Matt update

Matt injured his knee last week on a friend's 4 wheeler. Him and his buddies went out for the day to play. At some point Matt went to take a hard left and the 4 wheeler was going to flip. Matt decided to stick his leg out to keep it from flipping instead of just rolling off and letting it go. Needless to say this was not the smarter of the two options. Immediately upon doing this he heard two loud pops from his knee and felt extreme pain. He went to the ER where they said that he had sprained his knee. They placed him in a knee immobilizer and referred him to an orthopedic doctor. While waiting for Tricare to approve the referral his primary doctor ordered an MRI. We got the results yesterday which shows he has a complete tear of his ACL, a cyst from the ACL rupture, bone bruises from the injury and swelling. This will require surgery to repair. I spoke to one of the doctors back in NC and he said that they have to wait 4-6 weeks before surgery can be done for all the swelling to resolve. In the meantime he has to be extremely careful on it, continue the knee immobilizer and only partial weightbearing on that side. Tricare has just approved today for him to go see the orthopedic doctor here.
We are an interesting pair at the moment with neither one of us able to get around very well. So the next few weeks should interesting to say the least.

38 Weeks 4/22/09

38 weeks

Casey and Mommy

I went to the Dr again today. I gained another pound, so we are at 28lbs now. Her heart rate was 145 and all the other measurements look good. We are scheduled for the induction on April 29th. Right now though I will actually go to the hospital Tuesday night to get it started and she should be here by noon on Wed. My Dr is actually going out of town Wed night, so that is why he wants to start the night before. I go back for another appt on Monday and he will let me know then what time to be at the hospital Tuesday night. Hopefully this all goes as planned.

Happy 1st Birthday Princess Brianna 4/21/09

Princess Brianna is 1 : )

Brianna said she is going to find Tx herself, because she wants to see Aunt Colleen...lol

Mckayla and Brianna

YUMMY...and its all mine! Good job baby girl!

I can't believe that Brianna is already a year old. I can't wait until we get to see her.
Happy Birthday with lots of love from Aunt Colleen Uncle Matt Shayne and Casey

Baby Update 4/14/09

This is a profile of her face

I had another Dr appt today and an ultrasound to check on the baby. The ultrasound did show that she is head down and in position. She is 6lbs 9oz and her heart rate was 138. Everything measured normal for her. I didn't gain any weight since last week. I go back to the Dr on April 22. Then we should finalize the induction for April 29th or atleast I think that should be the last appt. That is if she doesn't have plans of her own...lol
Everyone will be very excited to know that we finally decided on a name for her. Her name is........ Amber Renee Lee.

Easter Cards From The Brushy Hill Gang 4/13/09

Cards from Ms Deber and Mr John

Wow $5 ...we are going Mcdonalds when it is nice out so we can play on the playground : )

Cards from Ms Robbie-Dobbie and Mr Charlie

Thanks Brushy Hill Gang We love and miss you guys bunches!!!!!!!

Happy Easter 4/12/09

The best part of the day....

Apple pie with cool whip and a cookie

Yummy!

Goodies from Gra Gra

Goodies from Gra Gra

Skittles and M&Ms : )
Thanks Gra Gra we love you bunches!

Presents from Aunt Cheryl

Tootsie rolls : )

Puzzles

New outfits

New outfits

Thanks Aunt Cheryl (aka "The Bomb") We love you!
Thanks for all the stuff for the baby too : )!

The kiddos had a nice Easter. The day before we went to cookout and the kids got to have their Easter egg hunt there. Which was for the best, because it turned really cold and rained most of Easter day. They got lots of goodies and had a great time.

Easter Gifts from Nana & Pop Pop 4/9/09

Casey and her dress that all the granddaughters got including the new baby. Now if we can get them all together before any of them out grow it for a picture

New shoes

New dress

Shayne super excited about new flip flops

New outfit

The kids talked me into letting them open their Easter gifts early. Actually they saw the box and there was no getting out of it...lol

Thanks Nana & Pop Pop for the presents