasound. At this point she was convienced she was going to miss Easter and be admitted. The scan showed that yes it was still enlarged, but not other damage was present. Thank goodness. But she again has to back off the P.E. she is not real excited, and is worried about her softball season. I told her we would cross that road when we come to it.

She really just wants to be back to normal. Prayers for my beautiful daughter as she is struggling with several issues, from health to friends, as she is feeling like she is being left out of things with them. It is tough to watch her, as she tries so hard to keep up and tires easily. She wants so bad too just be included even if it is just watching.

Thank you all for your love and support.

Happy Easter to everyone! We will be enjoying time with family and loving every minute of it.

Love,
Lisa