Greetings to all! The Mitchell household has been a very busy place lately. I'm surprised that we're all still standing. This past week has had a lot in store for us. Last weekend we were visited by Jim's mother, grandparents, and his niece and nephew to help us celebrate Kallie's third birthday. They arrive Friday afternoon and left Sunday morning. We enjoyed the time spend with them and we very thankful they made the trip. Last Saturday, we held Kallie's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. People had forwarned me to get ready for the noise, and boy were they right! Lots going on and lots of kids around! There were three other parties going on at the same time as Kallie's, plus others who were just in on their own to eat and play. I think Kallie was a little shell-shocked at first, but after a while she really started enjoying herself. We had about 31 people at her party, so we had a good turnout and appreciated them all for coming and loving on Kallie. On Wed., Kallie enjoyed her first round of trick-or-treating. This is the first year we have done it, and she definitely was loving the concept of being able to just hold out her bucket and have people put candy in it! By the end, she didn't want Jim going to ring the doorbell with her anymore! Little Miss Independent! She went as Snow White...the blonde version because I didn't want to spend the money on a wig!
Friday was the biggest day for us as Kallie went and had her eye surgery. We had to be at the hospital by 7:00 to register and I anticipated a long wait, but she was the first one on the list for her doctor, so Kallie was taken back about 8:15 to be put under and then we were called to the recovery area about 9:45. I have decided that she better not need any more surgeries while I'm pregnant, because my emotional state is not in balance right now! I had my game face on the whole time Kallie was with us, but then I lost it as soon as the anesthesiologist carried her away. Quite the helpless feeling! Then I had a difficult time going to see her afterwards while she was still under! She had some blood-stained tear sitting by her eye, so that got me a little bit. We had a rough time the rest of the day on Friday. She was nauseous the whole day and just wanted to sleep, so it was hard to get liquids into her. I felt so bad for her. But, thankfully by yesterday morning, Saturday, she was ready to roll again. She doesn't have any protective eyewear to stop herself from touching her eyes, so that is a little bit of a challenge. They are also very red and it can be hard to look at them sometimes! Time will tell now as to whether or not the surgery was a success. We had noticed a difference, but we don't want to get our hopes up yet. He wants her to continue wearing her glasses right now. So that's the long summary of the Mitchells. Hope you're all doing well!
