She is a TROOPER!

We are happy to report that all went well with Lexie's surgery!!!  I can honestly say that the moments leading up to it were some of the toughest in my life.  When we handed her over to the staff at the surgical center seconds before they put her under, I thought I was going to collapse!  It was the longest hour Russ and I endured, but all the worrying ended with the surgeon saying the procedure went well.  We will be following up with him on thursday, but so far so good!  Now all we have to do is keep her off of her hand for a few more days!  (Easier said than done...all she wants to do is crawl and walk around!!!)

Thanks to everyone for all the love and support and words of encouragement!  They reallllly helped!  Now, if you could just send us a protective bubble to put Lexie in for about the next 25 years we would greatly appreciate it!  

My How Time Flies!

It is hard to believe a year has flown by already!!!!  Russ and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary a few days ago.  He had made plans for a romantic dinner at a fabulous restaurant downtown, but our sitter bailed last minute.  : (  

Trying to make the best of it, we regrouped and decided to take Lexie "swimming".  I think Russ had just as much fun as she did!  

While it would have been wonderful to celebrate downtown, we enjoyed the evening at home.  We were even able to have a piece of our wedding cake after Lexie went to bed.  (It barely made the trip back...it doesn't look pretty, but it still tasted 

w o n d e r f u l!)